From 717c214c024c09a3e0da43105a9f494b6dcbd44b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: simon Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 15:36:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Miscellaneous small documentation tweaks. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@1281 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/gs.but | 12 +++++++++++- doc/pageant.but | 2 -- doc/plink.but | 8 ++++---- doc/pscp.but | 6 ++++-- doc/pubkey.but | 4 ++-- 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/gs.but b/doc/gs.but index baf981f4..9a2dffbc 100644 --- a/doc/gs.but +++ b/doc/gs.but @@ -45,7 +45,17 @@ 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 diff --git a/doc/pageant.but b/doc/pageant.but index 5e9411b4..28e378e5 100644 --- a/doc/pageant.but +++ b/doc/pageant.but @@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ Pageant is an SSH authentication agent. It holds your private keys in memory, already decoded, so that you can use them often without needing to type a passphrase. -Currently, Pageant only works with SSH v1. - \H{pageant-start} Getting started with Pageant Before you run Pageant, you need to have a private key. See diff --git a/doc/plink.but b/doc/plink.but index 8dfa0c04..b25faee9 100644 --- a/doc/plink.but +++ b/doc/plink.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: plink.but,v 1.7 2001/08/04 13:06:08 simon Exp $ +\versionid $Id: plink.but,v 1.8 2001/09/22 15:36:44 simon Exp $ \C{plink} Using the command-line connection tool Plink @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ \# Give instructions on how to set up Plink with CVS -\i{Plink} (PuTTY Link), is a command-line connection tool similar to -UNIX \c{ssh}. It is probably not what you want if you want to run an -interactive session in a console window. +\i{Plink} (PuTTY Link) is a command-line connection tool similar to +UNIX \c{ssh}. It is probably not what you want if you want to run +an interactive session in a console window. \H{plink-starting} Starting Plink diff --git a/doc/pscp.but b/doc/pscp.but index f31b8d5b..26bb8790 100644 --- a/doc/pscp.but +++ b/doc/pscp.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: pscp.but,v 1.13 2001/08/28 09:53:51 simon Exp $ +\versionid $Id: pscp.but,v 1.14 2001/09/22 15:36:44 simon Exp $ \#FIXME: Need examples @@ -267,4 +267,6 @@ For more general information on public-key authentication, see Lars Gunnarson has written a graphical interface for PSCP. You can get it from his web site, at -\W{http://www.i-tree.org/}{www.i-tree.org}. +\W{http://members.surfeu.at/lgunnars/daplay/}{members.surfeu.at}. +\# \W{http://www.i-tree.org/}{www.i-tree.org}. +\# update this if the original site ever returns. diff --git a/doc/pubkey.but b/doc/pubkey.but index 871dfb81..6946fa96 100644 --- a/doc/pubkey.but +++ b/doc/pubkey.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: pubkey.but,v 1.3 2001/06/15 19:31:10 simon Exp $ +\versionid $Id: pubkey.but,v 1.4 2001/09/22 15:36:44 simon Exp $ \# FIXME: passphrases, examples (e.g what does a key for pasting into \# authorized_keys look like?), index entries, links. @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ meaningful comment may help you remember which passphrase to use! You should always enter a \e{Key passphrase} and \e{Confirm passphrase} to protect your keys. -\# Mention a good length for a passphrase. (I think Schneier +\# FIXME: Mention a good length for a passphrase. (I think Schneier \# said something about this on counterpane.com once.) \# In case people don't like the idea of exchanging a short password -- 2.11.0