Per Qvindesland wrote:
> Not sure why you did feel that you have to create any keys at all,
> the ssh server would create it's own certificate and send it to the
> client after you have accepted it, there is 2 things that comes to
> my mind that I would try 1. remove the key that you created 2. make
> sure that you have configured putty so you log in with the right
> username and password.
The point of creating user keys with ssh is to use them for
authentication instead of simply a password. Key-based authentication
has numerous benefits over password based authentication.
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