Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 21:14:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: <security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [OT] ssh client Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0108262113140.41764-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20010826174432.C56385@rand.tgd.net>
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On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Sean Chittenden wrote:
> > > Are you sure putty won't work? I think it's got an agent that
> > > you can load a key/identity into and log into... I could be wrong
> > > though. -sc
> >
> > It does indeed, but it won't grok DSA keys.
>
> Bummer. Putty supports SSH 2... strikes me as odd that it
> doesn't. Documentation says it doesn't, or did you try? Remember dsa
> keys are stored in a different file, or does this work through a UI of
> sorts? -sc
At least with the current version that I'm using (which may be
behind the times), there are no options to generate anything other
than RSA keys. I assumed that meant that you could only add RSA keys
to pagent.
I agree with another poster: use Cygwin's ssh instead. It's far
and away superior to putty, securecrt, teraterm, etc.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
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