Re: SSH

[Nick Holland <nhollan@home.com>]

I've been using PuTTY.  
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Good stuff:
* Entire package in single 230k .EXE file
* Seems to work quite well.
* Lots of configuration options.
* Low impact on system (o.k., I'm running it on a PII-400.  I may not
be a good judge!)

Bad stuff:
* Keeps configuration information in Windows registry, which means if
you build up a list of configurations and sites, you can't just copy
one file to a floppy and carry it with you.  Major bummer, esp. for a
single file program.
* Unfortunately, it may not be U.S. legal.  See the web page.  Not a
lot of info, sounds like the author isn't too worried about it, but
then, he's not in the U.S.  Ah, what a mess...  It may not be possible
to have a U.S. legal ssh program... (authoritative comments welcome!)
* I haven't found a font I *really* like for 132col on a 1024x768
screen, but then, I haven't tried really hard.

I've found it works quite well for me, seems to put minimal impact on
the Windows system (unlike another telnet program I used to use).


>From the PuTTY FAQ:
Question: How do I pronounce PuTTY? 
Answer: Just like "putty". Exactly like the stuff you put on window
frames. It's called PuTTY partly because it makes Windows usable :-) 

Gotta love it!
Nick.

Tom DeSot wrote:
> 
> What Win32 SSH client is everyone using in the US?  I can't find one that
> will either work or won't violate RSA restrictions.
> 
> tom