How To Generate SSH Key On Windows With Putty?
Using Putty SSH client, it is possible to generate an SSH key on Windows. For online Putty can be downloaded as free.
Follow the steps mentioned below, For generating a key with Putty :
- Firstly you hvae to download and start the puttygen.exe generator.
- Select ‘SSH2 DSA’ from the parameters section and click on Generate.
- For generating the key pairs randomly move your mouse in the small screen .
- Enter a key comment which will determine the key, this can be helpful after you are using several SSH keys.
- Enter the passphrase and ensure it. This paraphrase protects your key. you may be prompted to enter the passphrase after you connect through SSH.
- For saving the private key Click on ‘save private key’ .
- For saving the public key Click on ‘save public key’ .
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