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Author SHA1 Message Date
Jacob Nevins
f110a51d1f Clarify that '-m' takes a _local_ file.
ref. <kjt9hv49dagqmvru0nq9qcc0f5p11vg0ma@4ax.com>

[originally from svn r3368]
2003-07-16 08:28:31 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
ef14e3959a Add section on "Access denied". This was mostly inspired by the password
camouflage problems with SSH-1.5-OSU_1.4alpha3.

[originally from svn r3358]
2003-07-12 13:25:43 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
5161740aab Incorporate Brad Clarke's suggestion to use "REGEDIT /EA" rather than
"REGEDIT /E". On newer versions of Windows (verified on 2K), this will cause
the .REG file to be saved in REGEDIT4 format (ASCII) which can be read by
older Windows, rather than REGEDIT5 (Unicode). On older Windows, the extra "A"
is harmless (verified on Win98).

[originally from svn r3305]
2003-06-25 15:52:29 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
91061abf04 The specific SSH cipher algorithms supported by PuTTY weren't listed anywhere
in the documentation.
Added some detail - feel free to tweak.

[originally from svn r3284]
2003-06-21 20:21:29 +00:00
Ben Harris
a4d89d1d3e Suggest that local support staff are useful.
[originally from svn r3250]
2003-06-06 18:16:52 +00:00
Simon Tatham
e43e4c4cd1 Update a couple of bits of the FAQ. We do now default to SSH2, and
we do have a Unix port of PuTTY proper.

[originally from svn r3200]
2003-05-22 08:43:50 +00:00
Simon Tatham
8460ecd27d Yesterday's proxy enhancements also slightly nadgered the config
box, in that it started to expand under the weight of proxy options.
Now fixed, by folding the SOCKS version selector into the general
proxy type selector so there's one single 5- or 6-way radio button
set split over two lines. settings.c has of course grown a backwards
compatibility wart to deal with legacy config data.

[originally from svn r3168]
2003-05-07 12:07:23 +00:00
Simon Tatham
abb6b8ba8a The line-drawing paste config option has changed its meaning since
it was first designed. Alter the wording and documentation to match.

[originally from svn r3143]
2003-04-26 13:22:25 +00:00
Simon Tatham
4b6ffd99f1 Disable window title reporting by default, since it's a security
hazard. I considered removing it completely, but I can't rule out
the possibility of an OS that actually takes security of its
terminal devices seriously, and which might be able to make sensible
and safe use of this feature.

[originally from svn r3103]
2003-04-12 08:59:06 +00:00
Simon Tatham
a133e4c137 A poster on comp.security.ssh mentions that he had expected to find
the location of PuTTY's data storage mentioned in the manual section
about loading and storing sessions. This seems not unreasonable, so
I've put it there.

[originally from svn r3094]
2003-04-11 17:39:48 +00:00
Simon Tatham
3f83c3b140 ... of course, it would help if I remembered to _document_ dynamic
port forwarding. Ahem.

[originally from svn r3056]
2003-04-05 11:52:42 +00:00
Simon Tatham
a05d4fdbd0 Further .cvsignore updates.
[originally from svn r3044]
2003-04-02 09:14:38 +00:00
Owen Dunn
8397d66359 Update text about ports, hopefully not too controversial.
[originally from svn r3012]
2003-03-29 01:44:39 +00:00
Simon Tatham
2da920065f The general blurb on using Plink in batch mode ought to mention the
host key prompt, and specifically mention how to ensure it won't
bite you.

[originally from svn r2981]
2003-03-24 10:49:01 +00:00
Ben Harris
fded7e88c2 Mention xterm mouse reporting in the section on copy and paste.
[originally from svn r2969]
2003-03-20 22:12:12 +00:00
Simon Tatham
e2874c40c8 Gah, another duplicate keyword. I must stop creating new docs
sections by cut and paste.

[originally from svn r2956]
2003-03-18 09:03:31 +00:00
Simon Tatham
13c7bf5dd5 Error messages update. It's now abundantly clear that WSAECONNABORTED
is not the same thing as ECONNABORTED, so I've removed the `we're a
bit confused about this, send us details' text. And someone has just
been confused by `connection timed out', so I've added that too.

[originally from svn r2950]
2003-03-17 16:57:23 +00:00
Simon Tatham
4efe692e88 Overnight docs build found a duplicate section keyword. Oops. Fixed.
[originally from svn r2921]
2003-03-07 09:03:11 +00:00
Simon Tatham
c5181dc498 Richard B's patch to push erased text into the scrollback on ESC[2J
clears, and also to temporarily push the primary screen contents
into the scrollback while the alternate screen is active and bring
it back afterwards.

