RFC 9987: Secure Shell (SSH) Agent Protocol

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7 points | by Jimmc414 13 hours ago ago

2 comments

  • gregdaniels421 9 hours ago ago

    Oof, super ugly, doesn't map well to actual agent use, not a fan

    • wahern 3 hours ago ago

      This is documenting and standardizing OpenSSH's ssh-agent daemon protocol, used by ssh and sshd to talk to ssh-agent. ssh-agent is like 30 years old. The protocol wire format is derivative of the SSH protocol.