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... use the same secure remote access software on OS X and Windows.

...get a commercially supported UNIX Secure Shell server.

...have secure terminal
emulation for my Mac OS X systems.

...replace nonsecure Telnet.

...replace nonsecure FTP.

...securely transfer files with simple drag and drop.

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Justin Wolfram-Larue

Senior UNIX Engineer, ISP

I have been using CRT since version 1.4 or so - it's been quite a long while. I was, at that time, using a volume license for the company I worked for. I don't remember when I first registered a personal copy, but I believe it was about the same time as SecureCRT was first released. I've maintained my (single-user) registration since then, and recommended it to everyone who uses Windows.

I also evaluated PuTTY as an alternative Windows SSH client, and while PuTTY has a good feature set (and has the advantage of being open source, free, and extremely tiny), it's not designed in a way that makes it comfortable to use (for me, that is - I know there are many people who strongly prefer PuTTY) for long periods of time.

As of late, I am a senior UNIX engineer at an ISP here in Vegas, managing the webhosting and e-mail clusters. All of our equipment, with the exception of some of our older routers and whatnot, uses SSH1 or SSH2, and many things also have serial interfaces, which SecureCRT is invaluable for connecting to. (Sure, there's Hyperterminal, but it's slow and unreliable.) I am also doing some consulting work, providing system administration and web design for all sorts of clients, on the side. Many of my day-to-day tasks involve using port forwarding to access local resources such as a MySQL server remotely, as well as SSHing into servers to perform maintenance and programming, and SecureCRT makes SSH forwarding quick, painless, and reliable.

The news that VanDyke is considering porting SecureCRT to other platforms is also great news to me, as I am using Windows less and less these days. It's very likely that, if it weren't for SecureCRT, I would have gone completely Linux and/or Mac for my laptop (poor workhorse laptop that it is - it sees use for both of my jobs, my personal use, and my schoolwork) long ago.

I'm also quite happy with the [Roadmap] forum. It's very nice to be able to make suggestions and know that they're read and considered by the people responsible for planning and development... It's this sort of concern for the users that differentiates good software from great software.