PuTTY 0.71
PuTTY is a client program for the SSH, Telnet and Rlogin network protocols.
These protocols are all used to run a remote session on a computer, over a network. PuTTY implements the client end of that session: the end at which the session is displayed, rather than the end at which it runs.
In really simple terms: you run PuTTY on a Windows machine, and tell it to connect to (for example) a Unix machine. PuTTY opens a window. Then, anything you type into that window is sent straight to the Unix machine, and everything the Unix machine sends back is displayed in the window. So you can work on the Unix machine as if you were sitting at its console, while actually sitting somewhere else.
This download includes the following tools:
- PuTTY (the Telnet and SSH client itself)
- PSCP (an SCP client, i.e. command-line secure file copy)
- PSFTP (an SFTP client, i.e. general file transfer sessions much like FTP)
- PuTTYtel (a Telnet-only client)
- Plink (a command-line interface to the PuTTY back ends)
- Pageant (an SSH authentication agent for PuTTY, PSCP and Plink)
- PuTTYgen (an RSA and DSA key generation utility).
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
Security fixes found by an EU-funded bug bounty programme:
a remotely triggerable memory overwrite in RSA key exchange, which can occur before host key verification
potential recycling of random numbers used in cryptography
on Windows, hijacking by a malicious help file in the same directory as the executable
on Unix, remotely triggerable buffer overflow in any kind of server-to-client forwarding
multiple denial-of-service attacks that can be triggered by writing to the terminal
Other security enhancements: major rewrite of the crypto code to remove cache and timing side channels.
User interface changes to protect against fake authentication prompts from a malicious server.
We now provide pre-built binaries for Windows on Arm.
Hardware-accelerated versions of the most common cryptographic primitives: AES, SHA-256, SHA-1.
GTK PuTTY now supports non-X11 displays (e.g. Wayland) and high-DPI configurations.
Type-ahead now works as soon as a PuTTY window is opened: keystrokes typed before authentication has finished will be buffered instead of being dropped.
Support for GSSAPI key exchange: an alternative to the older GSSAPI authentication system which can keep your forwarded Kerberos credentials updated during a long session.
More choices of user interface for clipboard handling.
New terminal features: support the REP escape sequence (fixing an ncurses screen redraw failure), true colour, and SGR 2 dim text.
Pressing Ctrl+Shift+PgUp or Ctrl+Shift+PgDn now takes you straight to the top or bottom of the terminal scrollback.
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