The end of id_rsa

#1

Post by stringlytyped » Tue, Apr 25, 2017, 11:16 PM UTC

Re: The end of id_rsa

#2

Post by noobermin » Tue, Apr 25, 2017, 11:35 PM UTC

"The end of id_rsa"...instead, use this proprietary app to store your private key on your phone, just trust us.

Yeah, I'll pass. To be fair the title and the way it's being sold is irking me the wrong way and that might be why I'm so skeptical. But it probably will rub many others the wrong way.

Re: The end of id_rsa

#3

Post by uuoc » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 2:54 AM UTC

noobermin wrote: post #2

"The end of id_rsa"...instead, use this proprietary app to store your private key on your phone, just trust us. Yeah, I'll pass. To be fair the title and the way it's being sold is irking me the wrong way and that might be why I'm so skeptical. But it probably will rub many others the wrong way.

It is a "blog-vertisement" [1]. Just flag it and move on.

[1] An advertisement disguised as a blog posting.

Re: The end of id_rsa

#4

Post by agrinman » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 3:07 AM UTC

noobermin wrote: post #2

"The end of id_rsa"...instead, use this proprietary app to store your private key on your phone, just trust us. Yeah, I'll pass. To be fair the title and the way it's being sold is irking me the wrong way and that might be why I'm so skeptical. But it probably will rub many others the wrong way.

https://github.com/kryptco. No need to trust krypt.co, anyone can review and compile the source code themselves.

Re: The end of id_rsa

#5

Post by eridius » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 4:15 AM UTC

uuoc wrote: post #3

noobermin wrote: post #2

"The end of id_rsa"...instead, use this proprietary app to store your private key on your phone, just trust us. Yeah, I'll pass. To be fair the title and the way it's being sold is irking me the wrong way and that might be why I'm so skeptical. But it probably will rub many others the wrong way.

It is a "blog-vertisement" [1]. Just flag it and move on. [1] An advertisement disguised as a blog posting.

It should probably have "Show HN:" pretended, but otherwise it seems reasonable.

Re: The end of id_rsa

#6

Post by ReligiousFlames » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 9:30 AM UTC

noobermin wrote: post #2

"The end of id_rsa"...instead, use this proprietary app to store your private key on your phone, just trust us. Yeah, I'll pass. To be fair the title and the way it's being sold is irking me the wrong way and that might be why I'm so skeptical. But it probably will rub many others the wrong way.

Yup, I'll pass too.

I use monkeysphere which unlocks from a GPG private key and sends it to ssh-agent.