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To: L A Walsh <cygwin@tlinx.org>
Subject: Re: Can't ssh to cygwin after switching sign-in to Windows Hello PIN
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:11:22 +0100
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From: "Henry S. Thompson via Cygwin" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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L A Walsh writes:

> On 2021/09/15 12:53, Henry S. Thompson via Cygwin wrote:
>> frankly, it seems like a bug, and
>> if Microsoft succeeds in moving more people to using PINs for login,
>> it will surely begin to bite others...
> ----
>
> Isn't the idea of using the PIN login to get rid of the use (and the
> ability) to use passwords?

Indeed.  Just not clear if this was _intended_ to make public key and
gssapi the only authentication routes in via ssh...

Further to Brian Inglis's suggestion to see what Windows OpenSSH has
to offer, the answer is, not much.  There are some open issues
which include discussion of possible Windows Hello into Windows
OpenSSH [1], but they haven't made much headway for some time...

ht

[1] https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/issues/1804#issuecomment-850500721
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