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  5. OpenSSL vs Putty

OpenSSL vs Putty

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Overview

Putty
Putty
Stacks182
Followers117
Votes2
OpenSSL
OpenSSL
Stacks13.5K
Followers7.1K
Votes0

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Detailed Comparison

Putty
Putty
OpenSSL
OpenSSL

It is an SSH and telnet client, developed originally by Simon Tatham for the Windows platform. It is open source software that is available with source code and is developed and supported by a group of volunteers.

It is a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. It is also a general-purpose cryptography library.

SSH client
Robust;Commercial-grade;Transport Layer Security ;General-purpose cryptography library;QUIC;Post-quantum cryptography
Statistics
Stacks
182
Stacks
13.5K
Followers
117
Followers
7.1K
Votes
2
Votes
0
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 1
    More popular
  • 1
    Free
No community feedback yet
Integrations
No integrations available
Linux
Linux
Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Android OS
Android OS
Windows
Windows

What are some alternatives to Putty, OpenSSL?

Let's Encrypt

Let's Encrypt

It is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).

Sqreen

Sqreen

Sqreen is a security platform that helps engineering team protect their web applications, API and micro-services in real-time. The solution installs with a simple application library and doesn't require engineering resources to operate. Security anomalies triggered are reported with technical context to help engineers fix the code. Ops team can assess the impact of attacks and monitor suspicious user accounts involved.

Instant 2FA

Instant 2FA

Add a powerful, simple and flexible 2FA verification view to your login flow, without making any DB changes and just 3 API calls.

ORY Hydra

ORY Hydra

It is a self-managed server that secures access to your applications and APIs with OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect. It is OpenID Connect Certified and optimized for latency, high throughput, and low resource consumption.

iTerm2

iTerm2

A replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm. It works on Macs with macOS 10.12 or newer. iTerm2 brings the terminal into the modern age with features you never knew you always wanted.

Windows Terminal

Windows Terminal

A new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community.

Virgil Security

Virgil Security

Virgil consists of an open-source encryption library, which implements CMS and ECIES(including RSA schema), a Key Management API, and a cloud-based Key Management Service.

ExpeditedSSL

ExpeditedSSL

Stop pouring through MAN pages and outdated blog posts that don't take into account new requirements. With our add-on, you can go from install to confirmed installation in as little as twenty minutes: using nothing but your browser.

Clef

Clef

Clef is secure two-factor — built for consumers. Easy to use, integrate, and pay for.

Wazuh

Wazuh

It is a free, open source and enterprise-ready security monitoring solution for threat detection, integrity monitoring, incident response and compliance.

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