Post date: Oct 13, 2010 12:15:47 AM
PuTTY is a Telnet, SSH, and serial console client for Windows. Use it to connect to remote servers running a telnet or SSH daemon process. If you are inside MSYS, connect with the "ssh" command instead. PuTTY runs outside of MSYS.
The official PuTTY home page is http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
Putty is a self-contained Windows executable. There is no zip file to extract.
Download it from a mirror: Version 0.60
Create a putty directory in Program Files (%PROGRAMFILES%/putty/)
Move putty.exe to your putty folder.
Create a shortcut to putty.exe
Start PuTTY.
Enter the host name or IP address.
Select the "Connection type", usually SSH.
If you aren't connecting to the default port, change "Port" number.
Enter a name or description for this host, then click "Save".
PuTTYgen is used to generate and import SSH keys.
Download the latest build (unstable) from the main site: PuTTYgen Development snapshot
Move puttygen.exe to your putty folder.
Run puttygen.exe .
Click "Conversions" menu > "Import Key".
Open your private key file. If you generated in MSYS, check $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa .
Enter your key's passphrase.
Change the "Key comment" to "your_id@hostname openssh key".
Click "Save private key".
Save the key as "id_rsa.ppk" in your private $HOME/.ssh/ directory.
Open PuTTY again.
If you want to use the key for a saved session, select it and click "Load" first.
If this is a new session, enter the host name/IP address and new "Saved Sessions" name.
Click "Connection" category > "SSH" > "Auth".
Check "Allow agent forwarding"
Click "Browse" for "Private key file for authentication".
Open the "id_rsa.ppk" file you saved from PuTTYgen.
Select "Session" category
Click "Save".
Now, when you load this session and click "Open", PuTTY will attempt to use public key authentication. If that fails, the server may fall back to password authentication.
Pageant will remember your passphrase while it is running, so that you don't need to enter it multiple times per day.
Download it from a mirror: Version 0.60.
Move pageant.exe to your putty folder.
Run puttygen.exe .
Click "Generate"
Move the mouse around to add randomness for the key
Enter a key passphrase
Click "Save private key", and save id_rsa.ppk to a private directory.
Click "Save public key", and save id_rsa_puttygen_your_id.pub to a private directory.
If you want to export to OpenSSH or ssh.com format, use the "Conversions" menu