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2023-05-24		2023-08-24
6.1 stable released (martin)		update from pre-release of PuTTY 0.79 (martin)
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	PuTTYgen can also export private keys in OpenSSH format and in ssh.com format. To do so, select one of the //Export// options from the //Conversions// menu. Exporting a key works exactly like [[#saving_private\|saving it]] -- you need to have typed your passphrase in beforehand, and you will be warned if you are about to save a key without a passphrase.		PuTTYgen can also export private keys in OpenSSH format and in ssh.com format. To do so, select one of the //Export// options from the //Conversions// menu. Exporting a key works exactly like [[#saving_private\|saving it]] -- you need to have typed your passphrase in beforehand, and you will be warned if you are about to save a key without a passphrase.

-	For OpenSSH there are two options. Modern OpenSSH actually has two formats it uses for storing private keys. //Export OpenSSH key// will automatically choose the oldest format supported for the key type, for maximum backward compatibility with older versions of OpenSSH; for newer key types like Ed25519, it will use the newer format as that is the only legal option. If you have some specific reason for wanting to use OpenSSH's newer format even for RSA, DSA, or ECDSA keys, you can choose //Export OpenSSH key (force new file format)//.	+	For OpenSSH there are two options. Modern OpenSSH actually has two formats it uses for storing private keys: an older ("PEM-style") format, and a newer "native" format with better resistance to passphrase guessing and support for comments. //Export OpenSSH key// will automatically choose the oldest format supported for the key type, for maximum backward compatibility with older versions of OpenSSH; for newer key types like Ed25519, it will use the newer format as that is the only legal option. If you have some specific reason for wanting to use OpenSSH's newer format even for RSA, DSA, or ECDSA keys – for instance, you know your file will only be used by OpenSSH 6.5 or newer (released in 2014), and want the extra security – you can choose //Export OpenSSH key (force new file format)//.

	You can also use WinSCP ''[[commandline#keygen\|/keygen]]'' command-line switch to convert the private key from other formats.		You can also use WinSCP ''[[commandline#keygen\|/keygen]]'' command-line switch to convert the private key from other formats.