Doing so reveals a menu that allows you to add a new key to the list. Once started, the application runs hidden in your system tray, enabling you to configure its settings by right-clicking on the icon. Its benefits are related to the fact that it helps you avoid storing decrypted private keys on an easily accessible local disk. It is designed to remember usernames and passwords for an unlimited number of SSH sessions, while also ensuring the security of your login data. Pageant can handle both protected and unprotected keys (PPK files).

Practically, it allows automatic logging authentication.

This small utility is often integrated with SCP and FTP client packages, aiming to initialize connection sessions without having to provide login data. The main advantage to this is that you don't have to remember and enter a pass phrase each time you need to use a private key.

Pageant is designed to ease the use of PuTTY, PSCP, Plink and PSFTP, providing an SSH authorization agent ready to store all your private keys within a secure place.

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