I have the same issue with Putty. I was helping a client debug an issue with an appliance they bought from my company (me on their computer, them watching over my shoulder) and asked if I could download Putty on their machine. They said yes, so I went to "https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/" and clicked the download link and they flipped out. It's too fishy, they said, must be a malicious site. I went to putty.org instead (not affiliated with Putty), and clicked the "download putty" link and it redirected back to the other site, and from that point they refused to let me download Putty.
We then spent 3 hours getting approvals for me to get my own laptop on their internal network so I could use ssh from my Macbook. I felt bad because my company charges like $300/hr for our consulting services, so we wasted nearly $1000 because the main Putty download site seemed too suspicious for the client to be comfortable with.
I know Putty is legitimate and I know it's a free product, but appearances do matter. Presentation does matter. Although I do blame Microsoft a bit for not shipping an SSH client for so long.
We then spent 3 hours getting approvals for me to get my own laptop on their internal network so I could use ssh from my Macbook. I felt bad because my company charges like $300/hr for our consulting services, so we wasted nearly $1000 because the main Putty download site seemed too suspicious for the client to be comfortable with.
I know Putty is legitimate and I know it's a free product, but appearances do matter. Presentation does matter. Although I do blame Microsoft a bit for not shipping an SSH client for so long.