X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/c8f5c5c8f0bd6f8221642c51deb285913df9944b..3ba2d921e279cdfb9c399007f889b5be1a47a465:/doc/faq.but diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index ad27dcd0..26d73d52 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -730,14 +730,16 @@ change is \W{http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;158474}{158474} for more information.) -On Windows NT or 2000, the registry key is +On Windows NT, 2000, or XP, the registry key to create or change is \c HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\ \c Parameters\TcpMaxDataRetransmissions and it must be of type DWORD. -(See MS Knowledge Base article +(See MS Knowledge Base articles \W{http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;120642}{120642} +and +\W{http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053}{314053} for more information.) Set the key's value to something like 10. This will cause Windows to @@ -839,13 +841,13 @@ default cipher differs from many other clients.) \e{OpenSSH 3.1p1:} configurations known to be broken (and symptoms): -\b SSH-2 with AES cipher (PuTTY says "Assertion failed! Expression: -(len & 15) == 0" in sshaes.c, or "Out of memory", or crashes) +\b SSH-2 with AES cipher (PuTTY says \q{Assertion failed! Expression: +(len & 15) == 0} in \cw{sshaes.c}, or \q{Out of memory}, or crashes) -\b SSH-2 with 3DES (PuTTY says "Incorrect MAC received on packet") +\b SSH-2 with 3DES (PuTTY says \q{Incorrect MAC received on packet}) -\b SSH-1 with Blowfish (PuTTY says "Incorrect CRC received on -packet") +\b SSH-1 with Blowfish (PuTTY says \q{Incorrect CRC received on +packet}) \b SSH-1 with 3DES @@ -857,8 +859,8 @@ bug 138 above, or use another cipher (e.g., 3DES) instead. and workarounds with older versions of OpenSSH, although it's not clear the underlying cause is the same. -\S{faq-ssh2key-ssh1conn}{Question} Why do I see "Couldn't load private -key from ..."? Why can PuTTYgen load my key but not PuTTY? +\S{faq-ssh2key-ssh1conn}{Question} Why do I see \q{Couldn't load +private key from ...}? Why can PuTTYgen load my key but not PuTTY? It's likely that you've generated an SSH protocol 2 key with PuTTYgen, but you're trying to use it in an SSH-1 connection. SSH-1 and SSH-2 keys @@ -966,6 +968,22 @@ indicate that PuTTY's doing anything wrong, and we don't need to hear about further occurrences. See \k{errors-connaborted} for our current documentation of this error. +\S{faq-rekey}{Question} My SSH-2 session \I{locking up, SSH-2 +sessions}locks up for a few seconds every so often. + +Recent versions of PuTTY automatically initiate \i{repeat key +exchange} once per hour, to improve session security. If your client +or server machine is slow, you may experience this as a delay of +anything up to thirty seconds or so. + +These \I{delays, in SSH-2 sessions}delays are inconvenient, but they +are there for your protection. If they really cause you a problem, +you can choose to turn off periodic rekeying using the \q{Kex} +configuration panel (see \k{config-ssh-kex}), but be aware that you +will be sacrificing security for this. (Falling back to SSH-1 would +also remove the delays, but would lose a \e{lot} more security +still. We do not recommend it.) + \H{faq-secure} Security questions \S{faq-publicpc}{Question} Is it safe for me to download PuTTY and