Start '''putty.exe''' on you Windows machine and you will be presented with the window below. If the right hand side shows anything different then highlight ''Sessions'' on the left to return to the shown display. Enter the hostname for your HDA: '''''yourhdaname.yourhda.com''''' and the port on your router that is forwarded to '''port 22''' on your HDA, I havea have used 2002 in this example but any unused port should suffice. Make sure '''SSH''' radio button is selected. Finally give your session an easy to remember name and type it in the ''Saved Sessions'' box and press ''Save''

Now I use key encryption to authorise with my SSH Server. The key is entered by selection the ''Auth'' menu item and pointing Putty at the key-file. ''(I intend to write a seperate article on Howto for thishere [[Key-based SSH Logins With Putty]]).'' In the meantime login with your ''username'' and ''password.'' make sure it's a secure password to defeat in brute force attacks on your server. Port forwarding from a random port to 22 offers some security against brute force attacks.