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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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\IM{protocol selection} selecting a protocol
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\IM{protocol selection} choosing a protocol
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\IM{ssh-connection} bare \cw{ssh-connection} protocol
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\IM{ssh-connection} \cw{ssh-connection} protocol, bare
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\IM{psusan} \cq{psusan} program
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\IM{login name}{username} login name
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\IM{login name}{username} user name
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\IM{login name}{username} account name
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(This may leave some keys in cleartext, if they were not previously
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added with the \cw{--encrypted} option.)
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\dt \cw{--test-sign} \e{key-identifier}
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\dt \cw{--test-sign-with-flags=}\e{flags} \e{key-identifier}
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\dd Sign arbitrary data with the given key. This mode is only likely
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to be useful when testing \c{pageant} itself.
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\lcont{
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The data to sign is taken from standard input, signed by the agent
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with the key identified by \e{key-identifier}, and the resulting
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signature emitted on standard output (as a binary blob in the format
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defined by the SSH specifications).
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\e{flags} is a number representing a combination of flag bits defined
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by the SSH agent protocol.
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}
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\S{pageant-manpage-askpass} SSH-ASKPASS REPLACEMENT
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\dt \cw{--askpass} \e{prompt}
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@ -349,6 +368,19 @@ respectively. If neither option is given, Pageant will guess based on
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whether the environment variable \cw{SHELL} has a value ending in
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\cq{csh}.
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\dt \cw{--symlink} \e{fixed-path}
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\dd When operating in agent mode, as well as creating a uniquely named
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listening socket, \c{pageant} will also create (or update) a symbolic
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link at \e{fixed-path} pointing to that socket.
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\lcont{
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This allows access to an agent instance by setting the
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\c{SSH_AUTH_SOCK} environment variable to \e{fixed-path}, rather than
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having to use the value invented by \c{pageant} when it starts. It's
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mainly expected to be useful for debugging.
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}
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\dt \cw{--encrypted}, \cw{--no-decrypt}
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\dd When adding keys to the agent (at startup or later), keep them
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\dd Force serial mode.
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\dt \cw{-ssh-connection}
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\dd Force use of the \q{bare \cw{ssh-connection}} protocol. This is
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only likely to be useful when connecting to a \e{psusan(1)} server,
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most likely with an absolute path to a Unix-domain socket in place
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of \e{host}.
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\dt \cw{\-proxycmd} \e{command}
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\dd Instead of making a TCP connection, use \e{command} as a proxy;
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\dd Force use of SSH protocol version 2.
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\dt \cw{-ssh-connection}
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\dd Force use of the \q{bare \cw{ssh-connection}} protocol. This is
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only likely to be useful when connecting to a \e{psusan(1)} server,
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most likely with an absolute path to a Unix-domain socket in place
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of \e{host}.
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\dt \cw{-ssh}
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\dd Force use of the SSH protocol. (This is usually not needed; it's
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only likely to be useful if you need to override some other
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configuration of the \q{bare \cw{ssh-connection}} protocol.)
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\dt \cw{-4}, \cw{-6}
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\dd Force use of IPv4 or IPv6 for network connections.
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\dd Force use of SSH protocol version 2.
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\dt \cw{-ssh-connection}
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\dd Force use of the \q{bare \cw{ssh-connection}} protocol. This is
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only likely to be useful when connecting to a \e{psusan(1)} server,
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most likely with an absolute path to a Unix-domain socket in place
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of \e{host}.
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\dt \cw{-ssh}
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\dd Force use of the SSH protocol. (This is usually not needed; it's
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only likely to be useful if you need to override some other
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configuration of the \q{bare \cw{ssh-connection}} protocol.)
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\dt \cw{-4}, \cw{-6}
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\dd Force use of IPv4 or IPv6 for network connections.
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\c -X -x enable / disable X11 forwarding
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\c -A -a enable / disable agent forwarding
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\c -t -T enable / disable pty allocation
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\c -1 -2 force use of particular protocol version
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\c -1 -2 force use of particular SSH protocol version
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\c -4 -6 force use of IPv4 or IPv6
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\c -C enable compression
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\c -i key private key file for user authentication
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\c -l user connect with specified username
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\c -pw passw login with specified password
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\c -1 -2 force use of particular SSH protocol version
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\c -ssh -ssh-connection
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\c force use of particular SSH protocol variant
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\c -4 -6 force use of IPv4 or IPv6
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\c -C enable compression
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\c -i key private key file for user authentication
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@ -255,7 +257,7 @@ scripts: using \c{-batch}, if something goes wrong at connection
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time, the batch job will fail rather than hang.
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\S2{pscp-usage-options-backend}\i\c{-sftp}, \i\c{-scp} force use of
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particular protocol
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particular file transfer protocol
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As mentioned in \k{pscp-usage-basics}, there are two different file
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transfer protocols in use with SSH. Despite its name, PSCP (like many
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password-hashing function.
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The three integer values are used as parameters for Argon2, which
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allows you to configure the amount of memory used (in Kb), the number
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allows you to configure the amount of memory used (in Kbyte), the number
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of passes of the algorithm to run (to tune its running time), and the
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degree of parallelism required by the hash function. The salt is
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decoded into a sequence of binary bytes and used as an additional
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\b \i\c{-ssh} selects the SSH protocol.
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\b \i\c{-ssh-connection} selects the bare ssh-connection protocol.
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(This is only useful in specialised circumstances.)
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\#{FIXME: describe those circumstances somewhere in this manual,
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with reference to the psusan man page}
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(This is only useful in specialised circumstances; see \k{config-psusan}
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for more information.)
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\b \i\c{-telnet} selects the Telnet protocol.
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