PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. It is written and maintained primarily by Simon Tatham.
The latest version is beta 0.60. LEGAL WARNING: Use of PuTTY, PSCP, PSFTP and Plink is illegal in countries where encryption is outlawed. I believe it is legal to use PuTTY, PSCP, PSFTP and Plink in England and Wales and in many other countries, but I am not a lawyer and so if in doubt you should seek legal advice before downloading it. You may find this site useful (it's a survey of cryptography laws in many countries) but I can't vouch for its correctness.
Use of the Telnet-only binary (PuTTYtel) is unrestricted by any cryptography laws. Latest news
2007-04-29 PuTTY 0.60 is released
PuTTY 0.60 is out, containing mostly bug fixes.
2007-01-24 PuTTY 0.59 is released
PuTTY 0.59 is out (finally!), and as previously announced we no longer provide Alpha binaries. 2006-03-31 Proposed withdrawal of Alpha NT PuTTY
PuTTY: a free telnet/ssh client
The latest version is beta 0.60. LEGAL WARNING: Use of PuTTY, PSCP, PSFTP and Plink is illegal in countries where encryption is outlawed. I believe it is legal to use PuTTY, PSCP, PSFTP and Plink in England and Wales and in many other countries, but I am not a lawyer and so if in doubt you should seek legal advice before downloading it. You may find this site useful (it's a survey of cryptography laws in many countries) but I can't vouch for its correctness.
Use of the Telnet-only binary (PuTTYtel) is unrestricted by any cryptography laws. Latest news
2007-04-29 PuTTY 0.60 is released
PuTTY 0.60 is out, containing mostly bug fixes.
2007-01-24 PuTTY 0.59 is released
PuTTY 0.59 is out (finally!), and as previously announced we no longer provide Alpha binaries. 2006-03-31 Proposed withdrawal of Alpha NT PuTTY
PuTTY: a free telnet/ssh client
