Putty

PuTTY is an SSH and telnet client.

Installation
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Installation

Download installer here.

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SSH Login with private key

Convert RSA keys from Unix to Putty (.ppk) format

PuTTYgen is normally installed as part of the normal PuTTY on Windows.

  • Transfer RSA keys from Kali to Windows.
  • Click on Start menu->All Programs->PuTTY->PuTTYgen.
  • Click on the Conversions->Import key.
    • Select the RSA private key file (e.g. “id_rsa”).
    • Click on Save private key and give the file a name (e.g. “id_rsa.ppk”).
    • Click on Save public key and give the file a name (e.g. “id_rsa_pub”).

Connection

  • Click on Connection->SSH->Auth->Credentials.
  • Under Private key file for authentication, click on Browse and select the private key file (.ppk).

On Kali

Generate a keypair in both PEM and PPK format

sudo apt-get install openssh-client putty-tools
puttygen -t rsa -b 2048 -o putty_key.ppk
Enter passphrase to save key:
Re-enter passphrase to verify:
puttygen putty_key.ppk -O private-openssh -o id_rsa