```text
____ __ ____ ____ _ _
| _ \ _____ _____ _ __ ___ / _| / ___/ ___|| | | |
| |_) / _ \ \ /\ / / _ \ '__| / _ \| |_ \___ \___ \| |_| |
| __/ (_) \ V V / __/ | | (_) | _| ___) |__) | _ |
|_| \___/ \_/\_/ \___|_| \___/|_| |____/____/|_| |_|
```
---
## Target audience
- linux desktop CLI users
- linux admins
```text
__________________________________________
/ This is the year of linux on the desktop \
| |
| ...Windows10 has WSL ;-) |
\ /
------------------------------------------
\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
```
---
## [ssh-agent](https://www.ssh.com/academy/ssh/agent)
> The ssh-agent is a helper program that keeps track of user's identity keys and their passphrases. The agent can then use the keys to log into other servers without having the user type in a password or passphrase again. This implements a form of single sign-on (SSO).
---
## Agent Forwarding
```bash
$ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
Agent pid 7715
$ ssh-add -L
The agent has no identities.
$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Identity added: /Users/waja/.ssh/id_rsa (waja@Brotschneidemaschine.local)
$ ssh-add -L
ssh-rsa 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 waja@Brotschneidemaschine.local
$ tail -2 .ssh/config
Host *
ForwardAgent yes
$ ssh-add -d ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Identity removed: /Users/waja/.ssh/id_rsa RSA (waja@Brotschneidemaschine.local)
```
---
## Identities are not permanent
```bash
$ kill -9 7715
$ ssh-add -L
$ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
Agent pid 7795
$ ssh-add -L
The agent has no identities.
```
- Maybe use something like
```bash
$ echo 'AddKeysToAgent yes' >> ~/.ssh/config
```
- You can [start](https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/390631) `ssh-agent` even via `systemd`.
---
## SSH Agent forwarding is nice but...
- [You should only add servers you trust and that you intend to use with agent forwarding.](https://docs.github.com/en/developers/overview/using-ssh-agent-forwarding)
- [Why using SSH agent-forwarding is a Bad Idea](https://medium.com/kernel-space/why-using-ssh-agent-forwarding-is-a-bad-idea-6cbdff31bbee)
---
## SSH ProxyCommand / ProxyJump
```bash
$ tail -7 .ssh/config
Host 192.168.66.*
# https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-ssh-proxycommand-passing-through-one-host-gateway-server/
# https://goteleport.com/blog/ssh-proxyjump-ssh-proxycommand/
# https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSSH/Cookbook/Proxies_and_Jump_Hosts
#ProxyJump user1@10.42.5.6:22
#ProxyCommand ssh -q -W %h:%p user1@10.42.5.6
ProxyCommand ssh -o 'ForwardAgent yes' 10.42.5.6 'ssh-add && nc %h %p'
```
- ProxyJump can be chained by
```bash
$ ssh -J