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PuTTY 0.57 — Historical Windows SSH and Telnet Client
Preserved PuTTY 0.57 binary with original notices, historical compatibility limitations and licensing review.
About this resource
Original: putty.exe Description Historical Windows client executable or installer. This is a preserved binary release, not source code or a current security recommendation. Credits Simon Tatham and embedded contributor list: Robert de Bath, Joris van Rantwijk, Delian Delchev, Andreas Schultz, Jeroen Massar, Wez Furlong, Nicolas Barry, Justin Bradford, Ben Harris, Malcolm Smith, CORE SDI S.A. License notice Embedded permission notice is MIT-style, requires copyright/permission notice retention. Original binary retains it. Compatibility and security warnings Binary identifies PuTTY Release 0.57, copyright 1997–2004. Historical executable only; not a recommendation for current secure SSH use. No malware or runtime audit performed. The original was inspected statically, never installed or executed. Integrity checks do not establish malware safety. Use an isolated test environment; do not supply real credentials to historical binaries. Retain all bundled third-party notices.
Compatibility
Legacy Windows; modern compatibility and runtime security unverified. See release-specific warnings.
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License
Historical original license and third-party terms; permission review required
Original Author
Simon Tatham and PuTTY contributors
Credits
Simon Tatham and embedded contributor list: Robert de Bath, Joris van Rantwijk, Delian Delchev, Andreas Schultz, Jeroen Massar, Wez Furlong, Nicolas Barry, Justin Bradford, Ben Harris, Malcolm Smith, CORE SDI S.A.
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