-\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.61 2003/04/11 17:39:48 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.64 2003/05/07 12:07:23 simon Exp $
\C{config} Configuring PuTTY
unexpectedly or inconveniently, you can tell PuTTY not to respond to
those server commands.
+\S{config-features-qtitle} Disabling remote window title querying
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{features.qtitle}
+
+PuTTY can optionally provide the xterm service of allowing server
+applications to find out the local window title. This feature is
+disabled by default, but you can turn it on if you really want it.
+
+NOTE that this feature is a \e{potential security hazard}. If a
+malicious application can write data to your terminal (for example,
+if you merely \c{cat} a file owned by someone else on the server
+machine), it can change your window title (unless you have disabled
+this as mentioned in \k{config-features-retitle}) and then use this
+service to have the new window title sent back to the server as if
+typed at the keyboard. This allows an attacker to fake keypresses
+and potentially cause your server-side applications to do things you
+didn't want. Therefore this feature is disabled by default, and we
+recommend you do not turn it on unless you \e{really} know what you
+are doing.
+
\S{config-features-dbackspace} Disabling destructive backspace
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{features.dbackspace}
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{selection.linedraw}
By default, when you copy and paste a piece of the PuTTY screen that
-contains VT100 line and box drawing characters, PuTTY will translate
-them into the \q{poor man's} line-drawing characters \c{+}, \c{-}
-and \c{|}. The checkbox \q{Don't translate line drawing chars}
-disables this feature, so line-drawing characters will be pasted as
-if they were in the normal character set. This will typically mean
-they come out mostly as \c{q} and \c{x}, with a scattering of
-\c{jklmntuvw} at the corners. This might be useful if you were
-trying to recreate the same box layout in another program, for
-example.
+contains VT100 line and box drawing characters, PuTTY will paste
+them in the form they appear on the screen: either Unicode line
+drawing code points, or the \q{poor man's} line-drawing characters
+\c{+}, \c{-} and \c{|}. The checkbox \q{Paste VT100 line drawing
+chars as lqqqk} disables this feature, so line-drawing characters
+will be pasted as the ASCII characters that were printed to produce
+them. This will typically mean they come out mostly as \c{q} and
+\c{x}, with a scattering of \c{jklmntuvw} at the corners. This might
+be useful if you were trying to recreate the same box layout in
+another program, for example.
+
+Note that this option only applies to line-drawing characters which
+\e{were} printed by using the VT100 mechanism. Line-drawing
+characters displayed using Unicode will paste as Unicode always.
\S{config-rtfpaste} Pasting in Rich Text Format
web server supporting the HTTP \cw{CONNECT} command, as documented
in \W{http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2817.txt}{RFC 2817}.
-\b Selecting \q{SOCKS} allows you to proxy your connections through
-a SOCKS server.
+\b Selecting \q{SOCKS 4} or \q{SOCKS 5} allows you to proxy your
+connections through a SOCKS server.
\b Many firewalls implement a less formal type of proxy in which a
user can make a Telnet connection directly to the firewall machine
tokens in the Telnet command, then the \q{Username} and \q{Password}
configuration fields will be ignored.
-\S{config-proxy-socksver} Selecting the version of the SOCKS protocol
-
-\cfg{winhelp-topic}{proxy.socksver}
-
-SOCKS servers exist in two versions: version 5
-(\W{http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1928.txt}{RFC 1928}) and the earlier
-version 4. The \q{SOCKS Version} radio buttons allow you to select
-which one to use, if you have selected the SOCKS proxy type.
-
\H{config-telnet} The Telnet panel
The Telnet panel allows you to configure options that only apply to
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