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PuTTY is a free open source SSH/Telnet terminal emulation program for Windows and Unix like operating systems.

PuTTY is a free open source SSH/Telnet terminal emulation program for Windows and Unix like operating systems. PuTTY terminal emulation is xterm compatible and configurable. PuTTY can also be used to tunnel X11 over a secure link.

There are a suite of programs available for use with PuTTY:

PuttyGen: A tool for generating public key encryption pairs for use with PuTTY and OpenSSH.

Pageant: the PuTTY Authentication Agent used for storing Keys and providing them when requested to PuTTY utilities.

PSFTP: An SFTP clinet.

PCSP: A command line scp clinet.

PLINK: A command line connection utility similar to ssh that can be used for automating connections and tasks.

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Strange Problem: Connection Reset By Peer

I am having some trouble with SSH on my linux server running CentOS. I can connect to my server fine using PuTTY or ssh from windows cmd. The same goes for using secure FTP. I can connect to the server, get a list of files and everything is okay. …
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SSH "lag" in LAN on some machines, mixed distros

I've had a strange problem with SSH connections inside my LAN for a few months. It only happens when I'm using my Windows 10 device to connect to a (barebone) linux machine. When I connect to a SSH server it's like my input is only sent once every…
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Synergy over a serial connection?

Synergy is a well known tool to have only one keyboard and mouse for two networked (TCP/IP) computers with a screen each. I loved to use it at my former job. Now, at my new job, I've still got two PC, but they are in completely different and…
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How to make Putty remember window size/position

I would like Putty (or the OS - WinXP) to remember the size/position of the window. The rows/columns settings only affects the work area, but does not "zoom in". I would like the same effect as I get when I drag the window border and the content of…
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Copying over SSH via PuTTY tools is slower than via WinSCP

Uploading from my Windows PC (1) to my Ubuntu machine (2) in another city using PuTTY tools is slow. I tested this over OpenVPN tunnel and via port forwarding to (2). It turns out that using rsync (Unison) via SSH (plink.exe) or pscp.exe is 70%…
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Putty: Incoming Packet was garbled on decryption

I am unable to connect to my server on my local network (VM). I have multiple servers I am able to connect to. When I try to putty into the server, I get the message Incoming Packet was garbled on decryption What I've tried: I googled and tried to…
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SSH from PuTTy to Debian "authorized_keys is not a regular file" Error

I cannot connect from my Windows 7 computer using PuTTy to a newly configured Debian Squeeze server using SSH RSA key authentication. I get this error when running SSH in debug mode: User myuser authorized keys /home/myuser/.ssh/authorized_keys is…
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Can I use an SSH tunnel to access a web server that's listening on a different IP/Port on the same server?

I've got a web server that isn't quite ready for general availability but I'd still like to test some things remotely. Can I leverage an SSH tunnel to connect to the server and then use the tunnel to route to the web service that is operating on…
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How can I set environment variables when I ssh login to my Unix box by passing custom arguments?

I want to pass some parameters as part of my ssh connection that I can use to set custom variables for my login to do certain things or run certain scripts. How do you do this running Putty on Windows machine, connecting via SSH to a CentOS machine?
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Any options out there for kerberized ssh client on windows?

Are there any good (reliable / free) ssh clients that work easily with Active Directory authenticated accounts in a Windows environment? Ideally that wouldn't need the Kerberos for Windows package? I know there are various modified versions of…
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PuTTY line wrapping stopped working properly

I use PuTTY to SSH to my linux server. Today I noticed that when I enter a long command that goes beyond the right hand of the screen, instead of wrapping down to the next line, the text starts at the left of the screen on the same line, writing…
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Is there any way to use session multiplexing (Control Master) from windows?

On our Repository server adding a ControlMaster to the ssd/config file (creates socket?) resulted in a 50x transfer speed increase from roughly 2.5 seconds averaged to 0.05 seconds average. The transfer speed is between the repository system and…
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PuTTY slow connecting to Linux SSH server

When connecting to a Linux SSH server using PuTTY, the PuTTY log shows 2 authentication attempts. The first attempt uses "root" as the username and no password. "none" is displayed in the first packet, meaning no password was used. The connection…
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XMing "can't open display" error

Attempting to run XMing, the remote host is Ubuntu, going through Putty. Have spent hours carefully double-checking all settings, reviewing XMing's troubleshooting guide, etc. Rather than continuing this path, I want to use a tracing tool or sshd…
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Filezilla/Puttygen doesn't recognize private key file

I have generated a key for an Ubuntu Virtual Machine running on Azure Cloud Services http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/linux/how-to-guides/ssh-into-linux/ openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout myPrivateKey.key -out …
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