openssh-sk-winhello VS windows-fido-bridge

Compare openssh-sk-winhello vs windows-fido-bridge and see what are their differences.

openssh-sk-winhello

A helper for OpenSSH to interact with FIDO2 and U2F security keys through native Windows Hello API (by tavrez)

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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openssh-sk-winhello windows-fido-bridge
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openssh-sk-winhello

Posts with mentions or reviews of openssh-sk-winhello. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-26.
  • Use TouchID to Authenticate Sudo on macOS
    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Aug 2022
    For Windows, it seems it's possible[0, see footnote], however there are problems like general incompatibilities [1], and official support status is " We have this in our backlog. At this point it's not prioritized.".

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

    0.footnote: "Windows Hello also supports other types of authenticators like internal TPM device(if they support generating ECDSA or Ed25519 keys, they can be used instead of FIDO/U2F security keys)."

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

    2: https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/issues/1804#issu...

  • Hardening SSH
    2 projects | /r/programming | 5 Aug 2022
    Awesome article! Also found this tool (tavrez/OpenSsh-sk-winhello) for windows that lets you do this without admin access
  • [QUESTION] Is there a best way to manage multiple SSH on multiple Yubikeys?
    1 project | /r/yubikey | 1 Jun 2022
    Which is also how they are generated when retrieving them on a new computer via ssh-keygen -K since I used the application=ssh:yubikey_5 flag when first generating them. So something like ssh-keygen -t ed25519-sk -O resident -O application=ssh:yubikey_5c, but because I am on Windows I also had the -w winhello.dll flag (In case anyone stumbles on this question)
  • Using Yubikey FIDO with ssh-agent on macOS?
    1 project | /r/yubikey | 13 Apr 2022
    This is what i used but YMMV https://github.com/tavrez/openssh-sk-winhello/releases/tag/v2.0.0
  • Tell HN: GitHub no longer supporting unauthenticated `git://`
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Jan 2022
    > 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.

  • Unable to generate ssh sk keys on Windows 10
    1 project | /r/yubikey | 4 Jul 2021
  • How often should I rotate my SSH keys?
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Feb 2021
    My knowledge of WebAuthn is limited but their invocation of the relevant API seems like it should work for fingerprints also.

    [1] https://github.com/tavrez/openssh-sk-winhello

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.
  • Tell HN: GitHub no longer supporting unauthenticated `git://`
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Jan 2022
    > 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 openssh-sk-winhello and windows-fido-bridge you can also consider the following projects:

libfido2 - Provides library functionality for FIDO2, including communication with a device over USB or NFC.

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

Win32-OpenSSH - Win32 port of OpenSSH

secretive - Store SSH keys in the Secure Enclave

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

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

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

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

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

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