SSH-Telnet Client for Windows

[Greg]

When you want to connect to your linux shell from windows you need a good client. Putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) is possibly the most commonly used program.

I use this and find it to meet all my current shell access needs. I recommend you try it if you need shell access from windows.

[Bond]

It's also a secure telnet connection, in that username/password combinations are not sent plaintext during server authentication.

[Hammer]

Hmm, didn't think there was any other way to send a telnet password, or anything telnet in general, other than plaintext. Isn't that a server/protocol limitation vs client?

[Bond]

Well, let me clarify. The username/password combo themselves are not encrypted -- the connection, using the SSH protocol, is encrypted.

Once you create a connection to the host server, all communications are sent in a secure fashion.

[Hammer]

Ahh, ok. Yes, I agree, SSH is a secure/encrypted protocol. When you said "telnet" I took it that you meant telnet litterally. :)