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SecureCRT combines rock-solid terminal emulation with the strong encryption, broad range of authentication options, and data integrity of the Secure Shell protocol. The security of your network is critical it is more important than ever to protect passwords, user accounts, data, and computer systems. SecureCRT provides secure remote access, file transfer, and data tunneling for everyone in your organization.
SecureCRT gives you an encrypted Secure Shell (SSH1 and SSH2) session with servers and devices. For SSH, Telnet, Telnet/SSL, and other protocols, SecureCRT's tabbed sessions reduce desktop clutter and make it easy to switch between sessions and organize groups of connected sessions. Extensive session management and customization features include named sessions, and multiple-session windows. Choose from a wide range of emulations including VT100, VT102, VT220, ANSI, SCO ANSI, Wyse 50/60, Xterm, and Linux console. SecureCRT can help you save valuable time by automating routine configuration tasks with powerful scripting capabilities.
What's new in SecureCRT version 6.5.3?
Changes:
- After changing the selected button bar in the drop-down list, focus is returned to the active session.
Bug fixes:
- SecureCRT could become unresponsive when switching from an RDP session to a local session.
- Fixed threading issues that could cause SecureCRT to crash.
- SecureCRT could crash when it was in full screen mode and random data was received.
- SecureCRT crashed if a logon script called Disconnect() followed by Connect().
- With multiple SecureCRT windows open, toggling the chat window, button bar, etc. caused the terminal size to get smaller and could cause SecureCRT to crash.
- SecureCRT could disconnect from a Cisco router if data was sent before the shell was ready.
- SecureCRT could crash when attempting to connect to a session using a hostname that could not be resolved.
- Enabling GB18030 Simplified Chinese character encoding caused the session to stop displaying output.
- The performance of "Send ASCII" decreased significantly as the number of lines being sent increased and SecureCRT could appear to be hung.
- Line-drawing characters were not displayed correctly with SCOANSI emulation.
- Artifacts were sometimes left on the screen when ClearType was enabled.
- If a non-qualified path was specified for the log file, SecureCRT failed to log and did not report an error.
- If the Close button was pressed a second time for a session to a slow or unresponsive server, the connection was orphaned and would not close until SecureCRT exited.
- If the button bar drop-down list was selected, typing the first letter of a button bar name caused the button bar height to increase.
- If the session's tab was clicked, focus was not placed in the terminal area of the session.
- The arrow keys could not be used to navigate context menus.
- SSH1/SSH2: SecureCRT could crash if a session was disconnected during user authentication.
- SSH1/SSH2: After changing a port in the port forwarding settings in the default session and applying it to all sessions, the setting was removed altogether.
- SSH1/SSH2: If a session was connected more than once and the session's port forward options were modified, the changes were not saved.
Secure Shell
- SSH1 and SSH2 support Both SSH1 and SSH2 are supported in a single client, providing the maximum in flexibility when connecting to a range of remote servers.
- User authentication SecureCRT supports password, public key (RSA, DSA, and X.509 including smart cards), Kerberos v5 (via GSSAPI), and keyboard interactive when connecting to SSH2 servers. For SSH1 servers, password, public key, and TIS authentications are supported.
- Public Key Assistant Support for Public Key Assistant makes uploading public keys to an SSH2 server simple and safe for end users.
- Support for GSSAPI secured key exchange Mechanisms supported depend on GSSAPI provider.
- SFTP in a tab 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.
- Encryption ciphers: Strong encryption The maximum 2048 bits length of DSA keys under SSH2 provides strong encryption. SecureCRT supports AES-128, AES-192, AES-256, AES-128-CTR, AES-192-CTR, AES-256-CTR, Twofish, Blowfish, 3DES, and RC4, when connecting to SSH2 servers. For SSH1 servers, Blowfish, DES, 3DES, and RC4 are supported.
- Password and passphrase caching SSH2 session passwords and passphrases can be cached, letting SecureCRT and SecureFX® share passwords and passphrases while either application or the Activator utility is running.
