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I am having issues converting a private key from ssh.com format to putty format. Upon importing of the private key, I am met with the following error.
Couldn't load private key (key does not begin with magic number).
I am unable to figure out what is wrong with the key. I have generated another sample key with the same problem below that is not used for anything obviously and without passphrase. I would appreciate any help from anyone. Thanks in advance.
---- BEGIN SSH2 ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY ----
Comment: "[2048-bit rsa, Fri May 16 2014]"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---- END SSH2 ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY ----
Could you also post a [small] key with a passphrase? Also, what program generates those keys? – user1686 – 2014-05-16T14:18:01.787
1What do you mean by small key? The program that generated the key is an old F-Secure SSH File transfer client v5.4 – wakaka – 2014-05-16T15:10:59.507