How can I use SSH Private keys

hlince

2009-05-22 08:53:48

How can I use SSH Private keys when connecting via SSH using a private key generated by PuttyGen?

I'm new to this whole key thing and am a little lost - I found I can do it by setting it to "key file: but I was hoping to store the key in SmartFTP itself, through the likes of the Certificate Store, is this possible?

Thank you in advance

2009-05-22 12:06:10

Yes this is possible. Convert the Putty key to a PFX,P12 certificate using openssl. Then import it into the certificate store.

Regards,
Mat

hlince

2009-05-23 02:30:47

Thanks for the information - I just have to figure out how to do that now