- Port forwarding Tunnel common TCP/IP protocols (for example, POP3, IMAP4, HTTP, SMTP) via SecureCRT to a remote Secure Shell server using a single, secure, multiplexed connection. Port forwarding configuration has been integrated into the tree-based Session Options dialog allowing easier configuration for securing TCP/IP application data.
- Dynamic port forwarding 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.
- Interoperability OpenSSH-compatible host key fingerprint support and RSA host key support enhance SecureCRT's interoperability with a variety of Secure Shell servers.
- X.509 support 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.
- OpenSSH key format support Generate keys in OpenSSH format or convert VanDyke Software format private keys to OpenSSH format so that the same keys can be used with other Secure Shell clients.
- OpenSSH Agent forwarding Agent forwarding support allows transparent authentication to multiple linked servers after the first SSH server has authenticated the user.
- Activator support for SSH Agent functionality If Activator is running, re-authentication is automatic even if SecureCRT has been closed. Additionally, keys can be explicitly added and removed.
- Host key management SecureCRT allows host keys to be viewed, imported, and exported.
- Shared host key database SecureCRT can share the host key database with SecureFX®. The private key agent cache is also shared between SecureCRT and SecureFX, eliminating the need to reenter the passphrase.
- X11 forwarding Encrypt X11 Windows sessions to secure remote X applications that are being displayed on the local PC.
- Data compression Improves the performance of encrypted dialup connections ? variable compression levels from 1 to 9. When zlib@openssh.com compression is specified, compression starts after authentication, preventing unencrypted passwords from being cached by the zlib library.
Emulation
- Wide range of terminal emulation VT100, VT102, VT220, ANSI, SCO ANSI, Wyse 50/60, Xterm, and Linux console, with support for ANSI color with color schemes in all emulations.
- Xterm extensions Supports the Xterm extensions for changing the title bar and for sending basic mouse events to the remote host. SecureCRT also delivers 256-color Xterm support.
- Character attributes Full terminal emulation support for character attributes including VT line drawing symbols, bold, underline, reverse and blink, and double-width and double-height fonts.
- Unicode support Unicode support includes the ability to display character sets from multiple languages, including Japanese, Chinese, and Korean multi-byte character sets, and support for right-to-left reading order languages.
- 80/132-column support Supports automatic switching between 80 and 132-column display. Different fonts can be configured for the 80 and 132-column modes.
- National Replacement Character Set Terminal sessions display international characters using NRCS if supported by the host application.
- Configurable rows and columns SecureCRT supports a wide range of configuration from the standard 24 rows, 80 columns to as many as 32,000 columns.
- Window size change When using SSH2, SSH1, RLogin, or Telnet servers supporting the NAWS extension, SecureCRT will inform the remote system anytime the window is resized and the rows and columns change. For applications like Vi and Emacs, this guarantees that SecureCRT is always in sync with the remote system without manually tweaking the settings on the remote system.
Keyboard Mapping
- Create keyboard mappings Map keyboard combinations on a per session basis. Create mappings for any key combination ? not just function keys ? without an external keymap file.
- Flexible keyboard mappings Create customized accelerators by mapping user-specified keyboard combinations to send a user-specified string, run a script, perform a menu or scrollbar operation, send a Telnet command, or launch external programs (like your favorite editor, cmd.exe, or regedit) on the local machine.
- Keymap editor Graphical editor provides an easy mechanism for creating keymap files that can be shared between
users and systems.
Session Customization
- Named sessions Create sessions from the Connect dialog to define specific preferences for different hosts or for different purposes on the same host.
- Named firewalls Name different firewall configurations and use them on an individual session basis.
- Color schemes Seven predefined terminal color schemes provided. Create and save additional color schemes with customized foreground and background colors.
- 128,000-line scrollback The scrollback buffer can be configured to save up to 128,000 lines. Being able to review the history of the current session can be a life saver. From the scrollback, both copying to the clipboard and printing are supported.
- Emacs mode If you commonly use Emacs, you can configure your session to use the ALT key as the meta key.
- Chat window Provides a mechanism for composing a line (or more) of text before sending to the remote system. The chat window also supports history, which allows previous commands to be viewed, edited, and sent. Commands can be sent to all open tabbed sessions at once using the Send Chat to All Tabs option.
