X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ffaq.but;h=dc83e9070b1f4d536c98d4e45a22fee5fa177873;hb=43c528f78068d0bd25ccc47fa4ba08acfe48cddb;hp=5405bccace79de343c8bf1ca32ab6cfdb32c42c7;hpb=72ed86bcd04b4255595fcada9be6195c8336b4ca;p=PuTTY.git diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 5405bcca..dc83e907 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.19 2002/01/23 09:43:10 simon Exp $ +\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.23 2002/03/24 14:08:13 jacob Exp $ \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ @@ -180,6 +180,20 @@ under X11 or perhaps other windowing systems, whereas Telnet Passive Mode is universal and shouldn't need to be specified once for each platform. +\S{faq-ports-general}{Question} What ports of PuTTY exist? + +Currently, PuTTY only runs on full Win32 systems. This includes +Windows 95, 98, and ME, and it includes Windows NT, Windows 2000 and +Windows XP. + +It does \e{not} include Windows CE (see \k{faq-wince}), and it does +not quite include the Win32s environment under Windows 3.1 (see +\k{faq-win31}). + +We do not have ports for any other systems at the present time. If +anyone told you we had a Unix port, or an iPaq port, or any other +port of PuTTY, they were mistaken. We don't. + \S{faq-wince}{Question} Will there be a port to Windows CE? Probably not in the particularly near future. Despite sharing large @@ -669,6 +683,32 @@ You should still read the page} on the PuTTY website (also provided as \k{feedback} in the manual), and follow the guidelines contained in that. +\S{faq-broken-openssh31}{Question} Since my SSH server was upgraded to +OpenSSH 3.1p1, I can no longer connect with PuTTY. + +There is a known problem when OpenSSH has been built against an +incorrect version of OpenSSL; the quick workaround is to configure +PuTTY to use SSH protocol 2 and the Blowfish cipher. + +This is not a PuTTY-specific problem; if you try to connect with +another client you'll likely have similar problems. + +Configurations known to be broken (and symptoms): + +\b SSH 2 with AES cipher (PuTTY says "Assertion failed! Expression: +(len & 15) == 0" in sshaes.c, or "Out of memory", or crashes) + +\b SSH 2 with 3DES (PuTTY says "Incorrect MAC received on packet") + +\b SSH 1 with Blowfish (PuTTY says "Incorrect CRC received on +packet") + +\b SSH 1 with 3DES + +For more details and OpenSSH patches, see +\W{http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138}{bug 138} in the +OpenSSH BTS. + \H{faq-secure} Security questions \S{faq-publicpc}{Question} Is it safe for me to download PuTTY and @@ -794,12 +834,15 @@ we won't argue :-) The easiest way for us to accept donations is if you go to \W{http://www.e-gold.com}\cw{www.e-gold.com}, and deposit your donation in account number 174769. Then send us e-mail to let us know you've done so (otherwise we might not notice for months!). +Alternatively, if e-gold isn't convenient for you, you can donate to +\cw{} using PayPal +(\W{http://www.paypal.com/}\cw{www.paypal.com}). Small donations (tens of dollars or tens of euros) will probably be spent on beer or curry, which helps motivate our volunteer team to continue doing this for the world. Larger donations will be spent on something that actually helps development, if we can find anything -(perhaps new hardware, or a copy of Windows 2000), but if we can't +(perhaps new hardware, or a copy of Windows XP), but if we can't find anything then we'll just distribute the money among the developers. If you want to be sure your donation is going towards something worthwhile, ask us first. If you don't like these terms,