ssh-agent and id_dsa

[Lutz Jaenicke]

On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:55:44AM +0100, Lutz Jaenicke wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 12:56:43AM +0100, Markus Friedl wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 11:35:23PM +0100, Lutz Jaenicke wrote:
> > > > perhaps i add handling of  SSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_PK_OK to the
> > > > ssh client, but i'm not sure. 
> > > 
> > > We'll see :-)
> > 
> > ok try this:
> > 
> > this patch implements client side handling of SSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_PK_OK
> > messages.
> > 
> > this means that the client can check whether the server will accept
> > the public key and can delay the expensive signature operation until
> > the server replies: "yes this key is valid for login".

Ok, as another update: the functionality intended (do not try a key
if it won't work anyway) seems to work.

Best regards,
	Lutz
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