Download SecureCRT 6.1

VanDyke Software today released version 6.1 of SecureCRT. SecureCRT is, simply put, a very elaborate version of Putty; a client for remote control, file transfer and data tunneling using ssh. This is a method of establishing a secure connection between two computers. Here, both the data and part of the IP traffic are encrypted via an encryption method. New in version 6.1 is, among other things, the improved session manager and the options for executing scripts have been greatly expanded. The full changelog of this release looks like this:

New session management options:

• Search for a specific session or session folder: The Connect dialog supports searching for a session name, hostname, folder name, or keyword in the description.
• Disconnect and reconnect all tabbed sessions: New menu items allow all disconnected sessions to be reconnected and all connected sessions to be disconnected.
• Launch a remote command on connecting: A new session option allows a remote command or application to be launched as soon as the session connects, which makes it easy to have a session dedicated to a specific task.
• Save username and password with keyboard-interactive authentication: The username and password can now be saved when using keyboard-interactive authentication, streamlining the logon process.
• Enter Secure Shell logon information in the terminal window: A new option that allows logon credentials to be entered in the terminal window makes it easier to script SSH1 and SSH2 logons.

Scripting enhancements:

• Access session options: Support for getting and setting session options makes it possible to do things like configuring a session before connecting and converting session information stored in a file to saved sessions.
• Windows Clipboard access: New Clipboard scripting functions provide access to the currently selected text and also to available Clipboard data, which allows setting up actions such as running a script that uses the contents of the Clipboard to send a command to the session, or selecting text in the session and running a script which launches a web browser to google that text.
• Send special keys: Added scripting support for sending special keys such as function keys, control keys, and other special characters, which makes it easier to write scripts that are protocol and emulation independent.
• Error handling: Two new functions, GetLastError and GetLastErrorMessage, provide a way to detect and report details of errors when running scripts.
• New example scripts: SecureCRT includes scripts for doing useful tasks like running a google search on selected text and sending a command to all the connected tabs.

[break]