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-\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.44 2003/02/15 18:47:22 jacob Exp $
+\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.47 2003/05/22 08:43:50 simon Exp $

 
 \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
 
 
 \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
 


@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ implemented.
 \S{faq-ssh2}{Question} Does PuTTY support SSH v2?
 
 Yes. SSH v2 support has been available in PuTTY since version 0.50.
 \S{faq-ssh2}{Question} Does PuTTY support SSH v2?
 
 Yes. SSH v2 support has been available in PuTTY since version 0.50.

-However, currently the \e{default} SSH protocol is v1; to select SSH
-v2 if your server supports both, go to the SSH panel and change the
-\e{Preferred SSH protocol version} option. (The factory default will
-\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/ssh2-default.html}{change to v2}
-in the next full release.)

 
 Public key authentication (both RSA and DSA) in SSH v2 is new in
 version 0.52.
 
 Public key authentication (both RSA and DSA) in SSH v2 is new in
 version 0.52.


@@ -194,26 +189,17 @@ or any other port of PuTTY, they were mistaken. We don't.
 
 It's currently being worked on. If you look at the nightly source
 snapshots, you should find a \c{unix} subdirectory, which should
 
 It's currently being worked on. If you look at the nightly source
 snapshots, you should find a \c{unix} subdirectory, which should

-build you a Unix port of Plink, and also \c{pterm} - an
+build you Unix ports of Plink, PuTTY itself, and also \c{pterm} - an

 \cw{xterm}-type program which supports the same terminal emulation
 \cw{xterm}-type program which supports the same terminal emulation

-as PuTTY.
-
-It isn't yet clear whether we will bother combining the terminal
-emulator and network back end into the same process, to provide a
-Unix port of the full GUI form of PuTTY. It wouldn't be as useful a
-thing on Unix as it would be on Windows; its major value would
-probably be as a pathfinding effort for other ports. If anyone
-really wants it, we'd be interested to know why :-)
+as PuTTY. We do not yet have Unix ports of PSCP, PSFTP, Pageant or
+PuTTYgen.

 
 \S{faq-wince}{Question} Will there be a port to Windows CE or PocketPC?
 
 
 \S{faq-wince}{Question} Will there be a port to Windows CE or PocketPC?
 

-Probably not in the particularly near future. Despite sharing large
-parts of the Windows API, in practice WinCE doesn't appear to be
-significantly easier to port to than a totally different operating
-system.
-
-However, PuTTY on portable devices would clearly be a useful thing,
-so in the long term I hope there will be a WinCE port.
+It's currently being worked on, but it's only in its early stages yet,
+and certainly isn't yet useful.  PuTTY on portable devices would
+clearly be a useful thing, so in the long term I hope it can be
+brought up to release quality.

 
 \S{faq-win31}{Question} Is there a port to Windows 3.1?
 
 
 \S{faq-win31}{Question} Is there a port to Windows 3.1?
 


@@ -234,9 +220,9 @@ testing in this area would be very welcome!
 
 \S{faq-mac-port}{Question} Will there be a port to the Mac?
 
 
 \S{faq-mac-port}{Question} Will there be a port to the Mac?
 

-Eventually.  The terminal emulation code has been ported, as has the
-saved-settings infrastructure, but networking and a configuration GUI
-still need to be done before the port will be of any use.
+There is a port to the Mac OS in progress. It's just about usable, but
+has an awful lot of gaps and rough edges that will need cleaning up
+before release.

 
 \S{faq-epoc}{Question} Will there be a port to EPOC?
 
 
 \S{faq-epoc}{Question} Will there be a port to EPOC?
 


@@ -245,6 +231,10 @@ even on systems the developers \e{do} already know how to program
 for, it might be a long time before any of us get round to learning
 a new system and doing the port for that.
 
 for, it might be a long time before any of us get round to learning
 a new system and doing the port for that.
 

+However, some of the work has been done by other people, and a beta
+port of PuTTY for the Nokia 9200 Communicator series is available
+from \W{http://www.s2.org/putty/}\cw{http://www.s2.org/putty/}
+

 \H{faq-embedding} Embedding PuTTY in other programs
 
 \S{faq-dll}{Question} Is the SSH or Telnet code available as a DLL?
 \H{faq-embedding} Embedding PuTTY in other programs
 
 \S{faq-dll}{Question} Is the SSH or Telnet code available as a DLL?


@@ -952,8 +942,15 @@ PuTTY team can personally recommend Thinking Putty, which you can
 buy from Crazy Aaron's Putty World, at
 \W{http://www.puttyworld.com}\cw{www.puttyworld.com}.
 
 buy from Crazy Aaron's Putty World, at
 \W{http://www.puttyworld.com}\cw{www.puttyworld.com}.
 

-\S{faq-pronounce}{Question} How do I pronounce PuTTY?
+\S{faq-meaning}{Question} What does \q{PuTTY} mean?
+
+It's the name of a popular SSH and Telnet client.  Any other meaning
+is in the eye of the beholder.  It's been rumoured that \q{PuTTY}
+is the antonym of \q{\cw{getty}}, or that it's the stuff that makes your
+Windows useful, or that it's a kind of plutonium Teletype.  We
+couldn't possibly comment on such allegations.
+
+\S{faq-pronounce}{Question} How do I pronounce \q{PuTTY}?

 
 

-Exactly like the normal word \q{putty}. Just like the stuff you put
-on window frames. (One of the reasons it's called PuTTY is because
-it makes Windows usable. :-)
+Exactly like the English word \q{putty}, which we pronounce
+/\u02C8{'}p\u028C{V}t\u026A{I}/.