Re: Is Putty a full replacement of the command line (openssh) client ?

From: Colin McKinnon (colin.thisisnotmysurname_at_ntlworld.deletemeunlessURaBot.com)
Date: 07/20/05


Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:35:23 GMT

Peter Meister spilled the following:

> I wonder wether the well known Putty software is a full replacement for
> the Openssh client (=command line ssh.exe)?
>

For most intents and purposes, yes.
 
> In other words can I setup port redirections/tunneling for other software
> (e.g. MailClient) with the help of Putty as well or is Putty only a telnet
> client for an SSH server?
>
> If it works as a full SSH client: Is there somewhere a good tutorial on
> how to set it up for a port redirection?
>
> Peter

RTFM?

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/docs.html

C.



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