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DEPRECATED A dev tool for SSH auth + Git commit/tag signing using a key stored in Krypton.

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DEPRECATED A dev tool for SSH auth + Git commit/tag signing using a key stored in Krypton.

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I love the transparency of having your source on Github, but the license ambiguity isn't ideal when revealing this to the world: We are currently working on a new license for…

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Observed mentions: 2017-05-01 20:56:36 UTC to 2022-05-07 14:22:30 UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Comments
2017	2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	2
2018	2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2019	2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2020	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2021	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2022	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	2

What Hacker News says

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password4321·May 7, 2022

Like the acquired/abandoned https://github.com/kryptco/kr with iOS and Android apps all under an "All Rights Reserved"-source license? > SSH auth + Git commit/tag signing using a key stored [on your device] > turns your [...] device into a WebAuthn/U2F Authenticator

In Your phone may soon replace many of your passwords

password4321·May 6, 2022

> relaying auth requests to your phone for approval and storing secrets in the Secure Enclave Like the acquired/abandoned https://github.com/kryptco/kr [key stored in a [...] mobile app] with iOS and Android apps all under an "All Rights Reserved"-source license? Also, newer Macs have a Secure Enclave (supports 256-bit secp256r1 ECC keys): https://github.com/maxgoedjen/secretive [storing and managing SSH keys in the Secure Enclave [...] or a Smart Card (such as a YubiKey)] https://github.com/sekey/sekey [Use Touch ID / Secure Enclave for SSH Authentication!]

In Apple, Google and Microsoft Commit to Expanded Support for FIDO Standard

4kevinking·Jan 15, 2018

Windows support is slated for the first half of this year (you can follow this issue: https://github.com/kryptco/kr/issues/87 ). In what environment did the kr install fail? We only currently support Bash on Ubuntu(16+) on Windows.

In Using a Yubikey for GPG and SSH

jaytaylor·May 1, 2017

For one of the main repos: https://github.com/KryptCo/kr 57% Go 40% Rust First time I've seen them paired together in the wild like this, very cool!

In Show HN: Kryptonite – a new home for your SSH private key

pquerna·May 1, 2017Recommendation phrase

I love the transparency of having your source on Github, but the license ambiguity isn't ideal when revealing this to the world: We are currently working on a new license for Kryptonite. For now, the code is released under All Rights Reserved. https://github.com/KryptCo/kr#license Soon as I see that, I've got to close the tab, so does anyone who cares about IP. (disclaimer: i'm a co-founder of ScaleFT)

In Show HN: Kryptonite – a new home for your SSH private key