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PuTTY 0.68 has been released

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Re: PuTTY 0.68 has been released

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Post by james_a_craig »

based2 wrote: post #2

Release Notes: Security fix: an integer overflow bug in the agent forwarding code. See vuln-agent-fwd-overflow. Security fix: the Windows PuTTY binaries should no longer be vulnerable to hijacking by specially named DLLs in the same directory (on versions of Windows where they previously were). See vuln-indirect-dll-hijack. Windows PuTTY no longer sets a restrictive process ACL by default, because this turned out to…

Buried in the FAQ and not in the changelog for some reason:-

As of 0.68, PuTTY will no longer fall back to SSH-1 if the server doesn't appear to support SSH-2; you must explicitly ask for SSH-1.

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Post by jhasse »

Aloha wrote: post #28
jimmcslim wrote: post #4

On Windows 10, with Windows Subsystem for Linux installed, I don't find myself using Putty anymore.

I'd love to try it, but I'm not in an environment where the build of windows I'm using is new enough yet.

Give MSYS2 a try: http://www.msys2.org/

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Post by lma21 »

mastazi wrote: post #103
jimmcslim wrote: post #4

On Windows 10, with Windows Subsystem for Linux installed, I don't find myself using Putty anymore.

Similarly, I use Git Bash, haven't used Putty in at least 3 years.

I always preferred putty's terminal window, not sure why, even though git bash's can be customized as well.. can you save sessions in git bash?

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Post by lma21 »

sumedh wrote: post #91
mpoloton wrote: post #76

PuTTY is a good example where the author resisted to turn it into bloatware. It is minimal and does the thing it is supposed to do.

That may or may not be a good thing. Personally I cannot live without tabs and bookmarks so I use mRemoteNG.

I use PuTTY and connect to a tmux server afterwards.. tabs / sessions / programmable interactions with the terminal are a life saver that tmux provides. Give it a try.

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Post by lma21 »

Raticide wrote: post #38

I've stopped using PuTTY and now use MinTTY with the Ubuntu subsystem and the regular old Ubuntu SSH client. Specifically this thing: https://github.com/mintty/wsltty It's real nice and even supports 24bit colour if you're into that.

Can tmux start within the WSL?

Re: PuTTY 0.68 has been released

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Post by mszcz »

JoBrad wrote: post #92
coreyp_1 wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same here, but I can't figure out how to fix my main annoyance with the WSL: deactivating the bell!!! There is no reason for my computer to be making noises when I'm using tab completion!!!!!!!!!!

Have you tried this? To disable beep of the bash you need to uncomment/add set bell-style none in your /etc/inputrc file To disable beep of programs like vim (I've tested only with that) you need to create - if it's not already there - a .bash_profile and add setterm -blength 0 http://stackoverflow.com/a/36726662

Thanks! Had the same exact problem that annoyed the shit out of me!

Turning off the bell in default Putty settings is the first thing I do on a new install.

Re: PuTTY 0.68 has been released

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Post by lma21 »

Raticide wrote: post #38

I've stopped using PuTTY and now use MinTTY with the Ubuntu subsystem and the regular old Ubuntu SSH client. Specifically this thing: https://github.com/mintty/wsltty It's real nice and even supports 24bit colour if you're into that.

Can tmux start within the WSL?

Re: PuTTY 0.68 has been released

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Post by fetbaffe »

sbuttgereit wrote: post #19
jimmcslim wrote: post #4

On Windows 10, with Windows Subsystem for Linux installed, I don't find myself using Putty anymore.

I don't use PuTTY either for the same reasons as you, but I do continue to use Pageant. I use a mix of Windows and Linux tools and I only really want to enter my SSH cert credentials at start-up. So I still end up installing it. I also use Bitvise for tunneling on the Windows side as well.

You can use Pageant with oter tools than Putty's own tools?
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