Re: SSH 2 and Putty

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Date: 10/30/02 

Date: 30 Oct 2002 11:59:54 +0000 (GMT)

Laurent Mesuré <lmesure@nerim.net> writes:
>Jacob Nevins a écrit :
>> You can just import this key into PuTTYgen and save out a PuTTY format
>> private key file (.PPK) to solve your problem.
>
>You mean, i use ssh-keygen on my linux box to generate my keys.
>Then, i use the puttygen to import save out the key translated for Putty

Or you could just use PuTTYgen to generate the key, or use your
existing key. It shouldn't matter how the key was initially generated;
it just needs to be in .PPK format for PuTTY to use it.

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