Authenticate to permslip through the SSH agent - #68
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The signer logs in by the sshauth challenge with the same agent key that identifies the user to the rack, and caches the token so a hardware key is touched once per ten minutes, not per command. Co-Authored-By: Claude Mythos 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
With sshauth speaking the sk- algorithms, a hardware key in the agent now serves the whole flow. Co-Authored-By: Claude Mythos 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A backward clock step no longer leaves a future-stamped token trusted forever, and the cache file is born 0600 instead of being chmodded after open. Co-Authored-By: Claude Mythos 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Login to permslip via sush (no separate binary required).
The signer logs in by the sshauth challenge with the same agent key that identifies the user to the rack, and caches the token so a hardware key is touched once per ten minutes, not per command.