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Please add an SSH key generator so that public and private keys can be generated.

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  • Piotr Krakowski commented  ·   ·  Report

    Details worth specifying, from someone who hands SSH keys to colleagues
    regularly:

    - Ed25519 by default, RSA 4096 as a fallback for servers older than
    OpenSSH 6.5.
    - Show the public key as a single copy-ready line in authorized_keys format.
    PuTTYgen's "Save public key" button writes RFC4716 instead, which OpenSSH
    rejects, and that one detail wastes a lot of people's time.
    - Export in both OpenSSH and PuTTY .ppk format. Windows clients (PuTTY,
    WinSCP, MobaXterm) still rely on .ppk.
    - Optional passphrase stored in the same item as the key.
    - Show the fingerprint in the item so it can be verified against the server.

    Combined with vault sharing this would also fix key handover inside a team,
    which today means sending a private key over chat or email.

    1Password and Bitwarden both ship SSH key items already, so there is a proven
    shape to follow.

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