Changes between Version 21 and Version 22 of SSH keys
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- 05/06/10 15:23:05 (3 years ago)
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SSH keys
v21 v22 54 54 1. Click on the "Generate" button. 55 55 1. Follow the instruction to move the mouse over the blank area of the program in order to create random data used by PUTTYGEN to generate secure keys. Key generation will occur once PUTTYGEN has collected sufficient random data. 56 1. Enter USERNAME@shell.sourceforge.netfor the key comment, depending on what host the key is for, replacing USERNAME with your !SourceForge.net username.56 1. Enter `USERNAME@shell.sourceforge.net` for the key comment, depending on what host the key is for, replacing USERNAME with your !SourceForge.net username. 57 57 1. Enter the desired passphrase in the "Key passphrase" and "Confirm passphrase" fields. If the key will be used for automation of operations (i.e. as part of a script), you may choose to omit this step from the key generation process. 58 58 1. Click on the "Save private key" button. Use the resulting dialog to save your private key data for future use. You may use a filename such as "SourceForge-Shell.ppk". The .ppk extension is used for PuTTY Private Key files.