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At this point, it’s a good idea to enter and confirm a “Key passphrase”. Once the key generation has completed, PuTTYgen will populate the “Public key”, the “Key fingerprint”, and the “Key comment” values. PuTTYgen will ask you to move the mouse over a selected area to generate the key. For increased security, we recommend increasing this value to 4096.Ĭlick Generate. On Windows 10, PuTTYgen defaults to generating an RSA key of 2048 bits. The quickest way to run PuTTYgen on Windows 10 is to click the Start button, type putty, and then select “PuTTYgen” from the results. PuTTY has a bundled PuTTYgen application that allows you to generate your public and private keys. To get PuTTY, browse to the download page and download and install the latest version. However, you can use an application called PuTTY to generate an SSH key and use it to connect to your server’s command line. Unlike macOS or Linux-based distributions, Windows does not come with a built-in terminal application that you can use to access an Ubuntu server via SSH, using public/private key authentication. The SSH Server is developed and supported professionally by Bitvise.Connect to Your Server via SSH on Windows

It is robust, easy to install, easy to use, and works well with a variety of SSH clients, including Bitvise SSH Client, OpenSSH, and PuTTY.