How to Make a Public Key

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Last updated: Oct 04, 2010Version comment
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Public-key cryptography is method of make secure connections using a pair of cryptographic keys: one public key and one private key. The private key is a secret (not to be shared with anyone) and the public key is shared with anyone.

ssh-keygen

  • ssh-keygen - A command line client to create an ssh key

putty-gen

The program "putty" comes with a program called "putty-gen". It is a gui client.

When using putty-gen, be sure to use send us the one-line public key. You can find this at the top of the putty-gen dialog box in the "Public key for pasting into authorized_keys file" box.

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