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Johannes Gilger
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Johannes Gilger writes Johannes 'heipei' Gilger, a personal blog at heipei.github.io about security and programming. Since 2015, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “SSH Agent Forwarding considered harmful”. The last post was in 2016, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this post, "SSH Agent Forwarding Considered Harmful", as a reference on the security risks of SSH agent forwarding. Commenters cite it when advising against forwarding agents to untrusted servers.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- SSH Agent Forwarding considered harmful4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2015-04-23
- SSH Agent Forwarding considered harmful (2015)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-01-14
What Hacker News says?
I worded it the wrong way I guess. Edit: I don't really know how do say this short and concise, but you should only do this with servers you trust. * http://rabexc.org/posts/pitfalls-of-ssh-agents * http://heipei.github.io/2015/02/26/SSH-Agent-Forwarding-cons...
Comment linking /2015/02/26/SSH-Agent-Forwarding-considered-harmful/
on “Show HN: My SSH server knows who you are”Submitted SSH Agent Forwarding considered harmful as a story · 67 points
HN discussionYes, for more information, see SSH Agent Forwarding Considered Harmful ( http://heipei.github.io/2015/02/26/SSH-Agent-Forwarding-cons... ). Finally a legitimate use of the title "considered harmful".
Comment linking /2015/02/26/SSH-Agent-Forwarding-considered-harmful/
on “Show HN: My SSH server knows who you are”Submitted SSH Agent Forwarding considered harmful (2015) as a story · 6 points
HN discussionDon't use SSH agent forwarding. https://heipei.github.io/2015/02/26/SSH-Agent-Forwarding-con...
Comment linking /2015/02/26/SSH-Agent-Forwarding-considered-harmful/
on “OpenSSH: client bug CVE-2016-0777”Submitted OpenSSH – Secure Networking Swiss-Army Knife as a story · 6 points
HN discussionI had meant to take another look at ProxyCommand ( http://heipei.github.io/2015/02/26/SSH-Agent-Forwarding-cons... ), so thanks for the reminder!
Comment linking /2015/02/26/SSH-Agent-Forwarding-considered-harmful/
on “The Art of Command Line”Submitted HTML5: Persistent AppCache Injections as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSsh agent forwarding is insecure. Don't use it. https://heipei.github.io/2015/02/26/SSH-Agent-Forwarding-con...
Comment linking /2015/02/26/SSH-Agent-Forwarding-considered-harmful/
on “Mosh v1.3 Released”