non php question about ssh

[Anon]

Has anyone here ever had to use a ssh public/private key? I just accepted an off site consulting position and they have asked for a ssh public key. I did some research and figured out more or less what it is but how do I obtain one? If anyone has any ideas or of a better place to obtain info on the subject I would be most greatful.

Thanks
Brian

[Anon]

Run ssh-keygen on your local machine, it will ask for a passphrase, and when you supply that it will generate a pair of files in your .ssh dir: .identity (which is private key) and
.identity.pub (which is public key)
You would want to add the contents of your local .identity.pub file to the remote server's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file (in your remote account). This will allow you to login to remote machine without entering login password.

Best document, as always is the manual page of ssh.

Amit

[Anon]

Thats nifty Amit. Where is that keygen file anyways? is it on win2000 machine or unix based?