
To use this feature, we need to select the checkbox “ Auto wrap mode initially on”.

When a long line of text reaches the end of the right-hand window, it will wrap over the next line. Putty SSH Key Alert Enable Wrap Mode on Putty This is one of the features of the SSH protocol to prevent any network attack. Putty registers the server’s host key in the Windows registry so it can verify against the key whenever we log in to the server and throws a warning in case of a change in the host key. You will get an alert as displayed in the below image either when you connect with the server for the first time or when the SSH protocol version is upgraded. This allows us to reopen our session with all the configurations retained. We can also configure our sessions and save them. Most of the time we will use either Telnet or SSH connection. There are 4 connection types available RAW, Telnet, Rlogin, SSH, Serial. By default, SSH is bonded to port 22 unless the SSH port was changed. To connect to any remote servers via SSH we will use either IP address or FQDN (Fully qualified domain name). Let us now explore some important options from the dialog box. Configuring sessions and related parameters are pretty easy in putty through this dialog box. When we launch putty, you will see a dialog box that controls everything that we can do with putty. You can also download these utilities as standalone binaries. PAGEANT – Authentication agent for Putty, PSCP, PSFTP, and Plink.

