[Python-checkins] devguide: tell people to generate rsa keys with puttygen

benjamin.peterson python-checkins at python.org
Tue Oct 6 23:37:07 EDT 2015


https://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/847ccac0e0eb
changeset:   765:847ccac0e0eb
user:        Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
date:        Tue Oct 06 20:36:36 2015 -0700
summary:
  tell people to generate rsa keys with puttygen

files:
  faq.rst |  8 ++++----
  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)


diff --git a/faq.rst b/faq.rst
--- a/faq.rst
+++ b/faq.rst
@@ -891,10 +891,10 @@
 Windows
 '''''''
 
-Use PuTTYgen_ to generate your public key.  Choose the "SSH2 DSA" radio button,
-have it create an OpenSSH formatted key, choose a password, and save the private
-key to a file.  Copy the section with the public key (using Alt-P) to a file;
-that file now has your public key.
+Use PuTTYgen_ to generate your public key.  Choose the "SSH-2 RSA" radio button,
+set 4096 as the key size, choose a password, and save the private key to a file.
+Copy the section with the public key (using Alt-P) to a file; that file now has
+your public key.
 
 .. _PuTTYgen: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
 

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