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Subject: Re: OpenSSH Certkey (PKI)
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Hi!

> I have been researching the use of PKI with Openssh. I came across
> a web posting that states that OpenSSH should work out of the box
> with additions and this is why the X.509 support was not
> desirable/pursued.

> Is there a way that we can configure OpenSSH to use X.509 certificate?

Seems non-trivial, but doable. See

http://roumenpetrov.info/openssh/

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