https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/gpg/ Recent content in Gpg on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-01-linux-ssh-agent-management-ssh-agent-gpg-agent-keychain-ssh-askpass/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-01-linux-ssh-agent-management-ssh-agent-gpg-agent-keychain-ssh-askpass/ <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>SSH agents solve a fundamental problem: you want the security of passphrase-protected private keys without typing your passphrase every time you connect to a server. An SSH agent holds decrypted keys in memory and provides them to SSH clients on demand. But the default <code>ssh-agent</code> is just the beginning — Linux offers multiple agent implementations with different feature sets, security models, and integration points.</p>