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KiTTYGen can not load own generated keys again

Open wiesl opened this issue 3 years ago • 1 comments

To reproduce with Version v0.76.0.6: 1.) Generate a key (RSA 4096 oder ed25519) 2.) Save private key in V3 mode (maybe also V2 affected, not tested) 3.) Try to load it, KiTTYGen hangs

PuTTYGen 0.76 or latest snapshot is not affected and can load the keys.

wiesl avatar Jan 12 '22 07:01 wiesl

Same with v0.76.0.8 v0.76.0.10 Can't load private key with passphrase. Private key without passphrase loaded normally.

igorzigorz avatar May 11 '22 08:05 igorzigorz

Same with v0.76.1.3 Key generated using kittygen.exe RSA 4096. Saved private key. Exported public key to OpenSSH. Closed kittygen. Re-open kittygen. Attempt to load private key. Process stalls before asking for password - and eventually says program not responding. Attempt to open the same private key using PuTTY v0.78, and it prompts for password, then opens fine, as expected.

pkiff avatar Jan 26 '23 17:01 pkiff