Version 6.6 391 October 2014
Installation & Operation Manual 33. Configuring Security Settings
3. Accept the default location for the file by pressing Enter when prompted for the
file name.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa):
4. The generated private/public key pair may be protected by a passphrase for
enhanced security. However use of the passphrase makes SSH login interactive
(user will be asked for a passphrase instead of the username/password).
For enhanced security, enter the passphrase at the prompt. For an empty
passphrase, press Enter.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
5. Finally, ssh-keygen will confirm the completion and creation of the private/public
key files.
Your identification has been saved in /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
41:0a:51:fo:23:ea:ac:38:e4:f8:80:9a:d3:3b:a0:87 user@ssh-client
If you use PuTTY client software (for Windows PC), take the following steps:
1. Locate and run the Puttygen.exe (Putty Key Generator) binary.
2. Select SSH-2 RSA key type, press Generate button and move the mouse over
the blank area (as prompted) to generate some randomness on the keys.
Figure 33-9: PuTTY Key Generator
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