Overview
What is Putty?
PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator.
In depth
A closer look at Putty
PuTTY 0.56, fixes a serious security hole which can allow a server to execute code of its choice on a PuTTY client connecting to it.
Verdict
Should you download Putty?
Putty runs on
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 918 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Telnet.
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At a glance
Putty specifications
- Last updated
- Jan 25, 2025
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/Windows 10/11
- File size
- 918 KB
- Price
- Free
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- 431
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