From b33dc07ff8fca620da64172bfa2b426bd365f0b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Nevins Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:39:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Host key q: mention kh2reg.py [originally from svn r3801] --- doc/faq.but | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index b0f94d19..dc5c574f 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.53 2004/01/24 18:30:32 jacob Exp $ +\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.54 2004/02/04 18:39:14 jacob Exp $ \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ @@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ of host key checking: the right key will be accepted and the wrong ones will not. Adding an option to turn host key checking off completely is the wrong solution and we will not do it. +If you have host keys available in the common \c{known_hosts} format, +we have a script called +\W{http://cvs.tartarus.org/putty/contrib/kh2reg.py}\c{kh2reg.py} +to convert them to a Windows .REG file, which can be installed ahead of +time by double-clicking or using \c{REGEDIT}. + \S{faq-server}{Question} Will you write an SSH server for the PuTTY suite, to go with the client? -- 2.45.2