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		visualphoenix on Nov 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sign arbitrary data with your SSH keys Is there a benefit to using ssh-agent in this way instead of using gpg-agent as an ssh provider?

rkeene2 on Nov 13, 2021 [–]

You get X.509 certificates from the smartcard which can be used much more widely than GPG

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