<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="Author" content="Prana - http://www.cyest.org"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.72 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.16-9mdkfb i686) [Netscape]"> <meta name="Keywords" content="ssh"> <title>SSH Key Generator</title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000FF" vlink="#FF0000" alink="#000088"> <h1> GTelnet</h1> <h3> <a href="http://www.cyest.org">http://www.cyest.org</a></h3> <hr WIDTH="100%"> <p><b>This is howto generate a key:</b> <br>From the shell prompt, type "ssh-keygen" with the desired parameters: <br>Usage: <b><font color="#FF0000">ssh-keygen [-lpqxXydc] [-b bits] [-f file] [-C comment] [-N new-pass] [-P pass]</font></b><b><tt><font color="#993300"></font></tt></b> <p><b><tt><font color="#CC33CC">[pranalukas@gmx.de]$ ssh-keygen -b 1024 -C "This is a comment"</font></tt></b> <br><b><tt><font color="#CC33CC">Generating RSA keys:</font></tt></b> <br><b><tt><font color="#CC33CC">........................ooooooO.....ooooooO</font></tt></b> <br><b><tt><font color="#CC33CC">Key generation complete.</font></tt></b> <br><b><tt><font color="#CC33CC">Enter file in which to save the key (/home/prana/.ssh/identity):</font></tt></b> <br><b><tt><font color="#CC33CC">Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): </font><font color="#3366FF">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (use a lengthy passphrase)</font></tt></b> <br><b><tt><font color="#CC33CC">Enter same passphrase again: </font><font color="#3366FF">(re-enter your passphrase here)</font></tt></b> <br><b><tt><font color="#CC33CC">Your identification has been saved in /home/prana/.ssh/identity.</font></tt></b> <br><b><tt><font color="#CC33CC">Your public key has been saved in /home/prana/.ssh/identity.pub.</font></tt></b> <br><b><tt><font color="#CC33CC">The key fingerprint is:</font></tt></b> <br><b><tt><font color="#CC33CC">14:e9:46:1e:00:a7:f6:20:d4:0d:af:84:74:b0:72:32 pranalukas@gmx.de</font></tt></b> <p><b>Bits</b>. Specifiy the length of the key in bits, for example: 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384 bits . 1024 is sufficient. <p><b>Passphrase.</b> Specify the passphrase that you want to use. Choose a good paraphrase: something that other people can't guess but it's easy to remember. A good paraphrase is 10-30 characters, not a simple sentence and/or easily guessable. <p> <hr WIDTH="100%"> <center><a href="index.html">Home</a></center> <p><br> </body> </html>
