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Using the newest putty.exe, how do I generate a SSH key?

Posted on September 21, 2016


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Hi Aaron13ps,

You need to download puttygen.exe from below link.

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

Now follow the tutorial given at below link to generate SSH keys from Windows using puttygen.exe.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-ssh-keys-with-putty-on-digitalocean-droplets-windows-users#setting-up-an-ssh-session-with-ssh-keys-in-putty

Hope it will help you…

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