X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/388f343bce8fbbafc9e8c9548ade3e15279e992a..2184a5d91ffbcf2de2f730c83dda2d9443035f50:/doc/gs.but diff --git a/doc/gs.but b/doc/gs.but index baf981f4..dfad7eb6 100644 --- a/doc/gs.but +++ b/doc/gs.but @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +\versionid $Id: gs.but,v 1.5 2001/11/25 17:32:39 simon Exp $ + \C{gs} Getting started with PuTTY This chapter gives a quick guide to the simplest types of @@ -13,18 +15,18 @@ You don't usually need to change most of the configuration options. To start the simplest kind of session, all you need to do is to enter a few basic parameters. -In the \e{Host Name} box, enter the Internet host name of the server +In the \q{Host Name} box, enter the Internet host name of the server you want to connect to. You should have been told this by the provider of your login account. -Now select a login protocol to use, from the \e{Protocol} buttons. +Now select a login protocol to use, from the \q{Protocol} buttons. For a login session, you should select Telnet, Rlogin or SSH. See \k{which-one} for a description of the differences between the three protocols, and advice on which one to use. The fourth protocol, \e{Raw}, is not used for interactive login sessions; you would usually use this for debugging other Internet services. -When you change the selected protocol, the number in the \e{Port} +When you change the selected protocol, the number in the \q{Port} box will change. This is normal: it happens because the various login services are usually provided on different network ports by the server machine. Most servers will use the standard port numbers, @@ -33,9 +35,9 @@ provides login services on a non-standard port, your system administrator should have told you which one. (For example, many MUDs run Telnet service on a port other than 23.) -Once you have filled in the \e{Host Name}, \e{Protocol}, and -possibly \e{Port} settings, you are ready to connect. Press the -\e{Open} button at the bottom of the dialog box, and PuTTY will +Once you have filled in the \q{Host Name}, \q{Protocol}, and +possibly \q{Port} settings, you are ready to connect. Press the +\q{Open} button at the bottom of the dialog box, and PuTTY will begin trying to connect you to the server. \H{gs-hostkey} Verifying the Host Key (SSH only) @@ -45,7 +47,17 @@ If you are not using the SSH If you are using SSH to connect to a server for the first time, you will probably see a message looking something like this: -\# FIXME: copy the real message from the host key dialog +\c The server's host key is not cached in the registry. You +\c have no guarantee that the server is the computer you +\c think it is. +\c The server's key fingerprint is: +\c ssh-rsa 1024 7b:e5:6f:a7:f4:f9:81:62:5c:e3:1f:bf:8b:57:6c:5a +\c If you trust this host, hit Yes to add the key to +\c PuTTY's cache and carry on connecting. +\c If you want to carry on connecting just once, without +\c adding the key to the cache, hit No. +\c If you do not trust this host, hit Cancel to abandon the +\c connection. This is a feature of the SSH protocol. It is designed to protect you against a network attack known as \e{spoofing}: secretly redirecting