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Re:Windows 1803 Update Turns on SSH by jkaplowitz on Thursday May 17, 2018 @02:36PM (#17094101)
It's still the only SSH client I know that can change most of its settings during an existing session, especially in a cross-platform way (it is available for Linux). Good software indeed.
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Re:Windows 1803 Update Turns on SSH by benjohnson on Thursday May 17, 2018 @03:17PM (#17094579)
Forgive me for a dumb question, but I'm trying to be helpful.

Are you talking about tunnels and port forwards?

OpenSSH can do that - you type in an escape sequence and you can work your magic on the fly.

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Re:Windows 1803 Update Turns on SSH by jkaplowitz on Thursday May 17, 2018 @11:48PM (#17098545)
No, I'm talking about a lot more settings than that including things about terminal emulation and keyboards. Next time you use PuTTY, try opening up the settings window for an existing session and see how many can be changed without having to restart afresh.

Some of these could be changed in various more disjointed ways in Linux or Windows, but it's nicely unified and cross-platform in PuTTY.

I'll admit I rarely leverage this flexibility, but it's cool enough that it seemed worth noting in this sub-thread about singing PuTTY's well-deserved praises.

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Re:Windows 1803 Update Turns on SSH by soccerdave on Thursday May 17, 2018 @10:25PM (#17098182)
Just wanted to thank you for this answer. I never knew about OpenSSH escape sequences and I've used ssh for years.

https://pleiades.ucsc.edu/hyades/SSH_Escape_Sequences

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