PuTTYGen (Windows)

PuTTYGen can be installed separately or together with WinSCP (Free Windows SFTP/SCP client)

It can be downloaded from :

As part of WinSCP - downloaded from https://winscp.net/

PuTTYGen(alone) - download from https://www.puttygen.com/

After downloading the package, run it. Select “Full Installation” and choose your desired language. Be sure that the boxes concerning the installation of “PuTTYGen” and “Pageant” are checked. Follow the installation instructions.

For WINSCP you can find PuTTYGen in the menu:

IP Office Support > a.- Generating the public and private key > image2020-3-6_16-15-47.png

Start the PuTTYGen application.

In both cases the PuTTYGen usage is the same, it is used to create the authentication keys as explained below:

Select “RSA” for the “Type of key to generate”, with 2048 bit key size or greater.
Press the “Generate” button and follow the instructions on the screen.

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When the key generation is complete, the screen looks like below:

IP Office Support > a.- Generating the public and private key > image2020-3-6_16-17-26.png

Enter a strong passphrase and remember it. You will be prompted to type it when you use this key. The passphrase is never sent to the remote server.
Press the “Save public key” button to save your public key. Name it using the suggested account name, with the extension “.pub” (example: ipob_jsmith.pub)
Press the “Save private key” button to save your private key. Give it the same name but with “.ppk”extention (ipob_jsmith.ppk)

Be aware that the format of the key should only be RSA SSH2.

If you view the public key with a text editor, will look like something like this:

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Be aware that the sequence of characters will be different and unique (is random characters generated by the process described above).

Delivery of the public key to WIPO

Rename the files using the suggested account name

Example:

ipob_jsmith.key - Private Key
ipob_jsmith.pub - Public Key

Email your public key to you support contact copying the ipas mailbox (ipas@wipo.int).

NEVER SEND THE PRIVATE KEY! Keep it safe.