X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ffaq.but;fp=doc%2Ffaq.but;h=42f965b272a0631ce3ca8e4e20a0596c4108f24b;hb=359b5c8eb45ff56c62032cf147fcdb3723d54324;hp=6c41bd4affd792d50294c391df90345686f25e41;hpb=7705fc4470b76ec7979dc00e5c97efd720d5e335;p=PuTTY.git diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 6c41bd4a..42f965b2 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ Yes. SSH-1 support has always been available in PuTTY. However, the SSH-1 protocol has many weaknesses and is no longer considered secure; you should use SSH-2 instead if at all possible. -\#{XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE: As of 0.68, PuTTY will no longer fall back to SSH-1 if the server -doesn't appear to support SSH-2; you must explicitly ask for SSH-1. } +doesn't appear to support SSH-2; you must explicitly ask for SSH-1. \S{faq-localecho}{Question} Does PuTTY support \i{local echo}? @@ -216,16 +215,12 @@ seems to be working so far. Currently, release versions of PuTTY tools only run on Windows systems and Unix. -\#{XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE: replace following two lines with: -As of 0.68, the supplied PuTTY executables run on versions of -Windows from XP onwards,} -PuTTY runs on versions of Windows from Windows 95 onwards (but not -the 16-bit Windows 3.1; see \k{faq-win31}), -up to and including Windows 10; and we know of no reason why PuTTY -should not continue to work on future versions of Windows. -\#{XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE: We provide 32-bit and 64-bit Windows -executables; see \k{faq-32bit-64bit} for discussion of the -compatibility issues around that.} +As of 0.68, the supplied PuTTY executables run on versions of Windows +from XP onwards, up to and including Windows 10; and we know of no +reason why PuTTY should not continue to work on future versions of +Windows. We provide 32-bit and 64-bit Windows executables; see +\k{faq-32bit-64bit} for discussion of the compatibility issues around +that. (We used to also provide executables for Windows for the Alpha processor, but stopped after 0.58 due to lack of interest.) @@ -252,10 +247,9 @@ If you look at the source release, you should find a \c{unix} subdirectory. There are a couple of ways of building it, including the usual \c{configure}/\c{make}; see the file \c{README} in the source distribution. This should build you Unix -ports of Plink, PuTTY itself, PuTTYgen, PSCP, PSFTP, and also +ports of Plink, PuTTY itself, PuTTYgen, PSCP, PSFTP, Pageant, and also \i\c{pterm} - an \cw{xterm}-type program which supports the same -terminal emulation as PuTTY. \#{XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE:} -We do not yet have a Unix port of Pageant. +terminal emulation as PuTTY. If you don't have \i{Gtk}, you should still be able to build the command-line tools. @@ -592,13 +586,12 @@ all versions of Windows that PuTTY supports. PuTTY doesn't require to run as a 64-bit application to work well, and having a 32-bit PuTTY on a 64-bit system isn't likely to cause you any trouble. -The 64-bit version -\#{XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE (first released in 0.XX)} -will only run if you have a 64-bit processor \e{and} a \I{64-bit -Windows}64-bit edition of Windows (both of these things are likely to -be true of any recent Windows PC). It will run somewhat faster (in -particular, the cryptography will be faster, especially during link -setup), but it will consume slightly more memory. +The 64-bit version (first released in 0.68) will only run if you have +a 64-bit processor \e{and} a \I{64-bit Windows}64-bit edition of +Windows (both of these things are likely to be true of any recent +Windows PC). It will run somewhat faster (in particular, the +cryptography will be faster, especially during link setup), but it +will consume slightly more memory. If you need to use an external \i{DLL} for GSSAPI authentication, that DLL may only be available in a 32-bit or 64-bit form, and that will @@ -1070,8 +1063,7 @@ is triggered by PuTTY 0.58. This was fixed in 0.59. The \W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/xp-wont-run}{\q{xp-wont-run}} entry in PuTTY's wishlist has more details. -\S{faq-system32}{Question} When I put -\#{XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE 32-bit} PuTTY in +\S{faq-system32}{Question} When I put 32-bit PuTTY in \cw{C:\\WINDOWS\\\i{SYSTEM32}} on my \i{64-bit Windows} system, \i{\q{Duplicate Session}} doesn't work.