From 64fb6efd4b1754fa740f7c19feb816086f3bbc33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: simon Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:11:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] `What is PuTTY?' gets asked _just_ frequently enough to have finally annoyed me. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@3749 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/faq.but | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 0a6aa893..425d0d24 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -1,10 +1,30 @@ -\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.51 2003/11/19 19:09:07 jacob Exp $ +\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.52 2004/01/21 17:11:55 simon Exp $ \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ This FAQ is published on the PuTTY web site, and also provided as an appendix in the manual. +\H{faq-intro} Introduction + +\S{faq-what} What is PuTTY? + +PuTTY is a client program for the SSH, Telnet and Rlogin network +protocols. + +These protocols are all used to run a remote session on a computer, +over a network. PuTTY implements the client end of that session: the +end at which the session is displayed, rather than the end at which +it runs. + +In really simple terms: you run PuTTY on a Windows machine, and tell +it to connect to (for example) a Unix machine. PuTTY opens a window. +Then, anything you type into that window is sent straight to the +Unix machine, and everything the Unix machine sends back is +displayed in the window. So you can work on the Unix machine as if +you were sitting at its console, while actually sitting somewhere +else. + \H{faq-support} Features supported in PuTTY In general, if you want to know if PuTTY supports a particular -- 2.11.0