you to reconfirm its host key. Conversely, if you expect to use the
same local port number for port forwardings to lots of different
servers, you probably didn't want any particular server's host key
-cached under that local port number.
+cached under that local port number. (For this latter case, you
+could also explicitly configure host keys in the relevant sessions;
+see \k{config-ssh-kex-manual-hostkeys}.)
If you just enter a host name for this option, PuTTY will cache the
SSH host key under the default SSH port for that host, irrespective
\H{config-ssh-kex} The Kex panel
-\# FIXME: This whole section is draft. Feel free to revise.
-
The Kex panel (short for \q{\i{key exchange}}) allows you to configure
options related to SSH-2 key exchange.
command-line option to configure the expected host key(s); see
\k{using-cmdline-hostkey}.
+For situations where PuTTY's automated host key management simply
+picks the wrong host name to store a key under, you may want to
+consider setting a \q{logical host name} instead; see
+\k{config-loghost}.
+
To configure manual host keys via the GUI, enter some text describing
the host key into the edit box in the \q{Manually configure host keys
for this connection} container, and press the \q{Add} button. The text
private key in another format that you want to use with PuTTY, see
\k{puttygen-conversions}.
-If a key file is specified here, and \i{Pageant} is running (see
-\k{pageant}), PuTTY will first try asking Pageant to authenticate with
-that key, and ignore any other keys Pageant may have. If that fails,
-PuTTY will ask for a passphrase as normal.
+You can use the authentication agent \i{Pageant} so that you do not
+need to explicitly configure a key here; see \k{pageant}. If a file
+is specified here with Pageant running, PuTTY will first try asking
+Pageant to authenticate with that key, and ignore any other keys
+Pageant may have. If that fails, PuTTY will ask for a passphrase as
+normal.
\H{config-ssh-auth-gssapi} The \i{GSSAPI} panel
The X11 panel allows you to configure \i{forwarding of X11} over an
SSH connection.
-If your server lets you run X Window System applications, X11
-forwarding allows you to securely give those applications access to
+If your server lets you run X Window System \i{graphical applications},
+X11 forwarding allows you to securely give those applications access to
a local X display on your PC.
To enable X11 forwarding, check the \q{Enable X11 forwarding} box.
server, the session will succeed, but keepalives will not work and
the session might be less cryptographically secure than it could be.
+\S{config-ssh-bug-winadj} \q{Chokes on PuTTY's SSH-2 \cq{winadj} requests}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{ssh.bugs.winadj}
+
+PuTTY sometimes sends a special request to SSH servers in the middle
+of channel data, with the name \cw{winadj@putty.projects.tartarus.org}
+(see \k{sshnames-channel}). The purpose of this request is to measure
+the round-trip time to the server, which PuTTY uses to tune its flow
+control. The server does not actually have to \e{understand} the
+message; it is expected to send back a \cw{SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_FAILURE}
+message indicating that it didn't understand it. (All PuTTY needs for
+its timing calculations is \e{some} kind of response.)
+
+It has been known for some SSH servers to get confused by this message
+in one way or another \dash because it has a long name, or because
+they can't cope with unrecognised request names even to the extent of
+sending back the correct failure response, or because they handle it
+sensibly but fill up the server's log file with pointless spam, or
+whatever. PuTTY therefore supports this bug-compatibility flag: if it
+believes the server has this bug, it will never send its
+\cq{winadj@putty.projects.tartarus.org} request, and will make do
+without its timing data.
+
\S{config-ssh-bug-hmac2} \q{Miscomputes SSH-2 HMAC keys}
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{ssh.bugs.hmac2}
correct server, the session will work correctly, but download
performance will be less than it could be.
-\S{config-ssh-bug-winadj} \q{Chokes on PuTTY's SSH-2 \cq{winadj} requests}
-
-\cfg{winhelp-topic}{ssh.bugs.winadj}
-
-PuTTY sometimes sends a special request to SSH servers in the middle
-of channel data, with the name \cw{winadj@putty.projects.tartarus.org}
-(see \k{sshnames-channel}). The purpose of this request is to measure
-the round-trip time to the server, which PuTTY uses to tune its flow
-control. The server does not actually have to \e{understand} the
-message; it is expected to send back a \cw{SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_FAILURE}
-message indicating that it didn't understand it. (All PuTTY needs for
-its timing calculations is \e{some} kind of response.)
-
-It has been known for some SSH servers to get confused by this message
-in one way or another \dash because it has a long name, or because
-they can't cope with unrecognised request names even to the extent of
-sending back the correct failure response, or because they handle it
-sensibly but fill up the server's log file with pointless spam, or
-whatever. PuTTY therefore supports this bug-compatibility flag: if it
-believes the server has this bug, it will never send its
-\cq{winadj@putty.projects.tartarus.org} request, and will make do
-without its timing data.
-
\S{config-ssh-bug-chanreq} \q{Replies to requests on closed channels}
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{ssh.bugs.chanreq}
scroll a line at a time using \i{Ctrl-PgUp} and \i{Ctrl-PgDn}. These
are still available if you configure the scrollbar to be invisible.
-By default the last 200 lines scrolled off the top are
+By default the last 2000 lines scrolled off the top are
preserved for you to look at. You can increase (or decrease) this
value using the configuration box; see \k{config-scrollback}.
\H{using-x-forwarding} Using \i{X11 forwarding} in SSH
The SSH protocol has the ability to securely forward X Window System
-applications over your encrypted SSH connection, so that you can run
-an application on the SSH server machine and have it put its windows
-up on your local machine without sending any X network traffic in
-the clear.
+\i{graphical applications} over your encrypted SSH connection, so that
+you can run an application on the SSH server machine and have it put
+its windows up on your local machine without sending any X network
+traffic in the clear.
In order to use this feature, you will need an X display server for
your Windows machine, such as Cygwin/X, X-Win32, or Exceed. This will probably
\H{using-port-forwarding} Using \i{port forwarding} in SSH
-The SSH protocol has the ability to forward arbitrary \i{network
-connection}s over your encrypted SSH connection, to avoid the network
-traffic being sent in clear. For example, you could use this to
-connect from your home computer to a \i{POP-3} server on a remote
-machine without your POP-3 password being visible to network
-sniffers.
+The SSH protocol has the ability to forward arbitrary \I{network
+connection}network (TCP) connections over your encrypted SSH
+connection, to avoid the network traffic being sent in clear. For
+example, you could use this to connect from your home computer to a
+\i{POP-3} server on a remote machine without your POP-3 password being
+visible to network sniffers.
In order to use port forwarding to \I{local port forwarding}connect
from your local machine to a port on a remote server, you need to:
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