Download and install PuTTY.

GPG4Win has built-in support for SSH authentication.

Step 1

Download and install GPG4Win.

Step 2

Start the gpg-connect-agent.exe by running the following command in a PowerShell terminal or Command Prompt:

gpg-connect-agent /bye

Step 3

Enable SSH support by editing the gpg-agent.conf file located in the gnupg directory %APPDATA%\gnupg\ on Windows, where the typical path is C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\

Add the following lines to it:

enable-putty-support
enable-ssh-support
use-standard-socket
default-cache-ttl 600
max-cache-ttl 7200

Step 4

To apply this change, restart the gpg-agent by running the following command in a PowerShell terminal or Command Prompt:

gpg-connect-agent killagent /bye
gpg-connect-agent /bye

Done!