SSH and Telnet Client

Question

Whilst PuTTY may support partial or all of my requirements, I have not gone through and looked at configuring it (and if it is valid, feel free to document it here for me). Essentially I am after a software solution (and I am willing to pay for the software if it is a one-time payment) that are able to:

• Runs on Windows 7/8/10, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012
• Runs via a Citrix XenApp Deployment
• Stores configuration (or session) files in a custom directory (a shared network path in this instance)

To better elaborate on the configuration files, I want to be able to:

• Store connection settings (SSH/Telnet, Host Name and IP) for multiple users
• Store login scripts/commands against SSH sessions
• Load sessions from another instance and reference the files on the shared path (I know PuTTY you can export from registry keys or write to a directory)

Additional preferences:

• Output logs of user input, such as commands run on a switch
• Allows shortcuts on desktop, e.g. "C:\Program Files\Program\launch.exe" -example.session

In relation to the system requirements, obvioulsly the more lightweight the better (I think this is one of the main reasons PuTTY is so popular) but also:

• Little external (if ANY) requirements, such as .NetFramework (a pure example, people..)

There are some related questions I'm currently checking out. I see some features available, but none matching them entirely:

• SSH implementation for cmd.exe
• Command-line SSH/SCP client command for windows (not cygwin)
• Open-source SSH terminal client for Windows with tabs, private key auth + more

Answer 1

I'm not sure about all your requirements, but I would recommend to look deeper into ZOC SSH Client. I have used it in the past (still occasionally) and I can confirm a few of your requirements:

• running on 7/8/10 (per their feature page)
• you can choose a custom data folder on their installer
• has an extensive directory of hosts with stored password or scripts (the directory is a single file, I often copied it between laptop and PC via File > Show Data Folder)
• generally superb scripting support
• logfiles for sessions (also debug logs)
• command-line parameters for nearly every thing
• can also create quick launch icons on the desktop from host directory