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CyberChef answered on October 31, 2023 Popularity 6/10 Helpfulness 6/10

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The sftp command you're using doesn't recognize the .ppk format, which is specific to PuTTY. This is indicated by the "invalid format" error.
You weren't able to connect to the remote server because of the invalid key format.
To fix this, you'll need to convert the .ppk key to the OpenSSH format. Here's how you can do that on Windows:


Download and Install PuTTYgen:
If you don't have it installed already, you can download it from the official PuTTY website. PuTTYgen is usually included in the standard PuTTY installation package.

Convert the PPK Key:

Open PuTTYgen.
Click on the "Load" button and select your .ppk file (e.g., path_to_your_key.ppk).
Once the key is loaded, click on the "Conversions" menu and select "Export OpenSSH key".
Save the key to a location you'll remember, for example: path_to_save_openssh_key.
Use the Converted Key with SFTP:
After converting the key, use the new OpenSSH format key with the sftp command:

bash
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sftp -i "path_to_save_openssh_key" username@remote_server_address
Replace path_to_your_key.ppk with the path to your actual .ppk file, path_to_save_openssh_key with where you'd like to save the converted OpenSSH key, username with your username on the remote server, and remote_server_address with the address (or IP) of the remote server.

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