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PuTTY is a free and open source program that integrates virtual terminal, system console and network file transfer. It supports multiple network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin and raw socket connections. It can also be connected to a serial port. The software name "PuTTY" has no special meaning.

The earlier version only supported the Windows platform, and later added support for various Unix platforms and Mac OS X.

Features

Supports IPv6 connections.

You can control the type of encryption protocol used during SSH connections.

Currently there are 3DES, AES, Blowfish, DES (deprecated) and RC4.

The CLI versions of SCP and SFTP Client are called pscp and psftp respectively.

Built-in SSH Forwarding capabilities, including X11 Forwarding.

Fully emulates the capabilities of xterm, VT102 and ECMA-48 terminals.

Supports public key authentication.

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