PuTTy Ported To Pocket PC

LondonLawyer writes "There was a Slashdot story back in March about a port of the popular (and free) SSH client PuTTY in beta for Symbian OS. For the rest of us there's a 'pre alpha' port that has been released for the Pocket PC that seems to have slipped under the Slashdot radar. 2003 is available now and by all acounts works well. 2000/2002 are apparently in the pipeline for a planned June release. See here ( http://pocketputty.duxy.net/ ) for more details. The download can be found here. They are also talking about porting to MS Smartphone 2003 after the Pocket PC 2002 port has been done."

Comments

2004 works too!

[richie2000]

2003 is available now and by all accounts works well.

I have used 2004 for over four months now, and I'm pretty satisfied with it so far, as years go.

PuTTY

[wolf31o2]

This just goes to show how nice a program PuTTY can be and how much the world needs a simple, yet powerful and FREE SSH client.

Re:PuTTY

[cyb97]

It still amazes me that Microsoft haven't thought of adding a ssh-client to their operatingsystems. An OS lacking a ssh-client is pretty much useless to me.
When they get ssh and X11 clients, even Windows might seem like an alternative...

Re:PuTTY

[NanoGator]

"It still amazes me that Microsoft haven't thought of adding a ssh-client to their operatingsystems."

Doesn't one of the s's in ssh stand for 'secure'?

Re:PuTTY

[cyborch]

Adding ssh would either imply that MS acknowledges that there is a need to connect to other OS'es or mean that a sshd should be added too. Adding sshd to windows would be rather useless since almost nothing can be done via the command line on windows. Either way adding ssh to windows draws attention to areas where windows is lacking.

Re:PuTTY

[dJCL]

Actually, I ssh into my windows box sometimes... I use the cygwin software to run the daemon and it "just works", of course it gives me a bash prompt...

There are some userfull things that you can do using the command prompt on windows, the only problem I find is that they put unix to shame in the cryptic category, and seem more oriented toward scripting then interactive sessions.

I also only know a few tricks and never bother to leave telnet open on the servers, so usually I can't try, ssh on windows(standard, not with a cygwin install) would probably lead to more people knowing the windows command line.

Anyway...

Re:PuTTY

[Doc Ruby]

PuTTY is a 3rd party Windows ssh client, available for many years. Why should M$ make everything part of its OS? Do you have some love for bloatware, or monopolies?

Re:PuTTY

[Anonymous Coward]

What a load of shit. Let's destroy your points one by one.
+ Windows already ships with a Telnet Server/Client
+ Microsoft offers an NFS & NIS server/client as a free download
+ Every Windows system admin task can be performed from the command line or a script.
+ You just think the MS command line is useless because the Windows GUI is so superior
+ Microsoft does believe that IPSEC and VPN stuff is superior to SSH-proxying.

Re:PuTTY

[LnxAddct]

You sir are on crack. I adminstrate a Windows exchange server and about the only thing worth doing from the cmd line is "net" commands. Windows is horrible with the command line. It has recently improved slightly because MS hired old unix gurus to help them out, but as far as I know you can not install a command line only Windows. Also the Windows GUI is not superior and hasnt been for a while. This is common knowledge if you use *nix. Windows has nothing on linux in the server arena, and I've used Linux on my desktop for a few years now as well. If I didn't have to use Windows as the server at my job then I wouldn't, and we are in the process of fixing that. Windows is slower, less efficient( both from a performance and usability viewpoint), and not reliable at all. This is coming from someone who has to administrate it everday.
Regards,
Steve

Re:PuTTY

[drinkypoo]

Driven by my distaste for Win32 console windows (they are slow and anoying to copy and paste to/from) I often run cmd.exe in an xterm using cygwin and XFree in the multiwindow mode. I too frequently ssh into this system, as well as using smbclient.

Re:PuTTY

[drinkypoo]

A command line interface for windows would leave you without any documented method to accomplish basically everything. Of course that wouldn't be much different from the way it is now. It probably wouldn't be too hard to figure out how to change all that stuff in the registry and you could certainly port new user space tools to the system to replace a lot of the GUI functionality.

I use cygwin heavily on Windows. I ssh in all the time. Sometimes I don't actually want to start an interactive kill, so by using sysinternals tools I can do stuff like "ssh system pslist | grep game" and then I can pskill the game that's tying up my input devices in the same fashion. That's just a limited example, though. cygwin is bringing more and more Unix tools to windows which means I can have most of the best of both worlds. True, it's not as stable, but for a desktop system, it's "stable enough".

Re:PuTTY

[RzUpAnmsCwrds]

"Adding sshd to windows would be rather useless since almost nothing can be done via the command line on windows."

