-\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.61 2004/02/23 19:10:43 jacob Exp $
+\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.65 2004/03/30 11:36:51 jacob Exp $
\A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
\H{faq-intro} Introduction
-\S{faq-what} What is PuTTY?
+\S{faq-what}{Question} What is PuTTY?
PuTTY is a client program for the SSH, Telnet and Rlogin network
protocols.
present time. If anyone told you we had an EPOC port, or an iPaq port,
or any other port of PuTTY, they were mistaken. We don't.
+There are some third-party ports to various platforms, mentioned
+on the Links page of our website.
+
\S{faq-unix}{Question} Is there a port to Unix?
As of 0.54, there are Unix ports of most of the traditional PuTTY
There is a port to the Mac OS in progress. It's just about usable, but
has an awful lot of gaps and rough edges that will need cleaning up
-before release.
+before release (such as useful random numbers).
+
+A separate port to Mac OS X is also underway.
\S{faq-epoc}{Question} Will there be a port to EPOC?
You can also paste by pressing Shift-Ins.
-\S{faq-tunnels}{Question} How do I use X forwarding and port
-forwarding? I can't find the Tunnels panel.
-
-This is a new feature in version 0.52. You should upgrade.
-
\S{faq-options}{Question} How do I use all PuTTY's features (public
keys, proxying, cipher selection, etc.) in PSCP, PSFTP and Plink?
\c http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wuadmintools/
\c s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/
-\S{faq-rekey}{Question} My PuTTY sessions close after an hour and
-tell me \q{Server failed host key check}.
-
-This is a bug in all versions of PuTTY up to and including 0.51. SSH
-v2 servers from \cw{ssh.com} will require the key exchange to be
-repeated one hour after the start of the connection, and PuTTY will
-get this wrong.
-
-Upgrade to version 0.52 or better and the problem should go away.
-
\S{faq-outofmem}{Question} After trying to establish an SSH 2
connection, PuTTY says \q{Out of memory} and dies.
In version 0.54, the behaviour has changed - changes to these
settings take effect immediately.
-\S{faq-altgr}{Question} I can't type characters that require the
-AltGr key.
-
-In PuTTY version 0.51, the AltGr key was broken. Upgrade to version
-0.52 or better.
-
\S{faq-idleout}{Question} My PuTTY sessions unexpectedly close after
they are idle for a while.
way we did - by being good enough at what you do that people will
link to you simply because they like you.
+In particular, we aren't interested in trading links for money (see
+above), and we \e{certainly} aren't interested in trading links for
+other links (since we have no advertising on our web site, our
+Google ranking is not even directly worth anything to us). If we
+don't want to link to you for free, then we probably won't want to
+link to you at all.
+
If you have software based on PuTTY, or specifically designed to
interoperate with PuTTY, or in some other way of genuine interest to
PuTTY users, then we will probably be happy to add a link to you on
Having said all that, if you still really \e{want} to give us money,
we won't argue :-) The easiest way for us to accept donations is if
-you go to \W{http://www.e-gold.com}\cw{www.e-gold.com}, and deposit
-your donation in account number 174769. Then send us e-mail to let
-us know you've done so (otherwise we might not notice for months!).
-Alternatively, if e-gold isn't convenient for you, you can donate to
-\cw{<anakin@pobox.com>} using PayPal
-(\W{http://www.paypal.com/}\cw{www.paypal.com}).
+you send money to \cw{<anakin@pobox.com>} using PayPal
+(\W{http://www.paypal.com/}\cw{www.paypal.com}). Alternatively, if
+you don't trust PayPal, you could donate through e-gold
+(\W{http://www.e-gold.com}\cw{www.e-gold.com}): deposit your
+donation in account number 174769, then send us e-mail to let us
+know you've done so (otherwise we might not notice for months!).
Small donations (tens of dollars or tens of euros) will probably be
spent on beer or curry, which helps motivate our volunteer team to
~mdw / sgt / putty / blobdiff