PuTTY

PuTTY is the name of a free software SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw TCP client. PuTTY is installed on most Windows computers at Gustavus.

If you're using PuTTY to access your home directory, you should use the host shell.gac.edu.

"PuTTY" can also refer to the entire bundle of related applications the ssh client comes with (since they're usually downloaded at the same time):

PuTTY - a Telnet and SSH client
PSCP - a Secure Copy (SCP) client, i.e. command-line secure file copy
PSFTP - a Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client, i.e. general file transfer sessions much like File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
PuTTYtel - a Telnet-only client
Plink - a command-line interface to the PuTTY back ends
Pageant - an SSH authentication agent for PuTTY, PSCP and Plink
PuTTYgen - an RSA and DSA key generation utility.

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