From 0011fa6ddae538a0fd3f82fadd3a64c9aaf00ffb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Tatham Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 09:11:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add two more FAQs: `why don't you use VirtualLock()' and `are you based on OpenSSH'. [originally from svn r1825] --- doc/faq.but | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index e2577bf4..2916a92e 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.30 2002/07/09 11:34:10 jacob Exp $ +\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.31 2002/08/09 09:11:09 simon Exp $ \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ @@ -795,6 +795,16 @@ all. For this reason we now believe PuTTY's DSA implementation is probably OK. However, if you have the choice, we still recommend you use RSA instead. +\S{faq-virtuallock}{Question} Couldn't Pageant use \c{VirtualLock()} +to stop private keys being written to disk? + +Unfortunately not. The \c{VirtualLock()} function in the Windows API +doesn't do a proper job: it may prevent small pieces of a process's +memory from being paged to disk while the process is running, but it +doesn't stop the process's memory as a whole from being swapped +completely out to disk when the process is long-term inactive. And +Pageant spends most of its time inactive. + \H{faq-admin} Administrative questions \S{faq-domain}{Question} Would you like me to register you a nicer @@ -892,6 +902,15 @@ developers. If you want to be sure your donation is going towards something worthwhile, ask us first. If you don't like these terms, feel perfectly free not to donate. We don't mind. +\H{faq-misc} Miscellaneous questions + +\S{faq-openssh}{Question} Is PuTTY a port of OpenSSH, or based on +OpenSSH? + +No, it isn't. PuTTY is almost completely composed of code written +from scratch for PuTTY. The only code we share with OpenSSH is the +detector for SSH1 CRC compensation attacks, written by CORE SDI S.A. + \S{faq-sillyputty}{Question} Where can I buy silly putty? You're looking at the wrong web site; the only PuTTY we know about