Can I generate private key from the last public key using puttygen?

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sagar picture sagar · Jun 20, 2014 · Viewed 45.7k times · Source

I have generated public key earlier forgot to generate private key. Can I generate private key for earlier public key using puttygen?

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Nir Alfasi picture Nir Alfasi · Jun 20, 2014

If you were able to do that, RSA would have been vulnerable to a "puttygen" attack...

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