Comments on: Nokia E61 SSH Client PuTTY

By: Wesley

Wesley — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:50:43 +0000

Could one not presumably encrypt the private key with a pass phrase which was easier to type on a phone keypad

By: Pingu

Pingu — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:32:15 +0000

Surely using passwordless SSH keys on a mobile device is a little insecure… Lost phone may equal many tears…

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:44:24 +0000

I’ve got it working on N95 with keys setup It’s a wonderful thing.

By: Sena

Sena — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:30:38 +0000

Any for n95 yet?

By: Quinn Comendant

Quinn Comendant — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:43:30 +0000

Claes, what do you mean by “if only the WLAN worked a bit better on it”?

By: macgeek

macgeek — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:47:14 +0000

I LOVE it - but seriously - does anyone still need SSH1???

By: Claes

Claes — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:42:46 +0000

SSH is a encrypted TCP service which normally connects to port 22!
Which means: You don’t need to enable “VPN” it’s a “VPN” by it self!

I usually “hide” my SSH-service on my (and my customers) servers through a change of the default port 22 in the configfile (/etc/ssh/sshd_config) to something between 1024 and 65535…

And yes you could easily make tunnel/VPN-connection with it!

Of course you need to allow your specific traffic (TCP port) through firewalls you pass…

I think this is the coolest thing to do with the E61 (if only the WLAN worked a bit better on it)!

BTW I don’t think you should fiddle with any Firewalls before you understand what VPN and services like SSH is!!!!

By: Anand

Anand — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:39:43 +0000

Do i need to enable VPN for connecting to a unix server behinf firewall?
Thanks in advance.

By: Pasha

Pasha — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:20:44 +0000

Wizzy man! This is awesome, thx, very useful info missing on my article.

By: Wizzy

Wizzy — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:18:09 +0000

Thought I would document what it takes to get putty to use ssh keys to log in to a Unix server ..

% sudo aptitude install putty-tools # universe repository

On the unix box, create a passwordless key, and put the public part in your authorized_keys

% ssh-keygen -t rsa

Type enter at the passwords, and save the file in “e61″

% cat e61.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
% chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

Convert the private key file to putty format

% puttygen e61 -o putty.ppk

Move that private key file to the E61 - I saved it in C:/System/Apps/putty/putty.ppk

Start up putty, Options / Settings and tools / Authentication

Put in your username, Add the Private key file.

In Options / Settings and tools / Connection, add the host and port

Options / Settings and tools / Save as default

Options / Connection / Connect

Should get you all the way in.