[Help needed] Export generated ssh key #1999
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Is there any way to get generated ssh private key? |
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There is not. The point of generating a key on-device is keeping it as secure as the underlying platform can make it. Allowing secret keys to be exported would also encourage key re-use, which is a bad security practice that we'd prefer to not perpetuate. |
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The situation is I lost access to my github account and the only trusted ssh key left is locked inside password store. I need it to prove my identity. Is it possible to get it somehow? |
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Sorry to hear about your predicament. Unfortunately the key cannot be extracted from the app. |
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Nevertheless, thank you very much. |
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There is not. The point of generating a key on-device is keeping it as secure as the underlying platform can make it. Allowing secret keys to be exported would also encourage key re-use, which is a bad security practice that we'd prefer to not perpetuate.