Having recently switched to Windows as my main desktop due to some work assignments, I've set up Putty to use encryption keys to handle my sessions - this way I don't need to type in a password every time I need to open a new ssh session. Here is how to do it.
First of all, you need to get Putty from here. While Putty itself is only a tiny executable, I recommend you use the fullinstallable package, as we'll use other apps from there such as PuttyGen and Pageant. Once installed, fire up PuttyGen and create a new ...