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		chalst on Dec 21, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List fo... What is this keychain? ssh-agent stores the decrypted keys in memory, too.

robotblake on Dec 21, 2011 [–]

Keychain is a frontend (of sorts) for ssh-agent and ssh-add that helps you keep a single instance of ssh-agent running across login sessions.

Pretty rad: http://www.funtoo.org/wiki/Keychain

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