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BLESS is an SSH Certificate Authority that runs as an AWS Lambda function and is used to sign SSH public keys. SSH Certificates are an excellent way to authorize users to access a particular SSH host, as they can be restricted for a single-use case, and can be short-lived. Instead of managing the authorized_keys of a host, or controlling who has access to SSH Private Keys, hosts just need to be configured to trust an SSH CA. BLESS should be run as an AWS Lambda in an isolated AWS account. Because BLESS needs access to a private key that is trusted by your hosts, an isolated AWS account helps restrict who can access that private key, or modify the BLESS code you are running. ...

Strong pass phrase generator using python on ubuntu. The code takes 2 random words and a random number, concatenates them together and puts one of the words into upper case. This provides a long easy to remember pass phrase which satisfies "must include numbers, letters, upper and lower case" password guidelines. The code is called Pass Phrase Generator because it lets me use the acronym PPG which is the energy weapons used in Babylon 5.