he's not wrong though. ssh is the quickest way of accessing remove machines, not to mention secure (i have never seen remote desktop done with priv/pub key in practice). it also makes automation and transferring files easy. putty is terrible compared to ssh on linux. what i would have given for good ssh on windows back when i was still doing C#...

yes, yes, well done. how does this work with public/private keys again?

Like this: http://www.hurryupandwait.io/blog/certificate-password-less-... ... probably.