is connecting to router gateway ip thro a ssh server risky in any way

[jraju]

Hi, i am having dlilnk 2730 u router which supports both modem and router
I want to monitor the router stats like download spped and upload speed at that time running.
i came across putty exe, but it is cumbersome to understand, in giving public key private key and procedures to accept the key by the program.
i then heard kitty exe and it is a improvement on putty. exe, which has user interface to put some input for login and i have succeeded in creating it to open in windows task scheduler to prompt me give the router stats.
But it does not install anything, but creating registry entries in the registry to run.
I think official putty.exe is safe in that it could be uninstalled easily , unlike kitty.exe, which if you have not removed the registry entries, if you just delete the application.
Please give me any alternative or say, if i use kitty.exe.
scanning thro avast does not show any issue or virus.
I also think that other than telent and ssh, you cannot make the router stats in desktop.

As tenet is less secured i did not use it or ecabled in the components in program and features.
your safety tips will allow me to use this or alternative ssh client, without any security compromise.
heope to get solution and thoughts

 

[jcgriff2]

Hi. . .

Sorry, but I am not 100% sure of what you're looking for or trying to accomplish here.

My only suggestion is that you look through the Network utility apps from Sysinternals and distributed by Microsoft. Nothing gets installed as they are all "stand-alone" executables.

Windows Sysinternals - Windows Sysinternals

Download the entire Sysinternals Suite.

When running any of the apps, do so at an elevated level - RIGHT-click on the EXE, select "Run as Administrator"

Here are the links for "Live Sysinternals" where you can download each one-by-one. Be sure to look for CHM help files, which some of the apps come with.

live.sysinternals.com - /

Regards. . .

jcgriff2

 

[Tekno Venus]

Hi, i am having dlilnk 2730 u router which supports both modem and router
I want to monitor the router stats like download spped and upload speed at that time running.
i came across putty exe, but it is cumbersome to understand, in giving public key private key and procedures to accept the key by the program.
i then heard kitty exe and it is a improvement on putty. exe, which has user interface to put some input for login and i have succeeded in creating it to open in windows task scheduler to prompt me give the router stats.
But it does not install anything, but creating registry entries in the registry to run.
I think official putty.exe is safe in that it could be uninstalled easily , unlike kitty.exe, which if you have not removed the registry entries, if you just delete the application.
Please give me any alternative or say, if i use kitty.exe.
scanning thro avast does not show any issue or virus.
I also think that other than telent and ssh, you cannot make the router stats in desktop.

As tenet is less secured i did not use it or ecabled in the components in program and features.
your safety tips will allow me to use this or alternative ssh client, without any security compromise.
heope to get solution and thoughts

Does that router even support SSH connections? Or have you flashed it with a custom firmware that does support SSH?

Kitty is just a fork of PuTTY and adds a few extra features, it's safe. The source code for KiTTY is here if you're interested: cyd01/KiTTY.

If you're connecting over SSH, I would recommend setting up a public/private keypair for security and convenience since you wouldn't have to enter a username/password each time you connect with a keypair. PuTTY (and by extension KiTTY) has a tool called PuTTYGen which lets you generate a keypair for your machine that you can add to the authroized key list on the router: Using PuTTYgen on Windows to generate SSH key pairs | SSH.COM

-Stephen