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| 2017-01-18 | 2018-04-12 | ||
| generating explicit anchor (martin) | reduce acronym recognition (martin) | ||
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| Before generating a key pair using PuTTYgen, you need to select which type of key you need. PuTTYgen currently supports these types of key: | Before generating a key pair using PuTTYgen, you need to select which type of key you need. PuTTYgen currently supports these types of key: | ||
| - | * An RSA key for use with the SSH-2 protocol. | + | * An RSA key for use with the %%SSH-2%% protocol. |
| - | * A DSA key for use with the SSH-2 protocol. | + | * A DSA key for use with the %%SSH-2%% protocol. |
| - | * An ECDSA (elliptic curve DSA) key for use with the SSH-2 protocol. | + | * An ECDSA (elliptic curve %%DSA%%) key for use with the %%SSH-2%% protocol. |
| - | * An Ed25519 key (another elliptic curve algorithm) for use with the SSH-2 protocol. | + | * An Ed25519 key (another elliptic curve algorithm) for use with the %%SSH-%%2 protocol. |
| - | * An RSA key for use with the SSH-1 protocol. | + | * An %%RSA%% key for use with the %%SSH-1%% protocol. |
| - | The SSH-2 protocol supports more than one key type. The types supported by WinSCP are RSA, DSA, ECDSA, and Ed25519. | + | The SSH-2 protocol supports more than one key type. The types supported by WinSCP are %%RSA%%, %%DSA%%, %%ECDSA%%, and Ed25519. |
| - | The SSH-1 protocol only supports RSA keys; if you will be connecting using the SSH-1 protocol, you must select the first key type or your key will be completely useless. | + | The %%SSH-1%% protocol only supports %%RSA%% keys; if you will be connecting using the %%SSH-1%% protocol, you must select the first key type or your key will be completely useless. |
| ===== [[size]] Selecting the Size (Strength) of the Key ===== | ===== [[size]] Selecting the Size (Strength) of the Key ===== | ||