PuTTY 0.62 Released - Prevents passwords from being retained in memory.

Re:PuTTY 0.62 Released - Prevents passwords from being retai... by rufibarbatus on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @09:57PM (#3354848)

The security issue itself is described in [1]. Also worth note (at least for me, not used to reading PuTTY's release notes and issue pages) is their class/difficulty/priority breakdown of the issue. I had never seen that pattern before.

The original link also points incidentally to a nice, recently updated survey of cryptography laws around the world. [2]

[1] http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/p...

[2] http://rechten.uvt.nl/koops/cryptolaw/

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Re:PuTTY 0.62 Released - Prevents passwords from being retai... by cstuder on Thursday December 15, 2011 @02:47AM (#3355368)

What are tuits and why are they fun?

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Re:PuTTY 0.62 Released - Prevents passwords from being retai... by biot on Thursday December 15, 2011 @03:39AM (#3355448)

Tuits come in all shapes and sizes, but round ones are particular prized. It's amazing the amount of work you can accomplish once you get a round tuit.

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Re:PuTTY 0.62 Released - Prevents passwords from being retai... by cstuder on Thursday December 15, 2011 @06:26AM (#3355730)

I see now. (I had been afraid that my Google-Fu had left me, but apparently only my english skills were lacking.)

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Re:PuTTY 0.62 Released - Prevents passwords from being retai... by ryanbraganza on Thursday December 15, 2011 @03:34PM (#3357810)

For anyone else who thinks their english skills lacking, make sure you read the gp's post aloud

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