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Docs: index and cross-reference ssh-connection.
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@ -3389,13 +3389,13 @@ will be impossible.
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This is an SSH-1-specific bug.
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\H{config-psusan} The \q{Bare \cw{ssh-connection}} protocol
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\H{config-psusan} The \q{Bare \cw{\i{ssh-connection}}} protocol
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In addition to SSH itself, PuTTY also supports a second protocol that
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is derived from SSH. It's listed in the PuTTY GUI under the name
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\q{Bare \cw{ssh-connection}}.
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This protocol consists of just the innermost of SSH's three layers: it
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This protocol consists of just the innermost of SSH-2's three layers: it
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leaves out the cryptography layer providing network security, and it
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leaves out the authentication layer where you provide a username and
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prove you're allowed to log in as that user.
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@ -3417,7 +3417,7 @@ network namespace.
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Explicit support for this protocol is new in PuTTY 0.75. As of
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2021-04, the only known server for the bare \cw{ssh-connection}
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protocol is the Unix program \cq{psusan} that is also part of the
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protocol is the Unix program \cq{\i{psusan}} that is also part of the
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PuTTY tool suite.
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(However, this protocol is also the same one used between instances of
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@ -3428,6 +3428,10 @@ possible to connect another instance of PuTTY directly to that Unix
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socket, by entering its pathname in the host name box and selecting
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\q{Bare \cw{ssh-connection}} as the protocol!)
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Many of the options under the SSH panel also affect this protocol,
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although options to do with cryptography and authentication do not,
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for obvious reasons.
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I repeat, \s{DON'T TRY TO USE THIS PROTOCOL FOR NETWORK CONNECTIONS!}
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That's not what it's for, and it's not at all safe to do it.
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