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2022-10-24 – @FeRDNYC Thanks for your edit. Though I'm partially reverting it. Even on Windows 11, searching "System and Security" still opens Control Panel. So I believe that's still the primary path to that applet (and mainly, it's the path that works on any version of Windows) (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2022-10-23 – Update firewall/service configuration instructions for Win10/Win11. (FeRDNYC) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2022-06-21 – missing settings step (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2022-01-10 – newer to older as in other guides (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2022-01-10 – mention windows 11 in title (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2022-01-10 – merging windows 10 and 11 instructions (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2022-01-10 – added win11 section - by the way you guys are awesome for having an editable page. (71.63.158.142) – Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2022-01-10 – fixed bad path in example (71.63.158.142) – Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2021-04-21 – seems as misunderstanding, thanks otherwise (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2021-03-05 – correcting ACL requirements (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2021-01-11 – most use windows 10 now (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2020-08-21 – empty line between headers improves formatting (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2020-06-25 – simplifying the instructions (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2020-06-24 – Taking into account that on Windows 10 1809 and higher, the firewall rule is created and enabled by default when openSSH is installed via Optional Features. Taking into account that the firewall rule binds to sshd.exe in its appropriate installation directory as opposed to blanked allowing any program to bind on TCP port 22. (212.186.228.178) – Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2020-06-05 – administrator authorized keys (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2020-03-31 – explicit configuring_ssh_server anchor, used in sf_q1008568 (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2019-11-25 – old revision restored - do you have any source for your claim? (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2019-09-09 – powershell example for listing host keys (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2019-08-22 – old revision restored - "Alternatively" to what? The section does not indicate any specific way to create the folder. + Why "Administrative"? Quite on the contrary, one should use a regular command prompt to ensure the correct ownership (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2019-06-04 – syntax highlighting (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2019-06-04 – displaying all host keys (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2019-06-04 – 5.12 Bug 1589 – Use SHA-256 host key fingerprints (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2019-05-29 – windows_older anchor (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2019-03-28 – it's "File Explorer" now (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2019-03-01 – it's rather stable now (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2018-11-28 – old revision restored - Instructions for starting the service are in "Configuring SSH server" section already (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-11-27 – Added missed step of enabling the SSHD service. The following step does not work unless the service is first enabled. (73.205.32.65) – Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2018-06-13 – Windows 10 version 1803 has openssh built in (as optional feature) + new service name + matching firewall rule name (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2018-03-19 – Removing manual ad placement (Petr) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-02-20 – yet one more instance of uppercase sshd (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-02-20 – one more instance of uppercase sshd (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-02-20 – mark service names (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-02-20 – need to be admin to extract to program files (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-02-15 – hostkeys are now in ProgramData (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-02-15 – it's not necessary to grant permissions to authorized_keys file to Service\sshd anymore (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2018-02-15 – keys are now generated automatically as of v1.0.0.0-Beta (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-02-15 – official guide reverted to rule for port 22 (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-02-13 – old revision restored - if there is a reason user should be getting the error(s) described, please discuss on WinSCP support forum (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2018-02-12 – allowing command to work when executed from powershell shell + removing nonsense comment about using a host key as an authentication private key. (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2018-01-18 – old revision restored - thanks for your comment, but it works for me with double-quote and it's even the officially recommended syntax - if it does not work for you, please post details on forum, so that we can discuss it (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-01-18 – Using " around the Command parameter result in powershell error (146.247.40.253) – Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-01-12 – not just anymore (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-01-12 – only win10 has "defender", all others including srv 2016 do not (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-01-12 – updating wording for new firewall rules (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-01-12 – updating syntax of FixHostFilePermissions execution command to make -confirm switch work again (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-01-12 – create process-specific rather than port-specific firewall rules (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2018-01-09 – footnote cannot be within another style (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2017-12-11 – it's "Windows Defender Firewall" in Windows 10 (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2017-12-09 – rewording the .ssh. workaround (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2017-12-09 – Helping users who encounter an error when creating dot-folders in Windows (173.240.38.142) – Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2017-12-03 – removed "-Confirm:$false" flag which no longer works, accidentally the word directory (71.85.60.168) – Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2017-05-12 – old revision restored - thanks for your feedback, though when providing alternative commands, we would like to know why and when it's needed - can we discuss this first on the support forum? (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2017-05-12 – Add fix for icacls command (85.228.28.96) – Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2017-04-19 – changes to public key authentication setup (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2017-04-11 – conflict with developer mode (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2017-03-19 – old revision restored - it's mentioned already that it's a powershell command (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2017-03-02 – need admin privileges to program files (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2017-03-02 – consistent single-line code example format (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2017-03-02 – win32 openssh and winscp will now agree on ED25519 key (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2017-03-02 – updating the new path everywhere + no need to edit sshd_config anymore (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2017-03-02 – If extracted to a convenient location , public key auth doesn't work (111.92.26.212) – Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2017-02-06 – connecting anchor (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2017-01-13 – we are showing GUI version of the procedure by purpose (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2017-01-13 – Added Powershell Instructions for Service Startup and Setup. (173.190.220.50) – Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2016-12-27 – cd .. (151.232.130.57) (hidden) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2016-10-30 – To clarify how windows account name may be entered. (146.198.117.42) – Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2016-10-06 – explicit bypass execution policy (copied from official guide) (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2016-09-19 – put ".\" before "ssh-keygen.exe -A" (80.228.26.190) – Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2016-07-18 – added SCP server install instructions if SSH isn't available for users (173.12.172.188) (hidden) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2016-05-18 – also installing ssh-agent service (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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2016-04-24 – testing (27.0.168.116) (hidden) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2016-03-31 – updating link to official instructions (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2016-03-06 – updating ssh-lsa.dll installation (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2016-01-07 – using ssh-keygen.exe -A (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2015-12-26 – the batch file is correct, the %~dp0 is replaced with a path to the batch file. unless you have command extensions disabled (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2015-12-25 – correct path for ssh-lsa.dll x86 or x64 folder (187.38.122.2) – Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2015-11-12 – consistent protocol order (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2015-11-12 – it's SSH/SFTP server (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2015-11-12 – 11_09_2015 release supports running as a service (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
2015-11-12 – restarting needed only after setup-ssh-lsa (martin) Diff vs. currentDiff vs. previous
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