Win32-OpenSSH VS windows-fido-bridge

Compare Win32-OpenSSH vs windows-fido-bridge and see what are their differences.

Win32-OpenSSH

Win32 port of OpenSSH (by PowerShell)

windows-fido-bridge

An OpenSSH SK middleware that allows you to use a FIDO/U2F security key (e.g. a YubiKey) to SSH into a remote server from WSL or Cygwin. (by mgbowen)
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4 months ago over 1 year ago
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- Apache License 2.0
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Win32-OpenSSH

Posts with mentions or reviews of Win32-OpenSSH. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-06.

windows-fido-bridge

Posts with mentions or reviews of windows-fido-bridge. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-11.
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    > Because AFAIK, (Fido) yubikey support is still missing.

    Correct, hopefully Microsoft will provide an updated SSH client soon. It only requires recompiling OpenSSH with the correct flags.

    Alternatively, use these build instruction for openssh with FIDO for windows:

    https://gist.github.com/martelletto/6a7cf806c6433ac9ce71d66a...

    > Using either the PKCS#11 support or the gpg applet requires some extra piece of software

    For those wanting to do that, here are some ways:

    Using a premade dll:

    https://github-wiki-see.page/m/mooltipass/minible/wiki/Setti...

    Or with a middleware:

    https://github.com/mgbowen/windows-fido-bridge

    Using the Hello API:

    https://github.com/tavrez/openssh-sk-winhello

    Given how many people came with their own ways, I believe there's enough demand for Microsoft to fix that.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Win32-OpenSSH and windows-fido-bridge you can also consider the following projects:

openssh-portable - Portable OpenSSH, all Win32-OpenSSH releases and wiki are managed at https://github.com/powershell/Win32-OpenSSH

wsl2-ssh-pageant - bridge between windows pageant and wsl2

openssh-sk-winhello - A helper for OpenSSH to interact with FIDO2 and U2F security keys through native Windows Hello API

madaidans-insecurities.github.io

WSL-Context-Menu-Manager - Manages the context menu for your Linux tools in WSL/WSL2 for Windows.

sshfs-win - SSHFS For Windows

WSL-DistroLauncher - Sample/reference launcher app for WSL distro Microsoft Store packages.

Windows Terminal - The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!

webauthn4j - A portable Java library for WebAuthn and Apple App Attest server side verification

git-credential-manager - Secure, cross-platform Git credential storage with authentication to GitHub, Azure Repos, and other popular Git hosting services.