How do I create an RSA public\private key pair in Windows?

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How do I create RSA public\private key pair file in Windows?

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 15 '09 at 02:54

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You can use PuTTYgen to make a key pair.

answered Nov 15 '09 at 02:54

John T

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is `puttygen` helpful even if I won't be using the key-pair for `ssh`? – Isaac Kleinman Jan 13 '14 at 16:52

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 15 '09 at 03:12

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John T + or if using something like msys/cygwin you can use openssh's ssh-keygen. I usually do ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096

answered Nov 15 '09 at 03:12

xenoterracide

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 15 '09 at 04:30

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gpg4win is a windows port of gpg.

answered Nov 15 '09 at 04:30

Matthew

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