An exciting new (to me) way to SSH

> the Chrome browser app "Secure Shell" - and have been happily using it from my local library's very securly locked down systems. It works very well, and the advantage over using the local cybercafe which allows the "run putty.exe directly" method is that I'm far less concerned with the potential for keyloggers and other nasties.

Running a browser app. does not, in any way, reduce the potential for keyloggers or other nasties. And a system with a keylogger or other nastie will be able to watch/collect what you do whether you run a browser app., or run putty.exe directly.

"I'm far less concerned with the potential for keyloggers and other nasties"

If the system is compromised with a keyloger, it does not help at all if you are using a browser extension instead of a traditional client.