In addition to opening doors and computers, the Allthenticator app also generates SSH key thats are stored in the secure hardware on your phone (and they never leave). 💪

You can use this SSH key on any computer that is paired with your phone and it is only accessible when the phone is connected.

Using your SSH key

From the command line, you can confirm that everything is working correctly by typing ssh-add -L

$ ssh-add -L
AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQC3J6pv54fImXDia7OEwmNbhQIHuxNacitD9VTA03ZcwyoFWr98OaYmz1WtAgcSjYVZnwGJfMGXM30eYeBmvDl69p78oLuzM/a2zz9qT2KAJxcvTRBdV3UwDe967+h3J6lxqaAqFRXQ3Nd0hZy6c1/H+gBf9zn4HSePj98YCFaQYe+TfSKNda4f0ypjRDErI0RMILuG8ByHEBMik1Ipwv2KCljn2pHM63Lnjsh7T+09V6eUmZR6aKRb87etiMxrB81XyEtoCghSn/bSc5+lL76FdSBuBIW0HidQhBnAZjzM3NFhrB0KAeEVGSxhwy2SUUwUo7bAULnTv/h16+73H1qd cspensky@Allthenticate

🔒 Sign your git commit messages with the key on your phone

To take your company’s security to the next level, we recommend having developers sign all of their git commits with the secure SSH key stored on their phones

If the automatic configuration from the desktop application doesn’t work, you can try the manual steps in the guide below

Git Commit Signing w/ Allthenticate