Download SecureFX 6.7 Beta 1

VanDyke Software has not only released a beta of SecureCRT, a development version of SecureFX has also appeared. This program gives the user an encrypted ssh2 connection, with which files can be exchanged via sftp and ftp. This is quickly necessary in automated environments where plain text passwords are not allowed to be sent over a line. SecureFX not only has a graphical interface, but can also be used from the command line and thus in batch files. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

New features:

• Added the ability to set and open bookmarks for frequently used folders.
• Added an optional connect bar, which allows a connection to be made by entering the host on the toolbar.
• Added an option to the Connect dialog to sort sessions logically, which is helpful when session names contain numbers.
• Added the ability to copy and paste files from Eclipse to SecureFX.
• SFXCL: Added a flag “/TransferType” which specifies the transfer type for all the files in the operation.
• SFXCL: Added the ability to specify that the log file should be overwritten.

Changes:

• If the option “Verify status on retrieve” is set, a STAT will always be issued before getting a file. This makes the progress information more accurate for multiple file transfers if a file size changed between the time the transfer was started and the file was transferred.
• SecureFX and SFXCL logs now indicate whether a file was transferred as binary or ASCII.
• A duplicate message that was logged for file transfers statistics in server-to-server transfers was removed.
• Entering the license data now registers the application for all users instead of only for the current user.
• FTP: Changed the default value of the global options “Send Size” and “Receive Size” to 65535 in order to improve FTP transfer speed.
• FTP, FTP/SSL: SecureFX attempts to use the control address for data connections first, which speeds up connection time in most cases. This change is only seen in new sessions.
• FTP/SSL: When attempting to connect, a message showing the remote host is now logged.
• SFXCL: Output is now written to stdout instead of stderr.

Bug fixes:

• SecureFX crashed if a session was reconnected after its protocol was changed from FTP to SFTP.
• SecureFX could crash when a second instance was started.
• If the maximum number of parallel transfers was set to 8, SecureFX became unresponsive when attempting to transfer a large number of files (eg, 10,000).
• SecureFX was unable to download files from an EldoS server.
• If the option “Disable directory tree detection” was set, file attributes were not set during transfer operations.
• Double-clicking a folder that the current user did not have access to left focus in that folder.
• SFXCL: If the “noprompt” parameter was specified, the invalid public key error was not reported.