Add the FAQ about `nothing happens when I try to type my password'.

[originally from svn r1337]
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Simon Tatham 2001-10-28 15:11:24 +00:00
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@ -487,6 +487,17 @@ your terminal runs the risk of sending the same control sequence by
accident, and cause unexpected changes in the window title. Don't do
it.
\S{faq-password} My keyboard stops working once PuTTY displays the
password prompt.
No, it doesn't. PuTTY just doesn't display the password you type, so
that someone looking at your screen can't see what it is.
Unlike the Windows login prompts, PuTTY doesn't display the password
as a row of asterisks either. This is so that someone looking at
your screen can't even tell how \e{long} your password is, which
might be valuable information.
\H{faq-secure} Security questions
\S{faq-publicpc} Is it safe for me to download PuTTY and use it on a