[originally from svn r2910]
2003-03-06 12:51:12 +00:00
Simon Tatham
616c837cf0 The long-awaited config box revamp! I've taken the whole config box
to pieces, and put it back together in a new table-driven form.
config.c sets up a data structure describing most of the config box;
wincfg.c adds in the Windows-specific options (so that config.c can
also form the basis for Mac and Unix config boxes). Then winctrls.c
contains a shiny new layout engine which consumes that data
structure, and windlg.c passes all WM_COMMAND and similar messages
to a driver alongside that layout engine. In the process I've sorted
out nicer-looking panel titles and finally fixed the list-boxes-are-
never-the-right-size bug (turned out to be Windows's fault, of
course). I _believe_ it should do everything the old config box did,
including context help. Now everyone has to test it thoroughly...

[originally from svn r2908]
2003-03-05 22:07:40 +00:00
Ben Harris
a4e81c06c7 Add 'what does "PuTTY" mean?', and add some IPA to the shortened pronunciation
answer.

[originally from svn r2904]
2003-03-04 14:14:17 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
8d1e6bca16 Fix documentation for `ssh2-keyderive-nonbug'.
[originally from svn r2868]
2003-02-19 09:54:45 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
862b846b74 faq-support:
Modified text to reflect the fact that the wishlist now shows bugs fixed
recently (FSVO "recently"). Hopefully I haven't made it too confusing.

[originally from svn r2852]
2003-02-15 18:47:22 +00:00
Simon Tatham
51d3248afc Remove another `please pester ssh.com for their agent protocol' bit.
[originally from svn r2832]
2003-02-11 14:10:20 +00:00
Simon Tatham
18e99dd71a Oops; overzealous copy-and-paste in the Windows Help context names.
[originally from svn r2805]
2003-02-05 09:05:35 +00:00
Simon Tatham
be9718cb13 Add another bug workaround, this one for old OpenSSH (<2.3) servers
which have a strange idea of what data should be signed in a PK auth
request. This actually got in my way while doing serious things at
work! :-)

[originally from svn r2800]
2003-02-04 13:02:51 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
d3d8714f06 Misc tweaks to proxy section
[originally from svn r2762]
2003-02-01 02:09:02 +00:00
Ben Harris
58176ee753 Be slightly less negative about other people's setting up PuTTY-related
fora.

[originally from svn r2760]
2003-02-01 00:29:38 +00:00
Ben Harris
8758cbf028 Mention the slightly odd "too many authentication attempts" message you
get from OpenSSH if you overfill Pageant.

[originally from svn r2757]
2003-01-31 23:18:44 +00:00
Simon Tatham
3a841b6e10 Antonin Brothanek points out that `Incoming packet was garbled on
decryption' could be a result of the wrong setting of the
`Miscomputes SSH2 encryption keys' bug workaround option.

[originally from svn r2751]
2003-01-30 10:19:05 +00:00
Simon Tatham
c370336a92 xterm apparently supports ESC[90m through ESC[97m to set bright
foreground colours, and ESC[100m through ESC[107m to set bright
background colours. Hence, so do we. Bright-foreground is
distinguishable from bold, and bright-background distinguishable
from blink, when it leaves terminal.c; the front end may then choose
to display them in the same way if it's configured to do so. This
change makes the xterm backend for Turbo Vision (!!!) work properly.
Untested on Mac.

[originally from svn r2734]
2003-01-27 23:03:31 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
4004de9163 Change website refs from putty/wishlist.html to putty/wishlist/
[originally from svn r2714]
2003-01-24 14:12:31 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
5b79eedce2 Add {Question} to faq-psftp-slow
[originally from svn r2697]
2003-01-23 17:01:27 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
f757326608 Mention Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn
[originally from svn r2683]
2003-01-23 12:30:26 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
c801a1f3c5 In pursuance of `icon-title-default-change':
Change the sense of cfg.win_name_always' representation in the UI (from
`Avoid ever using icon title' to `Separate window and icon titles').
Also update the docs to match reality.

[originally from svn r2681]
2003-01-23 11:37:54 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
870ccbef8c When voting for items already on the wishlist, a stonking new reason that
we hadn't already thought of might help.

[originally from svn r2627]
2003-01-17 13:32:51 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
57610f8580 Steven Shockley points out that the .PPK extension is far from obvious to
users. Update the file selection dialogs to mention it per the usual Windows
convention, and also sprinkle references to it throughout the docs. I've
also scattered hints that most tools need PuTTY's native format; perhaps this
will reduce the frequency with which FAQ A.1.2 trips people up.

