Use PuTTY as a secure proxy on Windows. Last month, I wrote about using OpenSSH as a secure Web proxy on UNIX and Linux systems. This time, I'll show you how to do the same thing on Microsoft Windows using PuTTY -- probably the single most popular SSH client available for Microsoft's operating system platforms (and also available in the software management systems of many free UNIX/Linux systems). Last month, I wrote about using OpenSSH as a secure Web proxy on UNIX and Linux systems. This time, I'll show you how to do the same thing on Microsoft Windows using PuTTY -- probably the single most popular SSH client available for Microsoft's operating system platforms (and also available in the software management systems of many free UNIX/Linux systems). Why? As I pointed out in the previous article, Web access through public wireless networks can be dangerous because of the danger of malicious security crackers and would-be identity thieves listening in on your Web traffic.
There are two very simple solutions to the problem: How? OpenSSL. History of the OpenSSL project[edit] The OpenSSL project was founded in 1998 to invent a free set of encryption tools for the code used on the Internet. As of 2014 two thirds of all webservers use it. The OpenSSL project management team consists of 4 Europeans. The entire group consists of 11 members, of which 10 are volunteers, with only one full-time employee, Stephen Henson, the lead developer.
The project has a budget of less than $1 million a year and relies in part on donations. Steve Marquess, a former military consultant in Maryland started the foundation for donations and consultancy contracts and garnered sponsorship from the Department of Homeland Security and the DoD.[2] Major version releases[edit] Algorithms[edit] OpenSSL supports a number of different cryptographic algorithms: Ciphers Cryptographic hash functions Public-key cryptography (Perfect forward secrecy is supported using elliptic curve Diffie–Hellman since version 1.0.[7]) FIPS 140-2 compliance[edit] Licensing[edit] MatrixSSL - Open Source Embedded SSL and TLS. SSL Certificate | Free Open Source Certificates. OpenSSL: The Open Source toolkit for SSL/TLS.