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NEWS YOU CAN USE FROM VANDYKE SOFTWARE® The official releases of SecureCRT® 6.6, SecureFX® 6.6, and ClientPack 6.6 came out right after the last newsletter was delivered, so this month's issue catches you up with information on upgrading and using the new software. First, we review how to move sessions from Windows to Mac, then offer details on the transfer bandwidth "throttle" option in SecureFX 6.6. For our readers who are VShell(R) server admins, we have a tip on the VShell Who.exe utility "--kill" option. ------------- 1. SecureCRT, SecureFX, and Client Pack 6.6 – Now Official
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mac version of SecureCRT 6.6 is now available in official release. Mac OS X users have an alternative to the Mac Terminal application with the strengths of SecureCRT:
The Mac version also supports the local shell, a first for SecureCRT. SecureCRT for Mac OS X is built on a foundation that has incorporated Secure Shell since 1998. Both Windows and Mac versions support Python cross-platform
scripting as an alternative to VBScript and other ActiveX-based languages. Sample Python scripts are available on ----------------------------------------------------------------- For SecureCRT customers new to the Mac OS X version, or using SecureCRT on multiple platforms, below is a review of how to move sessions. SecureCRT (and SecureFX) configuration data is stored in a set of folders. This makes moving settings a matter of finding the source and destination folder locations, and copying folders from one machine to another. Settings can be distributed to multiple machines the same way. Bringing over configuration files doesn't always complete
the conversion. There are some platform-dependent settings
like fonts that need to be reset after bringing over sessions.
And if you are using public-key authentication, your identity
files need to be brought over separately, and the identity
file path will need to be updated. The default path on the
Mac is ~home/.ssh. On Windows, the default path is
C:\Users\<user>\Documents\. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By default SecureFX allows file transfer sessions to use all available network bandwidth. There are good reasons why you would want more control than this:
The 6.6 release of SecureFX lets you define the amount of bandwidth used by all file transfer sessions. This new option is a Global Options setting in the "File Transfer/ Options" category. By changing the value in the "Bandwidth" box from zero, you can specify a specific number of KB per second to allow. Note: since this is a discrete value, it is possible to set it higher than your actual available bandwidth, which won't restrict file transfer activity at all. Check with your system or network admin if you don't know what setting to use. Clearly the bandwidth setting that works best is related to many factors, and you will have to experiment to find what is right for your network configuration and file transfer tasks. Download the latest release of SecureFX today! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Who.exe command-line utility included with the VShell server for Windows provides information about the current active connections to the server. For VShell 3.5 and later releases, Who.exe offers the ability to disconnect active sessions. This handy --kill function is explained in a tip on the VanDyke Software Support website. To read the complete tip, visit the Support tips section. ---------------------------------------- Official releases were made available October 21 of the SecureCRT 6.6 and SecureFX 6.6 applications, along with the ClientPack 6.6 utilities. The SecureCRT 6.6 release offers cross-platform scripting with Python and a "Send Binary" file transfer option. The first version for Mac OS X systems delivers a full complement of advanced session management, security, terminal emulation, and automation capabilities. SecureFX 6.6 adds the ability to limit bandwidth available to transfers and an option to set the number of parallel transfers allowed. ClientPack 6.6 improves the VRALib interface for COM and .NET applications. A maintenance update was made available November 4 of SecureCRT 6.6.1, SecureFX 6.6.1, and ClientPack 6.6.1 to address issues in the previous release. In addition, a maintenance release of the VShell server 3.6.5 was made available October 25. Here is a list of the latest
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