Question on Putty and gpg-agent

[Peter Lebbing]

On 30/04/17 20:41, Peter Lebbing wrote:
> It is a decidedly different behaviour than gpg-agent on Linux. There, it
> will check if a smartcard is currently connected and if so, offer such a
> key for authentication. For SSH, it will *never ask* to insert a card!
> It'll just skip it outright.

It turns out this isn't true. If you add the keygrip to sshcontrol, it
will ask for the card. However, I hadn't added my smartcard keygrip to
sshcontrol because it is unnecessary.

HTH,

Peter.

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You can send me encrypted mail if you want some privacy.
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