Download FileZilla 3.0.0 RC 1

After eleven beta releases, the first release candidate of version 3.0.0 of the open source ftp client FileZilla has just been released. FileZilla is a small, but very complete and easy-to-use ftp client. It has good support for encrypted connections (SFTP over SSH and FTP over SSL/TLS), has a site manager, support for queues, proxies and can limit upload and download speeds. The appearance of the program has not changed much. However, it has been rebuilt from the ground up and is now available not only for Windows, but also for Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD. The changelog for this release looks like this:

Fixed vulnerabilities:

• Fix remotely triggered memory corruption if connection gets terminated during TLS handshake.

New features:

• Windows: Add choice between “All Users” and “Current User” to installer
• Windows: Add Desktop and My Documents links links to directory tree
• Windows: Ability to list shares on Network computers
• Column withs in all list views will be saved
• Refresh local file list after a successful file transfer
• Add context menu to remote directory tree
• Make Site Manager resizable

Fixed bugs:

• Don’t leave empty files behind on failed downloads
• Fix retry and cache logic if transfer command fails with 5yz reply
• Limit number of simultaneous connections did not work properly
• Refresh listing after chmod
• Fix upload of empty files over TLS connections

[break]