May 05, 2014 Now let's open 'PuttyGen' and generate our first SSH Key on Windows. Press the 'Start' button and type 'PuttyGen'. Select PuttyGen and press 'Enter'. Once 'PuttyGen' is opened press the 'Generate'.
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SSH, the secure shell, is often used to access remote Linux systems. But its authentication mechanism, where a private local key is paired with a public remote key, is used to secure all kinds of online services, from GitHub and Launchpad to Linux running on Microsoft’s Azure cloud.
Ubuntu Putty Generate Ssh Key Generator
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Generating these keys from Linux is easy, and thanks to Ubuntu on Windows, you can follow the same process from Windows 10. But even without Ubuntu, SSH keys can also be generated with the free and open source Windows application, PuTTy
Over the following few steps, we’ll guide you through the process of generating SSH keys using both Ubuntu on Windows and PuTTY.
Requirements
All you need is a PC running Windows 10 and either of the following installed:
- The
puttygen.exe
executable from PuTTY
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If you don’t already have Ubuntu on Windows, take a look at our Install Ubuntu on Windows 10 tutorial.