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Docs: note "wrong host key" warning is stronger.

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To try to prime readers learning the often-seen "unknown host key"
warning to recognise the rarer and scarier "wrong host key" warning, if
they see it.
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@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ PuTTY \I{host key cache}records the host key for each server you
connect to, in the Windows \i{Registry}. Every time you connect to a
server, it checks that the host key presented by the server is the
same host key as it was the last time you connected. If it is not,
you will see a warning, and you will have the chance to abandon your
connection before you type any private information (such as a
password) into it. (See \k{errors-hostkey-wrong} for what that looks
like.)
you will see a stronger warning, and you will have the chance to
abandon your connection before you type any private information (such
as a password) into it. (See \k{errors-hostkey-wrong} for what that
looks like.)
However, when you connect to a server you have not connected to
before, PuTTY has no way of telling whether the host key is the