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To create an SSH Key on Windows, you're going to need to download PuTTY. | To create an SSH Key on Windows, you're going to need to download PuTTY. | ||
PuTTY can be downloaded from [http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty-0.62-installer.exe here.] | PuTTY can be downloaded from [http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty-0.62-installer.exe here.] | ||
*Run the puttygen.exe utility to generate a pair of private/public keys. | |||
*Click on the ''Generate'' button (Make sure SSH-2 RSA parameter is checked) | |||
*Move the mouse around to generate your key. | |||
*Once you have accumulated enough heat, the application generates the key. | |||
*Make sure you enter a lengthy passphrase in the Key passphrase field and confirm it in the Confirm passphrase field. | |||
*Click on the Save private key button to save your private key in a file. | |||
Congratulations! With your mouse, select the content of the box labeled Public key and press Control-C to copy your public SSH key. | |||
This key can now be used on Gitorious to access Git on Windows. Good luck! | |||
=== Create SSH Key === | === Create SSH Key === | ||