Connecting to Your Linux Instance from Windows Using PuTTY
1. To generate an RSA key pair to work with version 2 of the protocol, type the following command at a shell prompt: 2. ssh-keygen -t rsa [pravesh@localhost ~]$ ssh-keygen -t rsa Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/pravesh/.ssh/id_rsa): pravesh Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in pravesh. Your public key has been saved in pravesh.pub. The key fingerprint is: ed:5e:fb:5d:87:a2:12:ac:5d:98:1c:59:df:e3:81:1a pravesh@localhost.localdomain The key's randomart image is: +--[ RSA 2048]----+ | | | . | | o . o | | o.E o + | | oS+.o . o | | *.o .. | | o o. o . o| | . o. o o .o| | .o ... .| +-----------------+ [pravesh@localhost ~]$ ls -la total 28 -rw------- 1 pravesh pravesh 1743 Apr 29 14:30 pravesh -rw-r--r-- 1 pravesh pravesh