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Does anyone else get sketched out about downloading putty from the official URL? I know its been around for awhile, but still seems like a suspect URL for such
by maxheadrum 6y ago
Does anyone else get sketched out about downloading putty from the official URL? I know its been around for awhile, but still seems like a suspect URL for such a popular program.
- notRobot 6y agoNah, it's normal to have URLs like that for software, especially for power user or administration or developer utilities.
- gnu8 6y agoEveryone recognizes that URL. It would be more suspect to download PuTTY from anywhere else.
- maxheadrum 6y agoI recognize the general pattern of the URL but if you changed a character here or there I wouldn't notice it.
- pmoriarty 6y agoAs an infrequent user of PuTTY, I don't recognize that URL. So I guess I'm not part of the "everyone" you're talking about. On the other hand, I think it's absolutely ridiculous to base one's security around URL recognition, considering all the possible attacks against domain names and URLs. Cryptographic signatures in a web of trust would be a big step forward here, but unfortunately relatively few people participate.
- gruez 6y ago> Everyone recognizes that URL. It would be more suspect to download PuTTY from anywhere else. that that to everyone who downloaded from putty.org
- dehrmann 6y agoThe lack of any style on the page tells you it's legit.