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For access to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud service, only the private key is required for authentication, making it easy to use Amazon EC2 keys.

Both SSH1 and SSH2 are supported in a single client, providing the maximum in flexibility when connecting to a range of remote servers.

Support for Public Key Assistant makes uploading public keys to an SSH2 server simple and safe for end users.

You can open an SFTP tab to the same SSH2 session without having to re-authenticate to perform file transfer operations using an interactive, text-based SFTP utility.

Dynamic port forwarding simplifies how TCP/IP application data is routed through the Secure Shell connection. Instead of configuring port forwarding on a per-application basis in SecureCRT, each application is configured to use a SOCKS server on a local host port. SecureCRT opens a port on the local host and acts as a SOCKS server for any SOCKS-compatible application, even those that use multiple ports, such as FTP.

Smart card-based public-key authentication using X.509-compatible certificates supports highly secure two-factor authentication. SecureCRT supports the PKCS #12 (.pfx) standard file format for X.509 certificates and private keys. PKCS #11 is also supported, allowing a cryptographic token interface to be used. X.509 host key checking automatically accepts the host key if the certificate is valid.

Agent forwarding support allows transparent authentication to multiple linked servers after the first SSH server has authenticated the user.

SecureCRT allows host keys to be viewed, imported, and exported.

Encrypt X11 Windows sessions to secure remote X applications that are being displayed on the local PC.

VT100, VT102, VT220, ANSI, SCO ANSI, Wyse 50/60, Xterm, and Linux console, with support for ANSI color with color schemes in all emulations.

Full terminal emulation support for character attributes including VT line drawing symbols, bold, underline, reverse and blink, and double-width and double-height fonts.

Supports automatic switching between 80 and 132-column display. Different fonts can be configured for the 80 and 132-column modes.

SecureCRT supports a wide range of configuration from the standard 24 rows, 80 columns to as many as 32,000 columns.

Map keyboard combinations on a per session basis. Create mappings for any key combination – not just function keys – without an external keymap file.

Graphical editor provides an easy mechanism for creating keymap files that can be shared between users and systems.

Create sessions from the Connect dialog to define specific preferences for different hosts or for different purposes on the same host.

Seven predefined terminal color schemes provided. Create and save additional color schemes with customized foreground and background colors.

If you commonly use Emacs, you can configure your session to use the ALT key as the meta key.

Use environment variables like APPDATA, TEMP, and USERPROFILE in paths specified in SecureCRT global and session options, making it easier to move/copy settings to other machines and to create configurations that will work for multiple users.

Tabbed sessions reduce desktop clutter and make it easy to switch between sessions. Launch new tabs in the current window from a URL or command line. With the ability to move tabs in and out of SecureCRT windows, you can send an active tab to a new window, clone a tabbed session in a new window, or drag and drop sessions between windows. This makes it easy to send a tabbed session to a new window, view the output of two sessions at the same time, and then drag the session back in.

The Activator utility allows minimizing any session window to the system tray, cutting down on desktop and taskbar clutter.

The appearance of tab status indicators can be customized. Choose icons and tab background colors to display tab status such as connected, disconnected, new input received, and no activity.

The initial logon username and password can be configured from the Session options dialog in order to automate logons quickly without the need to learn a scripting language.

Select terminal text by row and column area. With the Auto Copy option on, text is automatically copied to clipboard after the text is selected. Quickly paste text into a session by using the option to paste on right or middle mouse click

SecureCRT can be configured to use protocol specific IDLE NOOP options or send a user-defined sequence after a specified interval to eliminate idle disconnections.

Support for both SOCKS v4 and v5 for use with Telnet, Telnet/SSL, SSH1, or SSH2. When using SOCKS v5, optional firewall authentication is supported.

Telnet, Telnet/SSL, SSH1, and SSH2 connections can be configured to connect via an HTTP proxy that supports the Connect command. Proxy setup is simplified with support for unauthenticated and basic HTTP proxies.

You can open an SFTP tab to a connected SSH2 session without having to re-authenticate to perform file transfer operations using an interactive, text-based SFTP utility.

Use multiple scripting languages to control SecureCRT including VBScript, JScript, and PerlScript.

Session logging to a file can be toggled on and off from the menu. SecureCRT can be configured to start logging upon connecting to the remote site. Custom log data gives you the ability to specify strings to be logged upon connect, disconnect, and on each line.

There is an option to create a new log file at midnight by setting a variable in the log file name to write log output to a new file daily.

SecureCRT includes robust host-based printing support for applications such as Pine that allow the user to print to the local printer.

Printing settings can be set globally or on a per-session basis. Settings include page margins, printer font, which printer to use, as well as advanced options for special host-based printing environments.

SecureCRT and SecureFX can share the global options, session options, and the host key database so you only need to perform operations like setting application defaults, sessions settings, or accepting a server's host key once. SecureCRT and SecureFX can share passwords and passphrases while either application or the Activator utility is running and both SecureCRT and SecureFX sessions are displayed on the Activator menu. Launch either application from a toolbar button and specify a session to connect to. A combined installer is available that installs both clients and their DLLs into the same folder, making it easy to install SecureCRT and SecureFX and keep them in sync.

SecureCRT can be set up to be your default Telnet application for use with most web browsers.

Configure both the number of milliseconds to pause between characters and/or between lines.

Automatically set up program group, desktop, and Start menu shortcuts. Optionally install the protocols you need (SSH2, SSH1, Telnet, Telnet/SSL, RLogin, Serial, and TAPI). Standard Windows uninstall included.

Define startup behavior for SecureCRT including configuration folder, session, hostname, protocol, options, launch new sessions in tabs in the current window, and many other settings.

Official software releases can be downloaded and evaluated for 30 days without charge.

All registered users receive a year of software updates.

Software updates and support are available after the first year for multi-computer licenses.

Section 508 requires Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. SecureCRT has been registered as a compliant product with the Section 508 database. Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) documents detailing this compliance are available in Microsoft Word format here: view the SecureCRT VPAT.

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