{"id":1574,"date":"2014-05-26T13:38:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T13:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milesweb.com\/hosting-faqs\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2018-05-15T10:14:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T10:14:39","slug":"generate-ssh-key-windows-putty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/generate-ssh-key-windows-putty\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Generate SSH Key On Windows With Putty?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is possible to generate an SSH key on Windows through Putty SSH client. Putty can be downloaded for free online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For generating a key with Putty, follow the steps mentioned below:<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download and start the puttygen.exe generator.<\/li>\n<li>In the parameters section, select \u2018SSH2 DSA\u2019 and click on Generate.<\/li>\n<li>Randomly move your mouse in the small screen for generating the key pairs.<\/li>\n<li>Enter a key comment that will identify the key, this is useful when you are using many SSH keys.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the passphrase and confirm it. This paraphrase protects your key. You will be prompted to enter the passphrase when you connect through SSH.<\/li>\n<li>Click on \u2018save private key\u2019 for saving the private key.<\/li>\n<li>Click on \u2018save public key\u2019 for saving the public key.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are looking for professional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting\/windows-hosting\"><strong>Windows hosting<\/strong><\/a> platforms, check MilesWeb&#8217;s affordable Windows hosting plans.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is possible to generate an SSH key on Windows through Putty SSH client. Putty can be downloaded for free online. 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