> On 22 Nov 2019, at 15:07, Alexander Bokovoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On pe, 22 marras 2019, Vinícius Ferrão via FreeIPA-users wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I would like to know if someone was able to use OpenSSH with
>> certificates managed from the Dogtag CA of FreeIPA.
>> 
>> My goal is to be able to issue certificates for users and perhaps using
>> host keys generated from this CA. I know this may be redundant since
>> FreeIPA already manage host keys, but since the CA is already in-place,
>> why not?
>> 
>> My question is just to know if someone made this, or if someone already
>> tried this and it was broken or unsupported.
>> 
>> Thanks all.
>> 
>> PS: If someone want to just say: leave that, it’s useless. I’m open to
>> hear about it.
> 
> Not to disappoint but use of 'CA certificates' by OpenSSH for naming OpenSSH 
> keys is
> one of sources of confusion. I found 
> https://blog.habets.se/2011/07/OpenSSH-certificates.html
> useful when understanding what it is.
> 
> In short, they aren't anything close to x.509 formats and cannot be
> issued or signed by Dogtag (or any other normal CA).

Thanks Alexander. I will throw the idea on the bin.

> 
> -- 
> / Alexander Bokovoy
> Sr. Principal Software Engineer
> Security / Identity Management Engineering
> Red Hat Limited, Finland
> 

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