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gnufx on Jan 18, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: That's not how 2FA works

> It is sad that with PGP being so horribly broken, it still casts its shadow over security products.

How is ssh with a PGP key horribly broken? There's no shadow over Solo/Somu from where I'm standing.

bsder on Jan 18, 2021 [–]

The key is fine. PGP--not so much.

https://latacora.micro.blog/2019/07/16/the-pgp-problem.html

gnufx on Jan 19, 2021 | [–]

So what's the problem, and what's the alternative anyway (in the absence of FIDO support in the case of ssh)?

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