ssh-agent and protocol 2 ...

[Markus Friedl]

openssh-2.2 allows you to use the agent from
the host where the agent is running.

openssh-2.3 does support agent forwarding, too.

-markus

On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 08:31:36PM +0000, primus wrote:
> Mon Dec 25 20:19:05 GMT 2000
> 
> Greetings.
> 
> I noticed that in OpenSSH_2.2.0,  DSA keys were
> allowed to be added to ssh-agent,  however the
> ability for allowing ForwardAgent does not yet
> seem in place for protocol-2.
> 
> I've noticed that when using protocol-2, no socket
> is created in /tmp/ssh-*/,  and consequently
> SSH_AUTH_SOCK is not being set.  Hence the ability
> to ssh to another machine (using protocol-1 or
> protocol-2) without being asked for a password is
> lost.
> 
> Is this something currently under development,  or
> is it just a completely bad idea?  If the latter,
> what are the technical reasons?
> 
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> -- 
> primus