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Re: PuTTY has a new website

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Post by autoexec »

avhon1 wrote: post #247
hammock wrote: post #185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I barely know what SSH keys are, but last week when I was asked to provide one for an stfp site at work they said create a pair using putty. Well I googled putty and found a couple different .org domains, one who which said it was legit but not official, and another which said it was official but looked wildly out of date. Neither one I could find a download for Mac that worked. The one I tried gave a scary “we no lo…

The wikipedia article has links to the official websites, and not to the scams: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY

This is helpful (and something I've used wikipedia for myself) but it's far from ideal since it wouldn't be too hard for someone to edit that page to point to a malicious domain. Not sure if that's happened before, but I can see it as something that could go unnoticed for a quite a while as long as the target site looks legit enough.

Re: PuTTY has a new website

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Post by nelox »

ahmedfromtunis wrote: post #83
thristian wrote: post #80

From the PuTTY FAQ: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/faq.html#... Would you like me to register you a nicer domain name? No, thank you. Even if you can find one (most of them seem to have been registered already, by people who didn't ask whether we actually wanted it before they applied), we're happy with the PuTTY web site being exactly where it is. It's not hard to find (just type ‘putty’ into goo…

The first link I get when I searched for "putty" was `putty.org` which, according to the footer: "The PuTTY project or its authors have never owned this domain, registered it, or purchased it." Nevertheless, I can't consider relying on probabilistic algorithms controlled by 3rd parties to be a wise strategy. Also, these days, after decades of habit building and a rise in awareness about scam-related stuff, I think pe…

I can sell you some AdWords to solve it.

Re: PuTTY has a new website

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Post by hammock »

ok_computer wrote: post #188
hammock wrote: post #185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I barely know what SSH keys are, but last week when I was asked to provide one for an stfp site at work they said create a pair using putty. Well I googled putty and found a couple different .org domains, one who which said it was legit but not official, and another which said it was official but looked wildly out of date. Neither one I could find a download for Mac that worked. The one I tried gave a scary “we no lo…

If you hadn’t discovered this already with you mac CLI commands, OpenSSH from OpenSSL ‘ssh-keygen’ command is a good way to create SSH keys in ClI and ships in many OSes or is a lightweight download. The OpenSSL website name is unambiguous, which is a benefit. https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-gith...

Ssh-keygen is what I ended up using. At chatgpt recommendation

Re: PuTTY has a new website

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Post by hammock »

avhon1 wrote: post #247
hammock wrote: post #185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I barely know what SSH keys are, but last week when I was asked to provide one for an stfp site at work they said create a pair using putty. Well I googled putty and found a couple different .org domains, one who which said it was legit but not official, and another which said it was official but looked wildly out of date. Neither one I could find a download for Mac that worked. The one I tried gave a scary “we no lo…

The wikipedia article has links to the official websites, and not to the scams: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY

That’s the outdated looking website I found that didn’t have mac version. I’m guessing I’m supposed to use the Unix version there?

The website I was sketched out by (but tried it anyway, then got the scary error) was puttygen.com which had me install homebrew (whatever that is) and then do “sudo brew install putty”

Re: PuTTY has a new website

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Post by mappu »

blueflow wrote: post #155
gjvc wrote: post #87

JFC I wish they would stop using Courier as the default font. It's like looking down the barrels of a shotgun. Consolas ftw.

I like Courier. Are we gonna bash our heads in and argue over personal preferences?

One assumes PuTTY uses Courier as the default font because it was the default monospace font on Windows at the time of release (1999). But Consolas has been the replacement default since Vista (2006).

It is a reasonable change to make. Do the rest of their native Win32 UI controls still use MS Sans Serif (Windows 98) or Tahoma (XP) instead of Segoe UI (Vista)?

Re: PuTTY has a new website

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Post by zerocrates »

hammock wrote: post #255
avhon1 wrote: post #247

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The wikipedia article has links to the official websites, and not to the scams: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY

That’s the outdated looking website I found that didn’t have mac version. I’m guessing I’m supposed to use the Unix version there? The website I was sketched out by (but tried it anyway, then got the scary error) was puttygen.com which had me install homebrew (whatever that is) and then do “sudo brew install putty”

"Use PuTTY" is more or less advice just for Windows users.

Re: PuTTY has a new website

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Post by II2II »

hammock wrote: post #255
avhon1 wrote: post #247

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The wikipedia article has links to the official websites, and not to the scams: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY

That’s the outdated looking website I found that didn’t have mac version. I’m guessing I’m supposed to use the Unix version there? The website I was sketched out by (but tried it anyway, then got the scary error) was puttygen.com which had me install homebrew (whatever that is) and then do “sudo brew install putty”

Homebrew is a reputable package manager (a.k.a. software installer, for Unix applications on the Mac). That said, I'm pretty sure the version of ssh shipping with the Mac could do the key generation for you so you wouldn't need putty.

Re: PuTTY has a new website

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Post by bentinata »

nottorp wrote: post #106
viraptor wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It means a lot - you need to check the other side's meta to confirm yourself. https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-account/

And that's why the fediverse thing is so niche :) Looks like it's as complicated as a parts inventory system developed in house for a half a million employee company...

It's because freedom and correctness is hard. Yeah, most people prefer convenience and would rather someone be the source of authority to do it for them, but people on fediverse are not those kind of people.

Re: PuTTY has a new website

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Post by pepa65 »

Helmut10001 wrote: post #59
MortyWaves wrote: post #15

Ever since Windows gained Terminal and OpenSSH, my usage of Putty has almost entirely ceased except for serial for embedded systems work. Then I realised Putty ships with a CLI version which I now use in Terminal for accessing serial.

I don't trust Windows with my SSH keys. Since about 2 years, I am actively preparing my final migration to Linux. There's some Windows software left that I need to replace before this move is possible, but I am close.

On one Windows box I once put my password in for a private Github site. Never had to do that again, it just 'remembered' it... Not what I would expect or want.
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