1. Key generation with PuTTY. To generate a key pair with the PuTTY key generator, simply run puttygen.exe and click the Generate button in the window that appears. You will be asked to move the mouse and press keys to improve the random number generation at the heart of SSH security.
2. May 05, 2019  To generate an SSH key pair on Windows using PuTTYgen perform the following steps: Start the PuTTYgen tool, by double-clicking on its.exe file or going to the Windows Start menu → PuTTY (64-bit) → PuTTYgen. For “Type of key to generate” leave the default RSA. The “Number of bits in a generated key”, 2048 is sufficient for most people.
3. May 05, 2019 This tutorial explains how to generate SSH keys on Windows with PuTTYgen. We will also show you how to set up an SSH key-based authentication and connect to your remote Linux servers without entering a password. Download PuTTYgen # PuTTYgen is an open-source utility that allows you to generate SSH keys for the most popular Windows SSH client PuTTY.

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How to Generate an SSH key in Windows 10

As you may already know, Windows 10 includes built-in SSH software - both a client and a server! This feature is available in the OS starting in version 1803. When the client option is installed, we can use it to generate a new SSH key.

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On Windows machines, the freeware open-source software PuTTY is the de-facto standard when it comes to SSH and Telnet. With Windows 10, Microsoft has finally listened to its users after years of them requesting an SSH client and server. By including an OpenSSH implementation, the value of the OS increases.

PuTTY is a popular SSH, Telnet, and SFTP client for Windows. It is typically used for remote access to server computers over a network using the SSH protocol. This is the download page. For more information on PuTTY, see the PuTTY page.

The provided SSH client is similar to the Linux client. At first glance, it appears to support the same features as its *NIX counterpart. It is a console app, so you should be able to start it from the command prompt.

To proceed, you need to enable the OpenSSH Client feature. Check out the following text:

Assuming that you have it installed, you can do the following.

To Generate an SSH key in Windows 10,

1. Open a new command prompt.
2. Type ssh-keygen and hit the Enter key.
3. The app will ask for the save location, offering C:usersyour user name.sshid_rsa by default.
4. Next, you will be prompted to enter a passphrase. You can just hit the Enter key to skip it.
5. Finally, you will see the fingerprint for your key and SHA256. The default algorithm is RSA 2048.

You are done. Your public key will be saved to the id_rsa.pub file, by default it is C:usersyour user name.sshid_rsa.pub. You can now upload this file to the target machine you want to access with SSH. Do not share your private SSH key (id_rsa) unless you know what you are doing!

SSH supports a number of other public key algorithms using with keys, such as:

• rsa - this is a classic algorithm based on the difficulty of factoring large numbers. Recommended keys size - 2048 or above.
• dsa - yet another legacy algorithm based on the difficulty of computing discrete logarithms. It is no longer recommended.
• ecdsa - a new Digital Signature Algorithm standarized by the US government, using elliptic curves. It supports 256, 384, and 521 key sizes.
• ed25519 - this algorithm is the latest options included in OpenSSH. Certain software lacks support for it.

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You can specify the algorithm using the -t option and change the key size using the -b switch. Some examples:

That's it.

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