You might want to check on that one:

"The Windows Server 2003 family provides a significantly enhanced command-line infrastructure, letting administrators perform most management tasks without using a graphical user interface. Of special importance is the ability to perform a wide range of tasks by accessing the information store enabled by Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). This WMI command-line (WMIC) feature provides a simple command-line interface that interoperates with existing shells and utility commands and can be easily extended by scripts or other administration-oriented applications.

Overall, the greater command-line functionality in the Windows Server 2003 family, combined with ready-to-use scripts, rivals the power of other operating systems often associated with higher cost of ownership. Administrators accustomed to using the command line to manage UNIX or Linux systems can continue managing from the command line in the Windows Server 2003 family."

Re:PuTTY

[jpop32]

Adding sshd to windows would be rather useless since almost nothing can be done via the command line on windows.

Open mouth, insert foot. :-)

A case of I-don't-know-so-it-can't-be-done expert, eh?

Re:PuTTY

[cyb97]

Why is notepad.exe a part of the OS?
Certain utilities is necessary and so popular that it would make sense to include it in the OS. Especially with RDP already included, it just doesn't make sense to not include ssh.

Re:PuTTY

[Doc Ruby]

Functional necessity was not sufficient reason to include notepad.exe . It was a "chicken and egg" solution when Windows was released, before third parties offered software for it. So including it was necessary, because that was the only way to get it. ssh is different: it is already offered by a third party. Microsoft's inclusion of ssh would serve only to compete (unfairly) with a successful software vendor. Why doesn't getting a third party ssh make sense to you?

Re:PuTTY

[Anonymous Coward]

cmd.exe is not the useful windows command line. Windows Scripting Host is. At least, if you write a primitive REPL in JScript, it is.

Re:PuTTY

[cyb97]

In the same way getting a 3rd party browser doesn't make sense to me.
When I roam around and find myself destined to sit behind a windows machine, the first thing I do is figure out how to SSH into a friendly box.
That's how I do my business, mail, news, etc. Going out and getting a 3rdparty client isn't always an option, policies, rules and regulations usually try to stop users from installing things therefore an included client would make sense.
I'm more productive with ssh than solitaire.exe...

Re:PuTTY

[spongman]

why use ssh when you can just do "pslist \\computer "?

or you can use rkill.exe from the Resource Kit (eg, 'rkill /nkill \\computer game*')

Re:PuTTY

[drinkypoo]

Because I'm lame and I didn't read the help?

Re:PuTTY

[LordPhear]

Cygwin/X All ya need. :) Posix layer with function X Server and OpenSSH client and server. Fully integrates security with window Active Directory when used on 2003 enterprise server.

Re:PuTTY

[Anonymous Coward]

I believe Microsoft Services for Unix includes both, including a NFS client and server + your collection of well-known commandline tools. Sure it costs extra, but it really makes your Windows a lot cooler :)

Re:PuTTY

[ChadAmberg]

Now, I wonder if I can use PuTTY to tunnel 3389, and then run the terminal server client on the pocket PC.
That would be great. I just wrote a client that actually makes this EASY for Windows...

Re:AVOID this software!

[Anonymous Coward]

SecureCRT sux.

SSH Client for Palm OS???

[Anonymous Coward]

Anybody?

Re:SSH Client for Palm OS???

[MainframeKiller]

pssh: SSH2 for Palm OS

You can get it here.

And if you are on a Palm

[SLot]

Mochasoft has you covered with this product. Sadly, not free, but it's only nagware to use as a demo.

I've had it on my Treo600 since I got the thing, and it's a lifesaver at times (like the time I patched some of our servers at 1:30am from a strip club). :)

Series 60 version

[polyp2000]

I have found the Series 60 version very useful to.

http://s2putty.sourceforge.net/

Works like a dream on my Nokia 6600

Sufferin' succotash!

[JasonMaggini]

For some reason, I pictured Sylvester the cat reading that headline, just spitting everywhere...

why did that take so long?

[hak1du]

Palm has had SSH clients for a while. Why did it take so long to port this to PocketPC? If anything, I would have assumed that PPC, with its more desktop-like APIs, would have had this sort of thing for longer.

Re:why did that take so long?

[RedBug26]

Pocket PC have ssh client for long time :)
Pocket putty is just the first FREE ssh client.

Is that PocketPutty or are you

[Anonymous Coward]

just glad to see me?

Re:AVOID this software!

[j-pimp]

SecureCRT sux
I've used this and putty, and while I like putty better now that it supports X11/port fowarding, SecureCRT is a functional SSH client. Also, it supports serial port terminal emulation. Sure putty is "better", but SecureCRT far from sucks.

You have to love that quote...

[warrax_666]

[...]rivals the power of other operating systems often associated with higher cost of ownership.[...]

Guess it just goes to show that Microsoft believe in the "just repeat it often enough and it becomes true" principle(*). :)