[originally from svn r2625]
2003-01-16 15:43:18 +00:00
Simon Tatham
10eb26a7dd term->cfg is now a full copy of the Config structure, not a pointer;
and term_reconfig() now passes in a new structure which is copied
over the top. This means that the old and new structures can be
compared, and the _current_ as well as default states of auto wrap
mode, DEC origin mode, BCE, blinking text and character classes can
be conveniently reconfigured in mid-session without requiring a
terminal reset.

[originally from svn r2557]
2003-01-12 14:30:02 +00:00
Simon Tatham
fee1624c69 Support for XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 at the SSH server end, making use of
the remote IP/port data provided by the server for forwarded
connections. Disabled by default, since it's incompatible with SSH2,
probably incompatible with some X clients, and tickles a bug in
at least one version of OpenSSH.

[originally from svn r2554]
2003-01-12 14:11:38 +00:00
Ben Harris
2e8b94c8d4 Ask for a meaningful subject line on messages.
[originally from svn r2532]
2003-01-10 15:23:01 +00:00
Simon Tatham
d13a41a5f1 Update more copyright dates. Sometimes I think we ought to have an
automated means of doing this every year :-(

[originally from svn r2434]
2003-01-03 10:59:53 +00:00
Ben Harris
70458d6434 Mention that Shift-Ins works here.
[originally from svn r2424]
2003-01-02 14:23:36 +00:00
Simon Tatham
b2f4de02b9 Mention in the documentation that the method of generating RSA keys
might give a bit count one less than the one the user asked for. Two
people have been worried by this now, and it's probably worth
documenting that it's perfectly normal.

[originally from svn r2369]
2002-12-27 16:54:14 +00:00
Simon Tatham
a564ad3140 Support for doing DNS at the proxy end. I've invented a new type of
SockAddr, which just contains an unresolved hostname and is created
by a stub function in *net.c. It's an error to pass this to most of
the real-meat functions in *net.c; these fake addresses should have
been dealt with by the time they get down that far. proxy.c now
contains name_lookup(), a wrapper on sk_namelookup() which decides
whether or not to do real DNS, and the individual proxy
implementations each deal sensibly with being handed an unresolved
address and avoid ever passing one down to *net.c.

[originally from svn r2353]
2002-12-18 16:23:11 +00:00
Simon Tatham
8304f4e0dc Stop proxying connections to localhost by default; should fix
`x11-proxy-crash'.

[originally from svn r2348]
2002-12-18 12:18:54 +00:00
Simon Tatham
99b870dbc6 Implement `portfwd-loopback-choice'. Works on local side in Unix as
well, though it's a lot less useful since you still can't bind to
low-numbered ports of odd loopback IPs. Should work in principle for
SSH2 remote forwardings as well as local ones, but OpenSSH seems
unwilling to cooperate.

[originally from svn r2344]
2002-12-18 11:39:25 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
23a2fb17d8 faq-rh8-utf8: Problems with Red Hat 8.0 and UTF-8
[originally from svn r2327]
2002-12-15 11:51:21 +00:00
Ben Harris
76065bcb1e Remove a spurious 'q'.
[originally from svn r2257]
2002-11-25 19:02:23 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
d923ad791e Note about CTRL-C trick for copying text of error dialogs
[originally from svn r2240]
2002-11-23 11:22:57 +00:00
Ben Harris
4e25694ee5 Update the status of the Mac port.
[originally from svn r2239]
2002-11-22 00:07:31 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
fb334041df Note that default will change to SSH-2 next release
[originally from svn r2238]
2002-11-21 00:15:52 +00:00
Simon Tatham
d54e79bde6 Probably about time we mentioned the nascent Unix port in the FAQ.
Not that I desperately want to shout about it just yet, but I feel a
bit bad about the FAQ saying `we don't have a Unix port, anyone who
told you so was wrong'. :-)

[originally from svn r2185]
2002-11-02 16:27:17 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
406bc897b3 s/public/private/ spotted by Clint Hastings; also change a "public key"
to "key pair"

[originally from svn r2180]
2002-11-01 21:50:35 +00:00
Simon Tatham
ef5f289fc6 .HLP files should be ignored as well. Oops.
[originally from svn r2177]
2002-11-01 13:49:25 +00:00
Simon Tatham
d32e06c1fe Justin Bradford's patch for increased proxy robustness.
[originally from svn r2111]
2002-10-22 09:40:38 +00:00
Simon Tatham
07878d8b7c Implement Richard's really clever idea about bell overload mode:
it's automatically deactivated by any keypress, so that command-line
beeps from (e.g.) filename completion don't suddenly stop occurring,
but it still provides a rapid response to an accidental spewing of a
binary to your terminal.

