[Cialug] LS ?

[Aaron Porter]

On 4/27/07, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's "PuTTY", an open source Windows program that allows one to SSH to
> another machine in flexible ways.  Unlike most Windows software, it's
> light, quick, self-contained, and works.  I've used it in the past to
> get into my home box from a public terminal that had no restrictions
> on downloading stuff, but did prevent the user from creating
> directories.  Because PuTTY is one solid executable, I had no problem.
>  PuTTY has many siblings.

Putty is a lifesaver, but it's heavy reliance on the Windows Registry
(and my lack of experience getting stuff out of said registry) makes
me a bit squeamish. I've switched to using MindTerm for "public"
machines. It's not nearly as nice as Putty, but it leaves less trace.
With a little trickery, you can get a pretty nice OTP setup:
http://zork.net/motd/nick/nerdistry/opie.html