If you have host keys available in the common \i\c{known_hosts} format,
we have a script called
-\W{http://www.tartarus.org/~simon-anonsvn/viewcvs.cgi/putty/contrib/kh2reg.py?view=markup}\c{kh2reg.py}
+\W{http://svn.tartarus.org/putty/contrib/kh2reg.py?view=markup}\c{kh2reg.py}
to convert them to a Windows .REG file, which can be installed ahead of
time by double-clicking or using \c{REGEDIT}.
Currently, release versions of PuTTY tools only run on full Win32
systems and Unix. \q{Win32} includes Windows 95, 98, and ME, and it
-includes Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
+includes Windows NT, 2000, XP, and Vista.
In the development code, a partial port to the Mac OS (see
\k{faq-mac-port}) is under way.
PuTTY also requires a random number seed file, to improve the
unpredictability of randomly chosen data needed as part of the SSH
-cryptography. This is stored by default in a file called \i\c{PUTTY.RND}
-in your Windows home directory (\c{%HOMEDRIVE%\\%HOMEPATH%}), or in
-the actual Windows directory (such as \c{C:\\WINDOWS}) if the home
-directory doesn't exist, for example if you're using Win95. If you
+cryptography. This is stored by default in a file called \i\c{PUTTY.RND};
+this is stored by default in the \q{Application Data} directory,
+or failing that, one of a number of fallback locations. If you
want to change the location of the random number seed file, you can
put your chosen pathname in the Registry, at
\S{faq-xpwontrun}{Question} PuTTY fails to start up. Windows claims that
\q{the application configuration is incorrect}.
-This is caused by a bug in certain versions of \i{Windows XP} which is
-triggered by PuTTY 0.58.
-\#{XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE: This entry should be changed on the point
- of the next release, so that it makes it into the release
- documentation. I suggest replacing the following text:}
-It can be avoided by installing
-Service Pack 2, by using a different version of PuTTY, or by installing
-a special \i{manifest file} alongside the PuTTY executable.
-\#{with this:
-This was fixed in 0.59.
-}
-\#{XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE: END}
-The
+This is caused by a bug in certain versions of \i{Windows XP} which
+is triggered by PuTTY 0.58. This was fixed in 0.59. The
\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/xp-wont-run}{\q{xp-wont-run}}
entry in PuTTY's wishlist has more details.
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
-our Links page. And if you're running a mirror of the PuTTY web
-site, we're \e{definitely} interested.
+our Links page. And if you're running a particularly valuable mirror
+of the PuTTY web site, we might be interested in linking to you from
+our Mirrors page.
\S{faq-sourceforge}{Question} Why don't you move PuTTY to
SourceForge?
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 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!).
+(\W{http://www.paypal.com/}\cw{www.paypal.com}). If you don't like
+PayPal, talk to us; we can probably arrange some alternative means.
Small donations (tens of dollars or tens of euros) will probably be
spent on beer or curry, which helps motivate our volunteer team to
\H{faq-misc} Miscellaneous questions
\S{faq-openssh}{Question} Is PuTTY a port of \i{OpenSSH}, or based on
-OpenSSH?
+OpenSSH or OpenSSL?
No, it isn't. PuTTY is almost completely composed of code written
from scratch for PuTTY. The only code we share with OpenSSH is the
-detector for SSH-1 CRC compensation attacks, written by CORE SDI S.A.
+detector for SSH-1 CRC compensation attacks, written by CORE SDI
+S.A; we share no code at all with OpenSSL.
\S{faq-sillyputty}{Question} Where can I buy silly putty?
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