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		voltagex_ on Dec 8, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After a ten-year hiatus, NetHack 3.6 I wonder if you can turn off automatic use of public keys for "*", and then enable it in .ssh/config on an as-needed basis.

andreabedini on Dec 8, 2015 | [–]

Totally possible, I do this. Also I have a different key per host (using %h in IdentityFile)

vinceguidry on Dec 8, 2015 | | [–]

Do you use pass-phrases with your per-host keys? I wanted to do this, but was unable to make it manageable. ssh-agent will only try so many keys before moving on.

andreabedini on Dec 8, 2015 | | | [–]

No, I don't use key pass-phrases.

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