[WinPartners] IS&T announces availability and support for SecureCRT 5.1 and SecureFX 3.1

[Bill Brids]

Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
To:  Members of the MIT Community: itpartners at mit.edu, winpartners at mit.edu, sw-release-announce at mit.edu, ed-tech at mit.edu, 
From: Software Release Team <swrt at mit.edu>
Subj: IS&T announces availability and support for SecureCRT 5.1 and SecureFX 3.1
Cc:  is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, it-lead at mit.edu

 

 

Good Afternoon, 

The Secure Applications Release Team is pleased to announce the release of SecureFX 3.1 and SecureCRT 5.1 for Windows.

Who Should Download and Why

The latest versions of  the applications benefit not only new users interested in upgrading to SecureFX 3.1 or SecureCRT 5.1, but also those users wishing to utilize the new features listed below.

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New SecureFX features:

- Files can be dragged and dropped or pasted to and from applications such as Windows Explorer, WinZip, Outlook, and Outlook Express.

- SecureFX 3.1 reduces desktop clutter by allowing SecureFX sessions to be minimized to the Activator.

- Integrated configuration settings between SecureFX and the VanDyke Software secure terminal emulator SecureCRT 5.1 making it simpler to create and maintain sessions.

- Sound notification options for when a connection is made, when a transfer completes, or when there is an error.

- Increased firewall flexibility by adding generic proxy, which supports HTTPS and SSL proxies. 

- Support for IPv6.

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New SecureCRT features:

- Tabbed sessions reduce desktop clutter and make it easy to switch between sessions and organize groups of connected sessions. 

- The new SFTP tab allows you to open an SFTP tab to the same SSH2 session without having to re-authenticate. 

- Integrated configuration settings between SecureCRT and the VanDyke Software secure file transfer client SecureFX make it simpler to create and maintain sessions.  · Set your options once and they are used by both programs.

- Named firewalls allow session-specific firewall settings. 

- 256-color Xterm support. 

- Support for IPv6. 

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Known Issues for Secure FX and Secure CRT

The Athena Shortcut created by the installers are only created for the account used to install the Secure application. Additional accounts and Windows Domain users will need to run the "Create Shortcut to Athena" tool in Start > Programs > MIT SecureFX/CRT > Tools > Create Shortcut to Athena to add this setting to their configuration files.

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How to obtain SecureFX 5.1 & SecureCRT 3.1

Both installers are available for download at the MIT Software Page:
http://web.mit.edu/software/win.html

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Getting Help

The SecureFX at MIT web page is at 
http://itinfo.mit.edu/product?name=securefx.

The SecureCRT at MIT web page is at 
http://itinfo.mit.edu/product?name=securecrt.

Users with questions or requiring assistance should contact the Computing
Help Desk at computing-help at mit.edu or x3-1101.


Respectfully,

Deb Bowser 
Bill Brids 
Heather Harrison
Atticus Gifford

Secure Applications Release Team
MIT Information Systems & Technology
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