- Use environment variables in paths 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.
- Multiple session editing The Connect dialog allows multiple sessions to be selected and then edited, making it easy to do things like change the passwords for a group of sessions.
Ease of Use
- Tabbed sessions 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.
- Button bar Map buttons to configuration commands or actions, such as sending strings, running scripts, menu functions, and protocol commands, or launching external programs like your favorite editor, cmd.exe, or regedit. You can also create different button bars for specific sessions or operations.
- Activator tray utility The Activator utility allows minimizing any session window to the system tray, cutting down on desktop and taskbar clutter.
- Session management Sessions can be organized in nested folders. Organize hundreds of named sessions using standard copy and paste or drag and drop. Folders or multiple sessions can be launched in tabs with a single click. With "Use auto session" enabled, select a single session, multiple sessions, or folders of sessions to automatically connect on startup. With "Remember and connect to sessions from last use" enabled, the sessions opened the last time SecureCRT ran will be automatically connected on start up.
- Session status information 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.
- URL support Easily open URLs by selecting and then opening, right-clicking, or CTRL+clicking.
- Simple automated logons 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.
- Quick Connect The Quick Connect dialog allows you to connect to a host with just a server name ? no configuration required. Optionally, you can save the connection for future use.
- Clipboard copy and paste 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
- Customize the toolbar and menu Modify the toolbar and menu to suit your needs by dragging and dropping toolbar and menu items.
- Anti-idle 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.
Firewall
- SOCKS v4 and v5 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.
- TIS and Wingate proxy Generic proxies from the TIS firewall toolkit and Wingate are supported for use with Telnet.
- HTTP proxy 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.
File Transfer
- Zmodem, Xmodem, and Ymodem Use Zmodem, Xmodem, and Ymodem to upload and download files over any protocol (serial, TAPI, Telnet, Telnet/SSL, RLogin, SSH1, SSH2).
- Send, receive ASCII Send ASCII sends file contents to host as terminal input, Receive ASCII saves host output to a file.
- SFTP in a tab 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.
- Drag and drop file transfer Start an SFTP file transfer faster by dragging and dropping files and folders onto the SFTP tab. You can also drag files onto the session tab and choose between ASCII, Xmodem, Ymodem, and Zmodem (ASCII and Xmodem support single file transfer; Ymodem and Zmodem support multiple file transfers. Transferring folders is not supported.)
ActiveX Scripting
- Multiple scripting languages Use multiple scripting languages to control SecureCRT including VBScript, JScript, and PerlScript.
- Scripting functions Scripting functions allow you to write login scripts, send text to sessions, transfer files, work with tabs, and perform other activities.
- Script recorder Quickly create a script to automate routines using the script recorder, which records keystrokes, including function keys, and then generates a VB script.
Logging
- Session log file option 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.
- Parameter substitutions Dynamic log filename generation supports substitution of date, time, session, and environment variables. If a log file path does not already exist, it will be created automatically.
- Log rotationThere 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.
- Command-line option A command-line parameter /LOG allows a log file to be specified on the command line.
Printing
- Host-based printing SecureCRT includes robust host-based printing support for applications such as Pine that allow the user to print to the local printer.
- Basic printing Print screen, print selection, and auto print are available from both the menu and toolbar.
- Session or global print settings 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.
Other Features
- Integration with SecureFX 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.
- Support for alpha transparency Specify the transparency level for the active and inactive windows so that you can view what's behind a SecureCRT window or easily compare the contents of two SecureCRT windows.
- IPv6 SecureCRT 5.0 and newer releases support the IPv6 standard being implemented across the internet. IPv6 addresses limitations with the current IPv4 standard, such as the limited number of available IPv4 addresses.
- Screen font scaling The font optionally grows or shrinks when resizing the SecureCRT window.
- Call SecureCRT from web browser SecureCRT can be set up to be your default Telnet application for use with
most web browsers.
- Launch a remote command on connecting A session option allows a remote command or application to be launched as soon as the session connects, which makes it easy to have a session dedicated to a specific task.
- Serial device support Use SecureCRT to connect to serial devices through COM ports. Support as many as 50 COM ports.
