[Cialug] LS ?

[Barry Von Ahsen]

Aaron Porter wrote:
> 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

there is portaputty[1], which stores keys in a file instead of the 
registry, and I've seen a script that will launch putty, then delete the 
reg keys when you close your terminal

[1] http://socialistsushi.com/portaputty

-barry