Feature Request: Plugin Model for authorizing public keys

[Peter Stuge]

Mark Cavage wrote:
> I would like to implement a feature whereby users can write their own
> plugins for authorizing use of a public key.
..
> would like feedback before submitting a patch (starting with
> whether the community would want this).

At FOSDEM we had a short discussion about a similar simple way of
also extending host key lookups, in lieu of the more intrusive GSSAPI
kex patch which seems to take a different approach.

Maybe there's a chance to unify the key lookups a bit at the same
time as doing this?


//Peter