To use Putty, you need to have a basic knowledge in Linux Command. PuTTY allows Windows users to connect to remote systems over the Internet via Telnet and SSH. Both Telnet and SSH allows you to connect to remote systems. This is very useful applications used to secure file transfers over the Internet and it’s hard for others to intercept passwords and other private information.

What is PuTTY and how to use it?

PuTTY is a terminal emulator application which can act as a client for the SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw TCP computing protocols. The name “PuTTY” has no definitive meaning, though ‘tty’ is the name for a terminal in the Unix tradition, usually held to be short for teletype.

For Windows and Unix, You can download PuTTY here.

How to use PuTTY with SSH?
here is my guide:

1.) Run the putty.exe file
After you run the PuTTY file this following window will appear on your screen.

On this example, I used “www.example.com” as a Hostname but you can also input directly the IP Address of the Website to connect remotely.

On the Saved Sessions, just type any name that you want (Mine is “Session1″) and then click save to save the Sessions. The next time you connect to your PuTTY, just input the Hostname/IP Address then click the name of the Save Sessions to continue.

2.) After you input all the correct info, click Open button. The following window will appear.

This is the basic knowledge on how to use PuTTY SSH Client. You can start now using some of the basic Linux Command which I’ll be posting here in the coming days, so stay in touch.