Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 10315
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2003/9/24-25 [Computer/SW/Security] UID:10315 Activity:high
9/24    For Wind0ze users: SecureCRT or PuTTy, cost notwithstanding?
        \_ putty seems perfectly sufficient for my needs.  but i am using it
           as i would a glass tty, so your needs may differ.
        \_ never used putty, but SecureCRT has been more than adequate for
           my needs.
        \_ SecureCRT.  I haven't tried PuTTy recently though.  I like
           SecureCRT's binding of PageUp/PageDown to scrollback, and reading
           from my ssh private key files automatically, which are the same as
           in my Cygwin ssh.  I don't like that CPU goes to 100% and I can't
           close the window when output is coming too fast.
        \_ TTSSH is another free alternative. I like it, though if you don't
           care about cost SecureCRT may be better.
        \_ Is SecureCRT free?  Last time I checked it has a trial period.
        \_ My only beef with putty is that the config is in the registry.  It's
           X-tunnelling works great, etc.  (TTerm can't tunnel IIRC.)
           \_ Another great thing about putty is that it comes with
              ssh-agent like functionality.
           \_ Teraterm can definitely tunnel. Maybe the only bad thing about
              Teraterm/TTSSH is it only supports ssh1. I like it.
              \_ The only bad thing is that your secure client isn't secure?
        \_ Have been using putty for over 2 years now (when forced to use a
           windows machine, that is), and have been very satisfied with it. It
           just seems to work right, no matter what, carry no bloat and
           have no annoyances. Quite possibly the cleanest windows app that
           I've used in a long, long time.  -alexf
        \_ Putty is very basic and simply works.  If I could get work to pay
           for SecureCRT, I'd use that instead.
           in my Cygwin ssh.