Download FileZilla 3.8.0 Beta 1

A new beta version of the open source FTP client FileZilla has been released. FileZilla is small, simple and yet complete. The program is popular due to its low system resource load. However, a common complaint is that passwords are stored unencrypted on the computer. FileZilla is available for Windows, Linux, and OS X, and can be downloaded from this page be downloaded in different versions. Be careful of other sources as there are modified versions floating around the internet that contain malware. In version 3.8.0 the following improvements have been made:

Fixed vulnerabilities:

• Updated GnuTLS to latest version to address vulnerabilities in GnuTLS’ certificate validation

New features:

• Redesigned update dialog

Bug fixes and minor changes:

• Fix initial state of the ‘Enable’ item in speed limit menu
• Date/Time handling routines now carry precision information, this avoids comparisons of timestamps with different accuracy, eg 2014-02-01 and 2014-02-01 10:00 now compare as being identical when using the “Overwrite if newer” file exists action
• MSW: Make handling of FD_CLOSE socket events more robust