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Where does Putty store known_hosts information on Windows?
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Mar 15, 2026182695 viewsConfidence Score1%
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How do I tell if Putty already knows about and has cached credentials for specific ssh servers? Another way to ask this question is what is the Windows/Putty equivalent of a unix/ssh known_hosts file?
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Putty stores known hosts under a registry key: .
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