Hey g00r00,

I am unsure if anyone had already suggested this, or even if it's in the pipeline or a feature I have not seen in the config... but I was wondering if it was possible or will be possible to add a public SSH key to Mystic for a user so that instead of logging in via SSH with a username and password, a public key can be used so that no login details need be passed, the same way that can be done with say a Linux server.

What are your thoughts? Also, while I'm here, I'm currently on v1.12 A39, and wonder if there are any "gotcha's" if I upgrade to A41. I don't really want
to blindly upgrade if something might break... what steps do I need to make in order to make upgrading go perfectly?



Best regards,
Christian aka MeaTLoTioN

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Linux/64)
* Origin: The Quantum Wormhole, Ramsgate, UK. bbs.erb.pw (21:1/158)

I am unsure if anyone had already suggested this, or even if it's in the pipeline or a feature I have not seen in the config... but I was
wondering if it was possible or will be possible to add a public SSH key to Mystic for a user so that instead of logging in via SSH with a
username and password, a public key can be used so that no login details

I don't think this is something I am planning to add anytime soon.

The SSH server already presents a public key, but for authentication I think you'd have to manually generate a private SSL key for each individual user and send it to them (technically this could be automated by Mystic using e-mail or something).

But then the user would have to download the key and import it into the SSH client's keystore. Their client would have to support doing this, which I am not sure any BBS-related SSH clients do.

I am not even sure that cryptlib allows for both authentication by SSL key
and password at the same time, I would have to check that it can even support it. I am not sure the average user would grasp this concept and be willing
to jump through so many hoops to get up and going.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A42 2019/01/25 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Sector 7 [Mystic BBS WHQ] (21:1/108)