SecureCRT, OpenSSH, and keys

[Stephane Clodic]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 08:08:16AM -0700, greg at zerothree.com wrote:
> Hello all.  

Hello

> I have been searching the web for a formula to get openssh and securecrt ssh2 keys working properly.  Does anyone have a set of directions?
> 
> I have attempted creating keys in securecrt and converting them (ssh-keygen) to OpenSSH keys.  I have attempted using OpenSSH's keys, but nothing seems to take.  Any advice will help.  Thank you.
> 
> OpenSSH v3.8
> SecurCRT v4.1.7


If you have generate your identities keys (priv & pub) from SecureCRT,
simply upload your (windows) Identity.pub file to the remote host.
Guessing this one is running OpenSSH, simply do a 
ssh-keygen -i -f Identity.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized-keys

Then you should be able to logging into remote host from SecureCRT with
pubkey auth.

I don't know how to convert SecureCRT priv key.

Please note to avoid some trouble to convert priv key between OpenSSH and
SSH.com (from/to) : (temporaly) suppress the pass-phrase do the trick :)

PuTTY-(key)gen is also a nice tool for key conversion ;) (and more)

Cya

-- 
Stephane Clodic
France Teaser