authorized_keys VS stateless-workstation-config

Compare authorized_keys vs stateless-workstation-config and see what are their differences.

authorized_keys

Scripts to manage many-to-many SSH access (by mmdriley)

stateless-workstation-config

This is how I configure a fresh Ubuntu installation for serving me as a workstation. (by cristiklein)
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authorized_keys

Posts with mentions or reviews of authorized_keys. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-25.
  • How often should I rotate my SSH keys?
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Feb 2021
    Definitely not appropriate for protecting Real Infrastructure, but for my handful of personal machines I put my authorized keys in a Google Doc and configure hosts to download it using `AuthorizedKeysCommand`.

    I have a hardware-backed "doomsday key" to use if the Google Doc stops working.

    Writeup and script at https://github.com/mmdriley/authorized_keys

stateless-workstation-config

Posts with mentions or reviews of stateless-workstation-config. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-25.
  • How often should I rotate my SSH keys?
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Feb 2021
    > An even more robust approach is to use some kind of hardware token that can sign short-lived ssh keys, and teach all your servers how to deal with those. That’s neat, but it’s hard to deploy (needs custom ssh settings).

    Ahem, no. I use Yubikeys for a few years now. They are literally braindead to use, and works out of the box in recent Ubuntu. Here is an Absible role to get started: https://github.com/cristiklein/stateless-workstation-config/...

    Stop making excuses and start protecting your SSH keys!

    Disclaimer: I'm not compensated in any way by Yubico, but their product is so darn good that I really want people to start using it.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing authorized_keys and stateless-workstation-config you can also consider the following projects:

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

secretive - Store SSH keys in the Secure Enclave

sekey - Use Touch ID / Secure Enclave for SSH Authentication!

bless - Repository for BLESS, an SSH Certificate Authority that runs as a AWS Lambda function

thoughts - Just my public thoughts, think of it like a blog I never update

sharkey - Sharkey is a service for managing certificates for use by OpenSSH