PuTTY is a lightweight suite of utilities for Windows machines that can perform SSH, SCP, and SFTP functions.  I’ve used these utilities quite a bit over the years, so I figured I’d give this project a little press after I learned there was a new version out.

Last Saturday, a new version was released, containing some security and bug fixes:  http://lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/2011/000017.html

It’s recommended that all current users of PuTTY upgrade to the latest version.