[originally from svn r2107]
2002-10-20 13:23:30 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
2074897dfe Update to reflect 0.53 release.
[originally from svn r2026]
2002-10-10 14:39:35 +00:00
Simon Tatham
be71ff5568 Add a chapter explaining common error messages
[originally from svn r1984]
2002-10-01 16:27:36 +00:00
Simon Tatham
a394f20829 Add a new SSH2 bug: some servers apparently claim to be able to do
DH group exchange, but choke when you actually try it. Never
automatically enabled; manual control only.

[originally from svn r1982]
2002-09-26 18:37:33 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
4baee2a8e8 Add context help support for Proxy panel
[originally from svn r1974]
2002-09-23 09:55:11 +00:00
Simon Tatham
d33c200de1 Support username/password authentication in SOCKS 5.
[originally from svn r1972]
2002-09-21 16:07:43 +00:00
Simon Tatham
442a360fb2 Support username and password authentication when talking to HTTP
proxies.

[originally from svn r1971]
2002-09-21 14:03:05 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
9164a7b176 OpenSSH vs OpenSSL Q: mention older OpenSSH versions
[originally from svn r1958]
2002-09-14 10:24:27 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
c7fa2f6183 Updated usage messages for command-line utilities to reflect new options.
Updated manual to reflect reality (e.g. usage messages, '-p port' not actually
  implemented, sprinkle references to '-i keyfile').
(I've put "Release 0.53" in the messages; let's hope this doesn't cause a
  flood of "where is 0.53?" email.)
I don't guarantee that the result is entirely sane and sensible in all
  respects, but it is at least consistent.

[originally from svn r1951]
2002-09-11 17:30:36 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
3711af9a53 Note about separate client-server and server-client encryption in SSH-2
[originally from svn r1949]
2002-09-10 12:30:45 +00:00
Simon Tatham
3391745d2d Introduce the Bugs control panel, for overriding PuTTY's server
version number checks to determine the presence or absence of server
bugs.

[originally from svn r1936]
2002-09-08 13:28:38 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
f9f2042ca2 Update to reflect the last batch of proxy stuff we got from Justin Bradford.
[originally from svn r1935]
2002-09-08 13:25:58 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
0c59fb9bbd Mention PocketPC in the WinCE question. I'm not sure how similar WinCE and
PocketPC are, though -- perhaps it merits its own question. (Although I don't
know of anyone who's looked into it yet.)

[originally from svn r1913]
2002-09-02 13:04:46 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
61a7dd82ca Changed wording of OpenSSH vs bad OpenSSL FAQ so that it's more obvious it
applies to 3.4p1.

[originally from svn r1847]
2002-08-15 14:59:48 +00:00
Simon Tatham
bd361aaca6 Alter the Feedback page, so that instead of saying `at some point we
plan to start blocking executable attachments' it now says we _do_
block executable attachments. :-)

[originally from svn r1841]
2002-08-12 14:08:55 +00:00
Simon Tatham
1601559c8c Actually, VirtualLock() looks better as \cw{} not \c{}.
[originally from svn r1826]
2002-08-09 09:14:04 +00:00
Simon Tatham
0011fa6dda Add two more FAQs: why don't you use VirtualLock()' and are you
based on OpenSSH'.

[originally from svn r1825]
2002-08-09 09:11:09 +00:00
Simon Tatham
4abd468e14 Document all the new command-line stuff.
[originally from svn r1822]
2002-08-07 19:20:06 +00:00
Simon Tatham
1f0b28b305 Fix Halibut syntax error (oops).
[originally from svn r1819]
2002-08-07 18:08:29 +00:00
Simon Tatham
af2c66be95 Buttress is now Halibut: change the docs makefile.
[originally from svn r1802]
2002-08-05 10:35:35 +00:00
Simon Tatham
a3a520709e Make it clear that we're only responsible for our own web site, and
people should contact mirror admins for problems with mirrors.

[originally from svn r1801]
2002-08-05 10:35:23 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
73e32fb7c0 OpenSSH/OpenSSL versioning problems: as of 3.4p1 this is _still_ not entirely
fixed.

[originally from svn r1781]
2002-07-09 11:34:10 +00:00
Simon Tatham
b6a9610e86 Modify the Feedback page / Appendix B to expand the section about
not sending us large attachments, and in particular remove the
emphasis on screen shots in the hope of also decreasing the number
of _other_ large attachments we get.

