In this case, the only advantage of PuTTY would be: the ability to run on Unix (Linux) platforms while KiTTY is limited only to Windows® users. After all, although all Linux platform looks and act almost the same, there are several notable differences between them. Perhaps, the word 'a fork' is a little bit unfair for KiTTY project. Note: There's no installation process, just download KiTTY and run the program instantly. Therefore, if you're in a country where encryption has any legal limitations or it's forbidden you should seek legal advice. However, I am not associated and I do not offer any guarantees that the information found there is accurate.

Although, I have no authority to provide more information, this website ' The Crypto Law Survey' could be a good place to start. Important: Please note that the use of KiTTY could be illegal in countries where encryption is outlawed. Trademark Note 1: Microsoft®, Windows® and other product names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. You can find a complete list of its features on the main page - including a description for each one. Here is a list with most important features: sessions filter, portability, predefined command shortcuts, session launcher, automatic log-on script, URL hyperlinks, automatic command and password, running locally saved scripts in remote sessions, ZModem integration, icons for each session, transparency, unfortunate keyboard input protection, roll-up, quick start of duplicate sessions, configuration box, automatic saving, Internet Explorer integration for SSH Handler, binary compression, clipboard printing, PuTTYCyg patch, background images/transparency, organizing sessions you save in a folder hierarchy and many others that are constantly added. It runs on Windows® and it has an impressive collection of one of the most requested features that are missing from PuTTY. KiTTY is a fork of PuTTY (started from version 0.62 beta), the most popular Telnet and SSH client for Windows® and Unix.

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