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Home » Oracle » putty key format too new

putty key format too new

July 3, 2022 by techgoeasy Leave a Comment

We will be looking at one of the common errors face”putty key format too new” while using the putty tool

Problem

Many times, we may get the below error while connecting using putty

putty key format too new

This happens as the Putty version used by the user is older than the version of the puttygen tool which is used to generate the key

Solutions

  1. You can upgrade your putty to the same version as the puttygen. then your issue will be resolved
  2. You can use the puttygen tool to export the keys in an older format

Open Puttygen-> Go to key -> Choose Parameters for saving files

putty key format too new

Choose version 2

putty key format too new

Click Ok.

Now load the ppk key which is giving an error in puttygen using the load button and save it as in a different file using the below steps

Now save the private key at a different location.

Now you should be able to use the different location key with Putty

Hope this resolves your issue of putty key format too new

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