Pageant
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Pageant is PuTTY’s SSH authentication agent that securely manages and supplies private keys for passwordless logins to remote servers.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SSH authentication agent
ⓘ
software utility ⓘ |
| category |
SSH agent
ⓘ
cryptographic key manager ⓘ |
| configuration |
can add keys via GUI
ⓘ
can remove keys via GUI ⓘ loads keys from .ppk files ⓘ |
| developer | Simon Tatham ⓘ |
| distribution | bundled with PuTTY installer ⓘ |
| feature |
agent forwarding support
ⓘ
avoids repeated passphrase entry ⓘ caches decrypted private keys ⓘ supports multiple keys simultaneously ⓘ system tray icon interface ⓘ |
| interaction | communicates with PuTTY via Windows messages ⓘ |
| license |
MIT License
ⓘ
surface form:
MIT license
|
| partOf | PuTTY ⓘ |
| platform |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| primaryFunction |
manage SSH private keys
ⓘ
supply private keys for authentication ⓘ |
| securityProperty |
does not write private keys to disk while running
ⓘ
keys are held only in process memory ⓘ |
| stores | SSH private keys in memory ⓘ |
| supports | passwordless logins ⓘ |
| supportsKeyType |
DSA
ⓘ
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm ⓘ
surface form:
ECDSA
Ed25519 ⓘ RSA ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
SSH-1
ⓘ
SSH-2 ⓘ |
| usedFor | SSH authentication ⓘ |
| usedWith |
PSCP
ⓘ
PSFTP ⓘ Plink ⓘ PuTTY ⓘ
surface form:
PuTTY SSH client
|
| website | https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ ⓘ |
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