How to connect to a RHEL 8 system running FIPS using PuTTY

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Connecting using PuTTY/RSA public key to a RHEL 8 system running FIPS-140-2, the connection fails, as reported in /var/log/secure

    Raw
    TIMESTAMP sshd[PID]: userauth_pubkey: key type ssh-rsa not in PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes [preauth]

  • Connection using PuTTY/RSA public key to a RHEL 7 system running FIPS-140-2 works fine

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Crypto policy FIPS
  • PuTTY
  • Public key using ssh-rsa or ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com

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