[Web4lib] Windows Vista defaults to no telnet client

[John Fink]

I've only ever used putty, going so far as to put it on my USB stick in case
I'm around a Windows machine when I'm out (portable version here:
http://socialistsushi.com/portaputty).  Portable putty doesn't mess with the
registry files, so it's ideal if you're moving around.

There was, if I recall correctly, an "official" Windows ssh put out by
ssh.fi/ssh.com, but I think it's languished somewhat, and at any rate it was
non-free anyway.

jf


On 10/25/06, Raymond Wood <raywood at magma.ca> wrote:
>
> Allegedly, on Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 01:43:13PM -0400, Thomas Dowling
> stated:
> > http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/ArticleID/93952/93952.html
> >
> > Not the issue it once was, but Windows Vista will default to not
> > having a telnet client; you can enable it, but it's several layers
> > deep in the Control Panel.  Of course, since the Windows telnet app
> > was chronically the worst telnet available, maybe that's a good thing.
> >
> > I'm just assuming that there's no ssh client either.
> >
> > Thomas Dowling
>
> I find that a combination telnet/ssh client such as 'putty' is
> indispensible when I am working on the Windows platform.
>
> As a matter of interest, are there any other freeware[1] ssh clients
> that people prefer over 'putty' (on Windows) ?
>
> [1] i.e. not share/ad/spy-ware :-)
>
> Raymond
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