[originally from svn r1715]
2002-06-08 09:00:00 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
d5e66f6098 Fix AltGr/Application/Compose/CtrlAlt discrepancies introduced in windlg.c
rev 1.118 [r1033] (pointed out by Rob Pitman).

[originally from svn r1707]
[r1033 == d2369721bb]
2002-05-30 12:41:07 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
f6c9873c96 Trying to use an SSH2 key with an SSH1 connection seems to be quite
common, so I've added a FAQ.

[originally from svn r1697]
2002-05-23 22:02:53 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
2cd8ddb17d Note that answerback string can contain control characters with ^C notation,
and the ^~ escape, but don't go into the gory details.

[originally from svn r1693]
2002-05-22 21:18:06 +00:00
Simon Tatham
c92ea6c8ed UI changes for key imports. We now have a separate Load command and
Import command; the former warns you if you load a foreign key,
whereas the latter doesn't. So the user should always be aware, one
way or the other, that a format conversion is taking place.

[originally from svn r1687]
2002-05-18 09:20:41 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
fdbfe9e89f Nit: PuTTYgen can generate RSA _and DSA_ keys
[originally from svn r1685]
2002-05-16 22:36:36 +00:00
Simon Tatham
de3b29f7e5 Final cleanups on key import/export work. Rationalised the UI (so
that menu options are greyed out helpfully) and added documentation.

[originally from svn r1683]
2002-05-15 20:07:11 +00:00
Simon Tatham
ff5241c1ed Added export of ssh.com key files.
[originally from svn r1682]
2002-05-15 19:16:45 +00:00
Simon Tatham
030c75b7db Implemented export of OpenSSH keys.
[originally from svn r1677]
2002-05-14 18:11:15 +00:00
Simon Tatham
82d2d94d26 Update FAQ to mention ssh.com key importing
[originally from svn r1674]
2002-05-13 16:48:31 +00:00
Simon Tatham
9a8c58a64b Added a framework for importing foreign key formats, and implemented
importing of OpenSSH SSH2 private key files (both encrypted and
unencrypted). Seems to work fine.

[originally from svn r1668]
2002-05-11 16:45:29 +00:00
Owen Dunn
c14c2ff479 Added SSH2 only support.
[originally from svn r1663]
2002-05-11 13:03:47 +00:00
Simon Tatham
6c620a6b50 Additions to the Feedback page to emphasise that we can't answer all
our mail any more, and to encourage support questions to be sent
elsewhere as a first resort.

[originally from svn r1623]
2002-04-27 16:20:16 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
1368cbb080 Added documentation of PuTTY command-line options (derived from the source)
[originally from svn r1619]
2002-04-18 20:45:01 +00:00
Simon Tatham
4a33fecb07 Mention that numeric code pages can be entered manually in the
Translation box.

[originally from svn r1615]
2002-04-03 18:24:59 +00:00
Simon Tatham
428e0d565f Add a couple of extra FAQ entries.
[originally from svn r1614]
2002-04-01 15:18:29 +00:00
Simon Tatham
ecd496a621 Updates to proxy support, both from me and from Justin Bradford.
Removed unnecessary spin locks, added a few comments, added support
for Telnet-type proxies, and wrote some documentation.

[originally from svn r1607]
2002-03-27 21:09:16 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
84812737b1 OpenSSH 3.1p1 SSH2 3DES is also broken.
[originally from svn r1603]
2002-03-24 14:08:13 +00:00
Jacob Nevins
06f8f6c8a3 Added an entry for the "OpenSSH 3.1p1 built with wrong OpenSSL" problem.
[originally from svn r1602]
2002-03-24 13:42:30 +00:00
Simon Tatham
368244dbae Mention on the Feedback page that the mailing list archives are
private, just in case anyone was concerned.

[originally from svn r1600]
2002-03-23 18:59:46 +00:00
Simon Tatham
ae476d5567 ANSI remote printer support. Raw mode only.
[originally from svn r1581]
2002-03-09 17:59:15 +00:00
Simon Tatham
fcb31d5cfe Well, there was bound to be one I'd forgotten: the new Features
panel should include an option to disable xterm mouse reporting. So
now it does. Woo.

[originally from svn r1579]
2002-03-09 11:47:39 +00:00
Simon Tatham
2df966b43c Add the Features panel, allowing you to disable a bunch of the more
controversial terminal features.

[originally from svn r1576]
2002-03-06 23:04:20 +00:00