Windows SSH clients: overview of third-party products

This article describes SSH clients. Windows for a long time did not include administration tools that work through the SSH protocol. встроенными инструментами, однако для большего удобства лучше использовать сторонние утилиты. The latest versions though come with built-in tools, but for greater convenience it's better to use third-party utilities. They have been developed for a long time, so they take into account the wishes of most administrators. Due to the fact that the first versions of the described utilities have appeared for a long time, at present each sample software works stably and is equipped with many additional functions.

NetSarang xShell

SSH-клиент для Windows . XShell is a popular SSH client for Windows . The leader in the number and quality of customizable options. Until recently, Windows OS, unlike Unix-systems, was very limited in software and did not include programs of this kind.

This advanced program, in addition to the capabilities of SSH1 and SSH2, provides the user with the ability to interact with servers for a number of popular protocols (SFTP, TELNET, RLOGIN, SERIAL).

XShell Features

The main advantages of the utility:

• Ability to work simultaneously with multiple servers.
• Saving commands for speed dialing.
• , сторонние продукты также редко могут похвастать подобным умением). Support for batch sending commands (this function is not possessed not only by the built-in SSH-clients of Windows , third-party products also rarely have such a skill).
• Support for UTF-8 encoding.

To monitor several concurrent connections in the utility, a convenient tabbed system is organized. All the necessary tools and options (fonts, transcoding, etc.) are configured separately for each bookmark. Moreover, retaining the configuration, the sysadmin will be able to use it in subsequent sessions.

The Quick Commands command sets are another "token" of the program, which allows to increase the administrator's efficiency. Using this tool, the sysadmin is freed from routine activities. You do not need to type most of the commands manually.

SSH-клиент. In any version of the OS of the Windows family, this SSH client can be installed . , 8 или 10 - неважно. Windows 7 , 8 or 10 - it does not matter. XShell works equally stable in any. Developers do their best to popularize their offspring, and now it is available for use at home or in educational institutions without paying for a license.

The lack of the Russian language is one of the shortcomings. However, it is unlikely that system administrators will complain about such an inoffensive gap.

PuTTY

As with NetSarang xShell, the PuTTY application supports a wide range of protocols, including Raw. SSH обеих версий присутствует. Naturally, SSH support for both versions is present. Also there is a setting of the visual interface of the program. Initially, the utility was free and was developed exclusively for Windows. Later, given the popularity of software among system administrators, it was also ported to other operating systems.

PuTTy has the largest army of fans. PuTTY поражают. The possibilities of PuTTY are amazing. SSH-клиенты. It is because of the huge functionality that many users choose PuTTy, not other SSH clients. после установки клиента не записывает новых данных в системный реестр. Windows after installing the client does not write new data to the system registry. To store the settings, the files inside the utility's directory are used. This allows the client to be used as a portable program.

Main Features of PuTTy

Main features of the application:

• Emulation of the connection activity (so that you do not have to reconnect to the server after a long period of inactivity).
• Authentication on the basis of a public key and without it.
• Support for connection via serial port (from version 0.59).
• The software is able to use a proxy server.
• The utility saves the connection settings after every successful connection.
• Work with support for IPv6, Arcfour, DES and other popular protocols.
• The program can redirect ports .

Secure Shell

SSH-клиенты. So far, the article has described classic stand-alone SSH clients. для запуска Secure Shell обязательно должна включать в себя Google Chrome, так как утилита представляет собой дополнение для популярного браузера. Windows to run Secure Shell must necessarily include Google Chrome, since the utility is an add-on for the popular browser. It connects directly to the server, and external proxy servers can not be used. The functionality of the program is slightly inferior to the utilities described above. hterm. Administration is carried out using the terminal hterm.

The high speed of the client-add-on is due to the use of the full range of features of the JavaScript web programming language. Direct connection to any port of the sshd daemon is a beneficial advantage of Secure Shell. The project is constantly being improved and refined.

WinSCP

SSH-клиент для Windows 7 , о котором знает малое число рядовых русскоязычных пользователей. WinSCP is an SSH client for Windows 7 , which is known to a small number of ordinary Russian-speaking users. The promotion of the software is carried out mainly on English-language resources. The open source project supports work with different protocols, the main one of which is SSH. The program interface can look either as Windows Explorer or as Norton Commander.

The program is equipped with a text editor, saves the settings of old connections, synchronizes folders in semi-automatic and automatic modes. Automation is possible using scripts. The built-in configuration file allows you to install the utility once on a portable storage medium. SSH-клиент. After that, you can use the same SSH client under any OS version . ли, 7 или 10 проинсталлировна на машине, WinSCP будет одинаково стабильно работать под управлением любой версии. Windows 8 li, 7 or 10 is installed on the machine, WinSCP will work equally steadily under any version.

Conclusion

If the main workspace for you is the browser window, and SSH access is required from time to time, the best choice is Secure Shell. If you often move from one office to another, administer from both the workplace and the house, it's worth to stop at WinSCP or PuTTy. If the application is installed on one PC and you do not need to transfer it to other machines, look at xShell capabilities.

Of course, the choice of a specific tool is the administrator's prerogative. Not everyone agrees that the described programs are the best. However, the high places of these utilities in TOPs are due not to their subjective opinion, but to their popularity.