How to Generate Private and Public From Putty ppk file | Convert PPK file

How to Generate Private Key and Public From Putty ppk file | Convert PPK file | PuttyGen,  putty

In This topic we will convert .ppk ( putty ) to public and private key with the help of off puttygen.exe

How to Generate a Public and Private Key from .ppk file ?

Prerequisite

1 - puttygen.exe

2 - ppk file -

We can download puttygen.exe from offical website "https://www.putty.org"

Step 1

After the download execute "puttygen.exe", dialog will appear.


Puttygen.exe

Step 2

2. Press "Load" button and select your .ppk file that contains your private key. If your private key file is protected with a passphrase, you will be prompted to supply the passphrase in order to complete the loading of the private key.



Step 3

3. Go to the main menu "Conversions" and select "Export OpenSSH key", new window appears for "Save private key as:"






Press Yes, Choose a location where you want to save the private key and specify a filename for the private key file such as "linuxtopic-genkey" and choose "Save".



Step 4

Now we will Generate a public key by Choosing a "Save public key" Button. When the "Save public key as:" window appears, specify a filename for the public key file, such as "linuxtopic-genkey.pub", and choose "Save".



NOTE: if SecureCRT is configured to use a public key named "linuxtopic-genkey.pub", it expects to find the private key named ""linuxtopic-genkey" in the same folder. so keep following name of file




"linuxtopic-genkey.pub" -----> public key

"linuxtopic-genkey" ------> private key

Now you have both kye public and private.




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