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I've always assumed that PuTTY used its own private key format because the OpenSSH one was terrible until about 2013. See eg https://latacora.singles/2018/08/0
by mjw1007 8y ago
I've always assumed that PuTTY used its own private key format because the OpenSSH one was terrible until about 2013.
See eg https://latacora.singles/2018/08/03/the-default-openssh.html https://latacora.singles/2018/08/03/the-default-openssh.html (which is from 2018, but I think the weakness has been well known for a long time).
- JdeBP 8y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18915747 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18915747 .
- fanf2 8y agoThis wishlist item includes lists some advantages of PuTTY’s private key format: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/key-formats.html https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/...