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The following dialog is displayed when you click on the Configure SSH menu in the Configurator. This dialog allows you to specify Robo-FTP's default SSH private key. Use the Manage Sites menu option if you need to use a different SSH key with a particular site.
To use an SSH key for authentication on SFTP connections:
1. Create or import a public-key / private-key-pair.
The Configurator's built-in SSH key creator creates a private key with a corresponding public key and loads them into its SSH key store.
You can also import keys from any other compatible SSH key generator utility such as the one distributed with the commercial product by SSH Communications Security at http://www.ssh.com or the one distributed with the free OpenSSH at http://www.openssh.org. Imported keys are added to the Configurator's SSH key store.
2. Let the remote server know about your public key.
Your public key must be loaded on the remote server where it will be used to authenticate your connection. You can extract your public key from the Configurator's key store by:
3. Let Robo-FTP know to use a SSH key to authenticate.
There are two method of letting Robo-FTP know to use an SSH key to authenticate with an SFTP server:
See also: Choose Default SSH Key, Create SSH Key, Export SSH Key Related Topics: Using Robo-FTP with Secure Sites, SFTP |