Today I discovered a really nice Cygwin xterm/console tool based round PuTTY. MinTTY is a Windows console for Cygwin users to replace the woefully inadequate Microsoft cmd.exe. A quick browse round the MinTTY web site reveals the same wishes as on the PuTTY web site.

Of the two common requests one is tabbed interface - which I admit I'd like. However you don't really need tabs is you have GNU screen and it does make small executable not small any more! The second request is for a tool to remember your password! Storing SSH passwords inside a Windows application is just plain insane and it shows that people using SSH just don't get it!

PuTTY is open source and there are actually several derivatives. Most versions add sensible but rare features e.g. Kerberos, popular but pointless features e.g. transparency and some are just plain stupid e.g. remember your password for you...!