X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sgt/putty/blobdiff_plain/99d1a50ed8eb622ef15e428bedb03885a9f47203..cf46d5fb96d43997ddc959063af2be086bc7e7e3:/doc/faq.but diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 2a7509d8..ca8bb9c9 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ completely is the wrong solution and we will not do it. 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}. @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ seems to be working so far. 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. @@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ has taken the time to do it. Most of the code cleanup work would be a good thing to happen in general, so if anyone feels like helping, we wouldn't say no. +See also +\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/dll-frontend.html}{the wishlist entry}. + \S{faq-vb}{Question} Is the SSH or Telnet code available as a Visual Basic component? @@ -383,10 +386,9 @@ while host keys are stored under \c{SshHostKeys}. 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 @@ -1398,11 +1400,12 @@ and pay any costs, we can't provide this. \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?