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If you have a recent version of Windows, the copy of OpenSSH you get with Bash for Windows would be ideal, as you then use the same tools everyone else does eli
by PebblesHD 8y ago
If you have a recent version of Windows, the copy of OpenSSH you get with Bash for Windows would be ideal, as you then use the same tools everyone else does eliminating the Putty specific setup and terminal emulation bugs Windows devs generally need to go through. If you really need to use it, stick with Putty, as even then you benefit from other people having the same setup steps and experience, and as such common issues are more likely to be resolved.
Side thought: why doesn’t Putty follow a more normal setup and configuration process, i.e. why does it have its own private key format and tooling around that instead of using standards?
- mjw1007 8y agoI've always assumed that PuTTY used its own private key format because the OpenSSH one was terrible until about 2013. See eg https://latacora.singles/2018/08/03/the-default-openssh.html https://latacora.singles/2018/08/03/the-default-openssh.html (which is from 2018, but I think the weakness has been well known for a long time).
- JdeBP 8y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18915747 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18915747 .
- fanf2 8y agoThis wishlist item includes lists some advantages of PuTTY’s private key format: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/key-formats.html https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/...
- treypitt 8y ago"Bash for windows" are you referring to WLS?
- PebblesHD 8y agoAhh good point, yes I mean WSL, not the extra tools that come with Git on Windows.
- kerng 8y agoSsh is now part of Windows, I haven't used Putty since.
- sys_64738 8y agoAre you referring to OpenSSH via WSL or the Windows port of OpenSSH? Latter I thought was still in development. Just checked Windows 10 1803 and it appears to be installed by default on my work Windows machine. Nice!
- mr_toad 8y ago> why doesn’t Putty follow a more normal setup and configuration process Putty is ancient. It was perfectly normal c.1999.
- zenexer 8y agoWSL lacks compatibility with devices such as YubiKeys, unfortunately.
- cillian64 8y agoI couldn't find a terminal emulator I liked for WSL so now I use PuTTY SSHed to localhost to login to WSL...
- silverwind 8y agoYou might like wsltty (https://github.com/mintty/wsltty https://github.com/mintty/wsltty). It's mintty for WSL which in essence is putty with just the terminal capabilites.