Egit Refuses to accept id_rsa

Question

I\'m a first time git user trying to setup egit in Eclipse so I can continue to easily code through Eclipse. Problem is, every time I try to clone a repo through egit, it gives

Answer 1

Just to confirm: this is a current bug (issue 353561).
And passphrase might still be a problem depending on the encryption you used when creating your key (bug 326526).

However, passphrase are supposed to be supported (as the Egit user guide mentions).