If you have managed UNIX or Linux systems in a mixed shop with Microsoft Windows, no doubt at some point you’ve used PuTTY, the free SSH client. There are a number of variants of PuTTY, each of which are worth their own discussion. Respins like KiTTY, SuperPutty, PuTTY Portable, and PuTTY Command Sender leap immediately… Read More »

When working on Windows Servers, I’ve been in the habit of using PowerShell or PowerShell ISE instead of the default Command Prompt, even when performing functions that don’t particularly require PowerShell. A good example of this is performing netstat from PowerShell. Traditionally, a popular method of running netstat from the Command Prompt is to pipe… Read More »