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Creating a Public/Private Key Pair with Xshell

By Tuesday June 28th, 2016Features

Using Xshell, you can easily create a Public/Private key pair to securely authenticate your SSH connections. In your client PC, open Xshell and navigate to Tools -> User Key Manager.

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Click Generate and select your desired Key Type and Key Length. For our example, we’ll choose the RSA Key Type and the 2048 Key Length. A key pair will be generated and you’ll be prompted to set your passphrase.

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To see your public key, navigate to the key properties and select the “Public Key” tab.

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Now that your key pair has been generated, the public/private key authentication method will help keep your information more secure.

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