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.

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Generate an image of Pageant (Pageant is PuTTY’s SSH authentication agent that securely manages and supplies private keys for passwordless logins to remote servers.)

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Pageant canonical 4

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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 ⓘ
linked to: MIT License
partOf PuTTY ⓘ
platform Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
ECDSA ⓘ
Ed25519 ⓘ
RSA ⓘ
supportsProtocol SSH-1 ⓘ
SSH-2 ⓘ
usedFor SSH authentication ⓘ
usedWith PSCP ⓘ
PSFTP ⓘ
Plink ⓘ
PuTTY SSH client ⓘ
linked to: PuTTY
website https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PuTTY → hasComponent → Pageant ⓘ
Plink → relatedSoftware → Pageant ⓘ