It's 2013. Why the fuck is anyone still using Windows?
What does that have to do with anything? PuTTY is not windows-exclusive.
What are the benefits of using PuTTY over plain ssh in a *NIX environment?
PuTTY 0.63 released, fixing four security holes
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Re: PuTTY 0.63 released, fixing four security holes
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you've got a dozen open PuTTY windows, you should really look at SecureCRT. Tabbed sessions, tiling, configurable keyboard/mouse shortcuts, password encryption/automatic session login and best of all, scripting support for Perl/Python. It's $99, but I've easily saved 1000x that amount by being able to quickly script shell interactions that don't easily lend themselves to the regular scripting tools like 'expect'.…
yeah, because managing windows is not the problem a window manager would be responsible for... what then? you have a dozen word documents? and a dozen text files? and a dozen images? ... do you keep changing your tools everytime you pass a window number threshold? just get rid of windows 8. as troll as this comment may sound...
just get rid of windows 8
I'm not aware of the grouping functionality changing between 7 to 8, at least to the extent that 8 doesn't group more aggressively than 7.
In both operating systems you can customise whether applications are grouped or not.
And although it's not necessarily PuTTY's job to change because of a new feature in the OS (taskbar grouping), I'd note that there is an API for controlling it [1].
[1] http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2012/08/20/10341...
Re: PuTTY 0.63 released, fixing four security holes
#33It's 2013. Why the fuck is anyone still using Windows?
I know this is a troll statement, but I feel Windows does a lot of things well. * For large organizations, domain controls make managing a large number of desktops much easier. * I feel MS Office on windows is a better product than the mac version (if you do a lot of document work). * Gaming. Windows is still dominant for desktop games. * Windows isn't the walled garden that Mac is going towards. * Backwards compatib…
Would you mind explaining what domain controls offer? I've never worked with a large windows desktop install base, so I have no idea what domain controls do exactly.
Re: PuTTY 0.63 released, fixing four security holes
#34Re: PuTTY 0.63 released, fixing four security holes
#35Since starting to use Windows 8, I found that the grouping behavior of the taskbar combined with a dozen open PuTTY windows drove me insane. There's a multiple-tabbed PuTTY shell, but it was hard to get used to as well. I finally switched to the Chrome SSH client, which has been much better (though it doesn't have nearly the features of PuTTY, of course).
It's been a while since I was stuck on a Windows box, but I found the combination of Console2 (tabbed terminal emulator) with Cygwin[1] was quite nice. Then you can use `ssh', `scp', etc. like you would on a Unix machine. You might want to try this approach if you're willing to go as far as to do this from your browser (which gives me shivers). This was on Windows XP but I imagine it still works.
Re: PuTTY 0.63 released, fixing four security holes
#36I was using Putty Connection Manager (puttycm) to allow for tabbed browsing of multiple windows, and after upgrading Putty I now get issues. Loads nothing but a grey screen.
I'm working my way through it, but just wanted to pop in to see if anyone else had an issue.
Circling back. Here's the solution:
=> open Putty Connection Manager
=> select Tools > Options
=> select Plugins > Putty
=> select "Enable additional timing for PuTTY capture (ms): set to 300ms
=> select Apply & OK
Re: PuTTY 0.63 released, fixing four security holes
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know this is a troll statement, but I feel Windows does a lot of things well. * For large organizations, domain controls make managing a large number of desktops much easier. * I feel MS Office on windows is a better product than the mac version (if you do a lot of document work). * Gaming. Windows is still dominant for desktop games. * Windows isn't the walled garden that Mac is going towards. * Backwards compatib…
Would you mind explaining what domain controls offer? I've never worked with a large windows desktop install base, so I have no idea what domain controls do exactly.
A "Domain Controller" is basically a server that has authority for a domain. A domain in Active Directory is really the same thing as a "normal" internet domain (in fact is uses DNS) in that it can have sub domains where authority can be delegated to other DCs etc.
Each domain can have a collection of resources such as other servers and printers/storage etc. So once you authenticate against the domain controller (usually by logging into a computer using a pattern like \\Domain\Username rather than just username) you get a secure signed "token" back from the DC.
This token can be sent to other computers on the network that are members of the domain (or sent to web apps via a cookie) and it will identify the user as a member of that domain and also provide information as to what levels of access should be allowed without having to authenticate separately with each system.
That's kind of hand wavey though and Active Directory provides too many features to be enumerated here.
Re: PuTTY 0.63 released, fixing four security holes
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know this is a troll statement, but I feel Windows does a lot of things well. * For large organizations, domain controls make managing a large number of desktops much easier. * I feel MS Office on windows is a better product than the mac version (if you do a lot of document work). * Gaming. Windows is still dominant for desktop games. * Windows isn't the walled garden that Mac is going towards. * Backwards compatib…
Would you mind explaining what domain controls offer? I've never worked with a large windows desktop install base, so I have no idea what domain controls do exactly.
I'm a nix guy, but I believe it's for dealing with setting/managing authentication, authorization, permissions, etc.
Re: PuTTY 0.63 released, fixing four security holes
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you've got a dozen open PuTTY windows, you should really look at SecureCRT. Tabbed sessions, tiling, configurable keyboard/mouse shortcuts, password encryption/automatic session login and best of all, scripting support for Perl/Python. It's $99, but I've easily saved 1000x that amount by being able to quickly script shell interactions that don't easily lend themselves to the regular scripting tools like 'expect'.…
yeah, because managing windows is not the problem a window manager would be responsible for... what then? you have a dozen word documents? and a dozen text files? and a dozen images? ... do you keep changing your tools everytime you pass a window number threshold? just get rid of windows 8. as troll as this comment may sound...
Get rid of it for what? This is purely a troll; you offered no solution. I can't even imagine what you're referring to; is OSX or Ubuntu going to make managing my windows any better?
Note: I'm well aware of workspaces, but that can't be what you're referring to, as they are available to Win users, and it's not clear the OP is looking for anything more than tabs, which a WM isn't generally providing.
Re: PuTTY 0.63 released, fixing four security holes
#40If anyone is looking for a Putty alternative, check out ZOC. It's great but it costs money.