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== Generate Your Key ==
 
== Generate Your Key ==
 
# [http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty-0.60-installer.exe Install Putty].
 
# [http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty-0.60-installer.exe Install Putty].
# Run Puttygen (Start -> Programs -> Putty -> Puttygen) and click Generate. [[Image:puttygen2.png]]
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# Run Puttygen (Start -> Programs -> Putty -> Puttygen) and click Generate.
 
# Email me the "authorized_keys" text at the top.
 
# Email me the "authorized_keys" text at the top.
 
# Enter a passphrase, and click Save private key (saves a ppk file).
 
# Enter a passphrase, and click Save private key (saves a ppk file).

Revision as of 14:42, 2 March 2009

Generate Your Key

  1. Install Putty.
  2. Run Puttygen (Start -> Programs -> Putty -> Puttygen) and click Generate.
  3. Email me the "authorized_keys" text at the top.
  4. Enter a passphrase, and click Save private key (saves a ppk file).

Load it in WinSCP

  1. If you haven't already, install WinSCP.
  2. When connecting, instead of a password, choose the ppk file you generated above.