Thanks, Peter, that helped a lot--I downloaded puttygen and am working with it now. Three more questions if anyone can help:
1) I guess we're to use SSH2 and not SSH1, but does it matter whether we use DSA or RSA? Is one much slower than the other? I'll use DSA--it apparently works for you and Joerg. 2) Also, you placed your public key in "authorized_keys", not "authorized_keys2" like Joerg has. (Both of you are using DSA apparently.) Also, PuttyGen seems to indicate that "authorized_keys" is only for SSH1/RSA and "authorized_keys2" is for SSH2 (RSA or DSA version). Does this matter--shouldn't you have yours in "authorized_keys2"? 3) To use Putty on my work computer (besides my one at home--where I've just created the key), should I create another private/public key pair, and append the public key to my authorized_keys/keys2 file, or just transfer my private key to the second computer (via floppy disk, etc.)--what is the more usual/accepted practice? Thanks, Glen --- Peter Herweg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Which tool did you finally use to create the SSH > key, > > and where do you run it? > > ... > > > > Thanks, > > Glen > > I used the key i have already used for accessing > jfor's cvs repository at > sourceforge. I created the key about 6 month ago > with puttygen. I ran it on > my local computer (win2000 prof.). > But you cannot use the files which puttygen creates > when you click on one of > the save buttons. Instead i copy-and-pasted the > content of the "Public key > for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys2 > file"-textbox. > > Kind regards > Peter Herweg > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/
