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\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.30 2002/07/09 11:34:10 jacob Exp $ \versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.31 2002/08/09 09:11:09 simon Exp $
\A{faq} PuTTY FAQ \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
@ -795,6 +795,16 @@ all. For this reason we now believe PuTTY's DSA implementation is
probably OK. However, if you have the choice, we still recommend you probably OK. However, if you have the choice, we still recommend you
use RSA instead. use RSA instead.
\S{faq-virtuallock}{Question} Couldn't Pageant use \c{VirtualLock()}
to stop private keys being written to disk?
Unfortunately not. The \c{VirtualLock()} function in the Windows API
doesn't do a proper job: it may prevent small pieces of a process's
memory from being paged to disk while the process is running, but it
doesn't stop the process's memory as a whole from being swapped
completely out to disk when the process is long-term inactive. And
Pageant spends most of its time inactive.
\H{faq-admin} Administrative questions \H{faq-admin} Administrative questions
\S{faq-domain}{Question} Would you like me to register you a nicer \S{faq-domain}{Question} Would you like me to register you a nicer
@ -892,6 +902,15 @@ developers. If you want to be sure your donation is going towards
something worthwhile, ask us first. If you don't like these terms, something worthwhile, ask us first. If you don't like these terms,
feel perfectly free not to donate. We don't mind. feel perfectly free not to donate. We don't mind.
\H{faq-misc} Miscellaneous questions
\S{faq-openssh}{Question} Is PuTTY a port of OpenSSH, or based on
OpenSSH?
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 SSH1 CRC compensation attacks, written by CORE SDI S.A.
\S{faq-sillyputty}{Question} Where can I buy silly putty? \S{faq-sillyputty}{Question} Where can I buy silly putty?
You're looking at the wrong web site; the only PuTTY we know about You're looking at the wrong web site; the only PuTTY we know about