SSH Askpass (excerpt from my article)
A tiny bit about working with SSH and making a graphical askpass work on Ubuntu 26.04
Cliff Barbier | Corporate Security Leader & Strategist
Engineering resilient systems.
Leading enterprise defense.
Senior cybersecurity executive and enterprise security architect with over two decades of experience securing mission-critical infrastructure, leading global security architecture organizations, and modernizing DevSecOps delivery pipelines for Fortune 1000 and global enterprises.
Strategic Competencies
Enterprise Information Security Leadership
Creating & directing global infosec programs, risk governance, regulatory compliance (CIS, ISO 27001, NIST CSF), and C-suite stakeholder alignment.
Zero Trust & Cloud Infrastructure Architecture
Architecting resilient multi-cloud perimeters, workload identity, ephemeral credentialing, and micro-segmentation at scale.
DevSecOps & Software Supply Chain Security
Embedding automated static/dynamic security gates, hermetic build validation, and SLSA-compliant provenance into CI/CD workflows.
Threat Modeling & Incident Response
Leading advanced threat hunting, red/blue teaming exercises, and enterprise business continuity planning.
Architecture Case Studies
SSH_ASKPASS: A Saga in 3 Parts
A journey through the world of git, ssh, VSCodium, GNOME, Ubuntu, and the realities of stale code & stale information on the Internet.
For All the Files (Shells 225 excerpt)
Iterating over files in Bash with 'for'.
Cross-Pollination from Cyber-Informed Engineering
Cyber-Informed Engineering is coming to secure OT. Can it secure IT as well?
LLMs Committing Cybercrimes, Again, and Traffic Lights
Another LLM has committed a cybercrime. This doesn't have to keep happening.
Contact
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Website / Canonical
https://cliffbarbier.com
GitLab Engineering Profile
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