Generate Private and Public Encryption Keys
All of the screenshots that follow are from PuTTY 0.62.
Navigate to "Chapter 8: Using public keys for SSH authentication" of the online documentation, and read "Section 8.2 Using PuTTYgen, the PuTTY key generator" to begin generating the new private and public encryption keys. The screenshots that follow illustrate the key steps in the process.
1 Run PuTTYgen.
2 Inspect the default parameter values, and then press the "Generate" button.
3 Move the mouse over the blank area that is in the "Key" pane for a few seconds to proceed.
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5 Use the buttons to save both the public key (jd_eas_public_key.txt) and the private key (jd_eas_private_key.ppk) somewhere on your Windows machine. It is also worth selecting (right-click, Select All), and then saving, the public key from the Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file: field that is in the PuTTY Key Generator dialog (jd_eas_public_key_paste.txt).
6 Exit the PuTTY Key Generator dialog.
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