X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:37:05 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <203032724.20120123233705@mtu-net.ru> To: Andrew DeFaria , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Putty and pre-shared keys with Cygwin's sshd In-Reply-To: References: <1910391597.20120121163937@mtu-net.ru> <1326199340.20120122003455@mtu-net.ru> <1838817585.20120122072825@mtu-net.ru> <59241285.20120123150258@mtu-net.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Greetings, Andrew DeFaria! >>>> I believe that PuTTy is SSH2, while Cygwin is OpenSSH. >> PuTTY using it's own format for SSH2 keys. As explained in help file. > That's another thing about these one offs - they invent there own ways > of doing things making them different and not compatible with already > established ways - i.e. the "not playing well together" part. (Though > granted there is no standard for ssh2 keys, it doesn't necessarily mean > they should go off an invent yet another way...) There's no established way to store both keys in the same file. PuTTY's .ppk container is, by far, a combination of ssh.com's public and private key blocks concatenated into a single file. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 23.01.2012, <23:35> Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple