Key9 Identity
  • Welcome To Key9 Identity
  • SSH
    • Installation & Setup
      • MacOS Yubikey Smartcard/PIV instructions.
        • 1. Installation of MacOS software
        • 2. Changing the Yubikey PIN.
        • 3. Generating Keys and Certificates for the Yubikey
        • 4. Enrolling the public key to Key9
        • 5. Testing and configuring SSH
      • Windows Yubikey Smartcard/PIV instructions
        • 1. Installation of Windows software.
        • 2. Getting the system ready for libykcs11.dll
        • 3. Adding libykcs11.dll to SSH configurations.
        • 4. Generating Keys and Certificates for the Yubikey
        • 5. Enrolling the public key to Key9
        • 6. Testing your SSH key.
      • OpenSSH with Yubikey / FIDO2 protected keys
        • 1. Prerequisites
        • 2. OpenSSH command for Yubkey FIDO2
        • 3. Enrolling your public key to Key9
        • 4. Testing your SSH key
      • Setting a Yubikey PIN without Yubikey software.
        • 1. Using Key9 "registration" to register a new Yubikey PIN.
        • 2. Using "webauthn.io" to register a new Yubikey PIN.
      • RSA Password Protected SSH Key
        • 1. Key9 Settings to allow RSA
        • 2. Generating RSA SSH Key
        • 3. Enrolling your public key to Key9
        • 4. Testing your SSH key
      • Determine your Yubikey Type
        • 1. Linux "lsusb" command
        • 2. MacOS "ioreg" command
        • 3. Windows 11
      • Useful External Links
      • Windows Powershell with Yubikey/FIDO2-protected SSH keys
        • 1. Download OpenSSH for Windows.
        • 2. Setting up your SSH keys
        • 3. Enrolling your public key to Key9
      • Technical Notes
        • Pop!_OS - "agent refused operation"
      • Key9 SSH for Debian 12 [Bookworm] Howto
        • 1. Installing GPG
        • 2. Configuring the Key9 Debian 12 Repo.
        • 3. Configuring the Key9 SSH client
        • 4. Configuring Name Service Switch [/etc/nsswitch.conf]
        • 5. Configuring the OpenSSH server
        • 6. Modifying "sudoers" [optional]
        • 7. Configuring "k9-tail" for logs [optional]
        • 8. Automatic home directory creation [optional]
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Windows Powershell with Yubikey/FIDO2-protected SSH keys

These instructions are for using OpenSSH within Windows Powershell (Windows Terminal) with a Yubikey to protected your SSH keys (FIDO2).

The advantages Powershell with OpenSSH

  1. The easiest and fastest way to use Yubikey to protect your SSH keys.

  2. Setup is straight forward and simple.

  3. Powershell (Windows Terminal) works well. It has good emulation, tab support, etc.

  4. Powershell has direct access to the hardware.

The disadvantages Powershell with OpenSSH

  1. Not compatible with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), Cygwin, etc.

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