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Document "No supported authentication methods available", and make it clear

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that TIS/CryptoCard auth can be used for simple passwords too.

[originally from svn r7730]
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Ben Harris 2007-09-22 13:55:25 +00:00
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@ -2419,11 +2419,12 @@ forms of simple \I{challenge/response authentication}challenge/response
authentication available in SSH protocol version 1 only. You might use
them if you were using \i{S/Key} \i{one-time passwords}, for example,
or if you had a physical \i{security token} that generated responses
to authentication challenges.
to authentication challenges. They can even be used to prompt for
simple passwords.
With this switch enabled, PuTTY will attempt these forms of
authentication if the server is willing to try them. You will be
presented with a challenge string (which will be different every
presented with a challenge string (which may be different every
time) and must supply the correct response in order to log in. If
your server supports this, you should talk to your system
administrator about precisely what form these challenges and

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@ -200,6 +200,13 @@ the various strategies we use for camouflaging passwords in transit.
Upgrade your server, or use the workarounds described in
\k{config-ssh-bug-ignore1} and possibly \k{config-ssh-bug-plainpw1}.
\H{errors-no-auth} \q{No supported authentication methods available}
This error indicates that PuTTY has run out of ways to authenticate
you to an SSH server. This may be because PuTTY has TIS or
keyboard-interactive authentication disabled, in which case
\k{config-ssh-tis} and \k{config-ssh-ki}.
\H{errors-crc} \q{Incorrect \i{CRC} received on packet} or \q{Incorrect
\i{MAC} received on packet}