This is the README for PuTTY, a free Win32 Telnet and SSH client. The provided Makefile is for MS Visual C++ systems. Type `nmake' to build both putty.exe (the main program) and pscp.exe (an SCP client). The comment at the top of the Makefile gives extra build options you can use to build in limited Win32s compatibility, a hack to pass SSH through some types of firewall, and `official' version numbers. Setting up a project file in the Visual C++ IDE sometimes fails to work. In particular, Visual Studio 6 falls over on the odd macro usage in ssh.c. This is a bug in Visual Studio, since the VC++6 command line compiler works fine. If in doubt, just use `nmake'. The PuTTY home web site is http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty.html Bug reports and feature requests should be sent to . PLEASE read the section on the web site about how to report bugs effectively. Do NOT send one-line reports saying `it doesn't work'! See the file LICENCE for the licence conditions.