PocketPuTTY: Freeware SSH Client [Archive]

Janak Parekh

02-16-2004, 08:30 PM

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://pocketputty.aleq.cz/' target='_blank'>http://pocketputty.aleq.cz/</a><br /><br /></div>Looking for a low-cost SSH solution? A Pocket PC developer has made a first port of the freeware <a href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/">PuTTY</a> SSH client available. It looks like it's a little rough on the edges, and it only supports WM2003 for now, but I'm glad to see more remote access solutions available for the Pocket PC.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20040216-PocketPutty.gif" />

Evee Ev

02-16-2004, 08:49 PM

oh man...this is gonna be awesome!

EvilOne

02-16-2004, 08:51 PM

This is going to be nice to use to quickly jump in and out of a machine! Can't wait to try it later on tonight.

rlobrecht

02-16-2004, 09:01 PM

Too bad it only has 2003 support for now. I could really make use of this with my E740. :cry:

I'll have to keep watching for 2002 support.

Janak Parekh

02-16-2004, 09:02 PM

Too bad it only has 2003 support for now. I could really make use of this with my E740. :cry:
Well, it's more-or-less a first version. But thanks for pointing that out; I'll update my post.

--janak

JvanEkris

02-16-2004, 09:07 PM

Oh Cooooooooooool,

I'v been waiting for this a long time !!!!!!

Jaap

Aleq

02-16-2004, 09:23 PM

Too bad it only has 2003 support for now. I could really make use of this with my E740. :cry:

I'll have to keep watching for 2002 support.

Support for Pocket PC 2000/2002 will be added as noted on PocketPuTTY homepage forums :)

gohtor

02-16-2004, 09:28 PM

I'm impressed. if they have the ability to save commands and paste them that would rock.

I've used putty for a long time and it hasn't disappointed me.

Robert Huie

Pete Teoh

02-16-2004, 09:50 PM

Awesome! This works quite well. Good job, Aleq! :D I tried it out and it works quite well. Only 1 small enhancement needed that I've noticed so far. I'll have to post that to the forum.

bdegroodt

02-16-2004, 10:05 PM

Am I missing something? I can't find the download on this site for WM 2003 anywhere. Anyone have the download link?

JvanEkris

02-16-2004, 10:23 PM

Go to the announcement in the first forum, there is it.....

Warning though: I use a transcriber keyboard: i could not authenticate. On the external keyboard, it was no problem.....

Jaap

David Prahl

02-16-2004, 10:28 PM

Keeping it under 500 words and not using the word "Google", could someone tell me what PuTTY is? I've seen it before, but don't know what it does. Thanks!

silver99

02-16-2004, 10:31 PM

I use Putty on the PC for logging into a Unix webserver and by using commands can do some maintenance. Functions very similar to a DOS window but remotely. I'm assuming this will do much the same as the desktop version.

Hope that helps.

mhskateboarder

02-16-2004, 10:32 PM

its under "Announcements" then the "Release" post
http://pocketputty.aleq.cz/viewtopic.php?t=5

edit: JvanEkris beat me, but i have the link :mrgreen:

Janak Parekh

02-16-2004, 10:42 PM

Keeping it under 500 words and not using the word "Google", could someone tell me what PuTTY is? I've seen it before, but don't know what it does. Thanks!
PuTTY is a terminal emulator that supports not only telnet, but more importantly the SSH protocol. SSH stands for Secure SHell, and is a much better alternative to remote management than telnet, which transmits everything unencrypted, including the password you might type at a login prompt.

--janak

JvanEkris

02-16-2004, 10:42 PM

Well, basically a SSH-client allows your desktop to act as a terminal for a Linux/Unix system. For the SSH-server, you are the same as it's keyboard and screen.

Normally it is used by administrators of the server to log into the server to find out what the ^%$&^%*&^% is going wrong this time, and how on earth it is possible to solve it while staying behind your own terminal......

To give you an example: the dutch PocketPC-club server is located in Amsterdam. I live 100 kilometers away, and the other admins around 200 kilometers. If something goes awry, we log in, and try to fix it, without having to travel to Amsterdam.

By having PocketPutty, we can even work while being on the move through GPRS:)

Jaap

David Prahl

02-16-2004, 11:08 PM

Thanks for the lesson guys - glad nobody played the :google: card!

ctmagnus

02-16-2004, 11:57 PM

Is there any functional difference between this and PockeTTY (http://www.dejavusoftware.com/pocketty/)?

brntcrsp

02-17-2004, 12:05 AM

it's free for one. and PuTTY has a long and glorious reputation as a lightweight yet robust SSH client.

Icebaron

02-17-2004, 12:05 AM

gorkon280

02-17-2004, 12:20 AM

It's about &@%^&^% time! :D I have been waiting for this since I had a e740. Just can't believe that it took til now to get a free SSH client. 80 dollars for a ssh client? No way! And since this is based on putty, it should be a snap to move my keys over to it. WHOO HOO! SSH Hear I come!

Ommadawn

02-17-2004, 12:21 AM

The download link is in announcement post in the forum. Try this URL:

http://pocketputty.aleq.cz/viewtopic.php?t=5

Regards,
Craig.

gorkon280

02-17-2004, 12:22 AM

PockeTTY stops functioning after 5 minutes of connection unless you pay 40 bucks. Putty is free. I'd say free is more functional when I look in my wallet and see nothing but Papa John's reciepts :lol:

MMMMMMM Papa Johns :drool: Aggggh! We need a Homer Emoticon.

ctmagnus

02-17-2004, 03:45 AM

Is there any functional difference between this and PockeTTY (http://www.dejavusoftware.com/pocketty/)?

PockeTTY stops functioning after 5 minutes of connection unless you pay 40 bucks. Putty is free. I'd say free is more functional when I look in my wallet and see nothing but Papa John's reciepts :lol:

Two months ago it was $20 :rock on dude!: and PuTTY didn't exist for the Pocket PC at that stage. If it wasn't 50% off, I would have waited for something cheaper (like this ) to omce along.

cmlpreston

02-17-2004, 11:14 AM

Works great. Pity that the SIP obscures the bottom 30% or so of the terminal!

cmlp

JvanEkris

02-17-2004, 12:50 PM

Can you get it to work with the SIP ?? My server-passwords all contain some non-alpha-numeric characters, and do not get accepted. When i use my external keyboard, it works fine.....

Jaap

pdauser

02-17-2004, 06:17 PM

Now I need a thumb pad for my ipaq....

Aleq

02-18-2004, 02:03 AM

Can you get it to work with the SIP ?? My server-passwords all contain some non-alpha-numeric characters, and do not get accepted. When i use my external keyboard, it works fine.....

Jaap
I'll have to look at this. You can post it to bug reports at pocketputty.aleq.cz

AndrewLubinus89

02-18-2004, 06:39 AM

8O Nice........Makes me wish I had a ppc 2003 with a connection to it just so I could connect to my linux laptop in the other room.....I love using technology for pointless purposes.

pdauser

02-18-2004, 06:21 PM

8O Nice........Makes me wish I had a ppc 2003 with a connection to it just so I could connect to my linux laptop in the other room.....I love using technology for pointless purposes.
Isn't most of the PDA industry build on that premis?

minimage

02-22-2004, 05:44 AM

I was pointed to this thread at least a couple of months ago:

http://www.mobileminds.com/showthread.php?s=536b0e5568773fde07c9bad9b48ac128&threadid=7249&highlight=ssh%2A

Pixel_K

02-29-2004, 06:19 PM

Sorry, but it seems the website is down :

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