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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 ===