Using key based authentication with X-Win32 SSH

X-Win32 cannot directly open OpenSSH keys. You need to convert your OpenSSH key to to a ppk key using the attached program Keygen.exe.

Download keygen here: File:Keygen.zip

1. Download Keygen.zip
2. Extract the program
3. Run Keygen.exe
4. Click File->Load Private Key, load your private key file (id_rsa for this example)



5. Enter the passphrase if you have one
6. The key has been loaded as in the below figure.



7. Copy the entire public key text into the $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys2 file on your remote system
8. Press the button “Save private key”.
9. The converted key would be saved as “id_rsa.ppk”