localhost refers to the current PC, so PuTTY is trying to connect to an SSH service on the same PC that it is running on - your Windows PC, which probably isnt running an SSH service. If youre trying to connect...
This chapter gives a quick guide to the simplest types of interactive login session using PuTTY. 2.1 Starting a session When you start PuTTY, you will see a dialog box. This dialog box allows you to control everything...
PuTTY is a free (MIT-licensed) Windows Telnet and SSH client. This manual documents PuTTY, and its companion utilities PSCP, PSFTP, Plink, Pageant and PuTTYgen. Note to Unix users: this manual currently primarily...
Pageant is designed to ease the use of PuTTY, PSCP, Plink and PSFTP, providing a SSH authorization agent ready to store all your private keys within a secure place. The main advantage to this is that you dont have...
Since the release of the Cisco CCENT Exam (ICND1: 640-822), I have written a number of articles concentrating on the exam objectives for this new certification. In todays article, I will give you a short introduction...