diff --git a/content/en/guides/register.md b/content/en/guides/register.md index b3e1b38..fc48bcf 100644 --- a/content/en/guides/register.md +++ b/content/en/guides/register.md @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ It's absolutely important that you do not **ever** leak your private key otherwi ### Windows 8 or below -If you are using Windows 8 or below, ssh is not available directsly on the system, so you have to use another ssh implementation, there are multiple options for this, the most common one is Putty which is a Windows implementation of ssh client, sftp and ssh key management. +If you are using Windows 8 or below, ssh is not available directly on the system, so you have to use another ssh implementation, there are multiple options for this, the most common one is Putty which is a Windows implementation of ssh client, sftp and ssh key management. The software is available for download from [Putty](https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html), you need at least putty.exe and puttygen.exe, also using pageant.exe is useful, so you might as well download the whole zip file. @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ If you use putty, you can add the key file to the session that you use for vern If you use the pageant program, other programs will be able to pick up the ssh key as well, e.g. some versions of git for windows, mobaxterm or the Winscp tool, so this is a rather useful tool to run. -If you put it into your startup folder, you can add the name of the ppk file as a paramter, this way the program will ask you for your keyphrase when starting, otherwise you need to add the key with "Add key" or drag the file onto the pageant window. +If you put it into your startup folder, you can add the name of the ppk file as a parameter, this way the program will ask you for your keyphrase when starting, otherwise you need to add the key with "Add key" or drag the file into the pageant window. ## How to register an account at ~vern