Putty alternative?

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Sage2k

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Looking for something like putty connection manager or super putty to more easily manage my sessions. We manage over 100 hours and 1000 switches. Putty CM hasn't been updated in 3 years so I don't want to start using software that isn't supported.

Also want something that can auto login/password for my sessions.

Thanks!
 
cygwin + rxvt + ~/.ssh/config

Also, use public key auth and ssh-agent.
 
RoyalTS has a terminal emulator, supporting auto-login, tabbed sessions. I use it for my switches.
 
Another thing that killed PuTTY for me: the really crappy agent. You can add keys and that's it. You forward your agent to another host and have no way to control usage of the keys meaning any rogue system you forward your agent to can use your keys.

With cygwin I setup a really nice agent system using a custom written VB tool for SSH_ASKPASS. Rough skeleton is here: http://pastebin.com/hQvQTT0k

On every use of a key, I get a confirmation dialog with a timeout.
 
If someone wrote a modern PuTTy client they'd rake in the cash. It's powerful but outdated.
 
clusterssh on a unix enviro will autologin (assuming you've got the key) and you can type one cmdline i.e. csshx router to connect to a shitton of devices. You just have to rock the conf file.
 
Back when I did network stuff I used SecureCRT (or just plain CRT if you don't need SSH since it's cheaper), lots of nice scripting options, bulk text entry area is nice, tftp server, can assign commands to quick buttons, pretty good host manager. I think there's a trial version, definitely recommend checking it out.
 
Thanks guys. I was hoping for a free solutions, but I might be able to convince the management if its worth it!
 
http://www.mremoteng.org/

Free
Tabbed
Multiple connections
SSH
Telnet
Treeview
Grouping/Folders
Raw
Citrix
RDP
Portable
Integrates putty as well if needed for serial connections
Saves Credentials

You can even save global credentials in one location and all connections will use that.

You're Welcome
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