- TAPI support Create, configure, and save session options for TAPI devices including modem, country code, phone numbers, and redial.
- Delay options Configure both the number of milliseconds to pause between characters and/or between lines.
- FIPS 140-2 support When an administrative option to run in "FIPS Mode" is set, SecureCRT uses a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic library and only allows FIPS-approved algorithms.
- Session locking Lock sessions with a password while connected. While a session is locked, it cannot be typed in or closed.
- File-based configuration Create a controlled SecureCRT environment by customizing toolbars, menus, and the keyboard shortcuts they contain. Create custom toolbars with buttons to open sessions, invoke scripts, and send strings. Add custom commands to the Windows system menu and contextual menus.
Application
- 32-bit Windows applicationSecureCRT was built as a 32-bit application from the ground up. SecureCRT is supported under Windows 7, XP, 2000, Server 2003, and Vista.
- 64-bit Windows application A native 64-bit version is available for x64 Windows platforms.
- Easy install and setup 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.
- MSI installers MSI support allows you to distribute the applications through your distributions server using Group Policy and to automate installs through SMS or other install programs.
- Support for U3 smart drives When installed to a U3 smart drive using the SecureCRT U3 installer, SecureCRT saves configuration and settings to the U3 drive, making it completely portable.
- Complete documentation Windows Help system provides feature- and task-oriented topics.
- Command-line options 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.
- Common settings location All application settings are stored in a common location, allowing you to easily move settings between machines.
Evaluation, Updates, Support
- Free evaluation copy Official software releases can be downloaded and evaluated for 30 days without charge.
- Open beta software releases Beta software releases can be downloaded and evaluated for 30 days without charge.
- One-year software updates All registered users receive a year of software updates.
- One-year technical support All registered users receive a year of technical support by e-mail from VanDyke Support.
- Software maintenance available Software updates and support are available after the first year for
multi-computer licenses.
Key Features
- Wide range of terminal emulations: VT100, VT102, VT220, ANSI, SCO ANSI, Xterm, Wyse 50/60, and Linux console, with support for ANSI color with color schemes in all emulations.
- Extensive session management features: Tabbed UI with ability to move tabs in and out of SecureCRT windows and the Activator tray utility minimize desktop clutter. Session settings can be saved in named sessions.
- Multi-session launch: Folders and multiple selected sessions can be connected in tabs from the Connect dialog, the command line, or launched at startup in an auto session. Right-clicking on a folder connects the sessions in tabs.
- Protocol support: Supports SSH1, SSH2, Telnet, Telnet/SSL, RLogin, Serial, and TAPI protocols.
- Secure Shell: Secure Shell encrypted logon and session data, including support for the following:
- Port forwarding secures TCP/IP data
- Password, public-key, keyboard-interactive, X.509, and Kerberos authentication
- AES, Twofish, Blowfish, 3DES, and RC4 ciphers
- X11 forwarding
- Activator support for SSH Agent functionality.
- File transfer: Secure file transfers via SFTP, and via Xmodem, Zmodem, and Ymodem when used in conjunction with SSH1 or SSH2.
- Integration with SecureFX file transfer client: 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.
- Configuration: Extensive session and keyboard customization including a button bar which allows you to map buttons to configuration commands or actions, such as sending strings, running scripts, menu functions, and protocol commands. Different button bars can be created for specific sessions or operations.
- Powerful printing: Printing support, including pass-through printing.
- Scripting support: Scripting language support for VBScript, JScript, and PerlScript. A script recorder automatically creates a VBScript based on keystrokes, including function keys.
- FIPS 140-2 support: When an administrative option to run in "FIPS Mode" is set, SecureCRT uses a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic library and only allows FIPS-approved algorithms.
Here is what you will get when you download SecureCRT 6.5.3:
- Make fast and easy changes to session settings with the new multi-session editing capability.
- Remember and connect to sessions from your last use.
- Rotate log files nightly.
- Use parameter substitutions in log file paths.
- PKCS #11 support simplifies smart-card authentication.
- Manage public-key authentication from the Activator.
- A native 64-bit version.
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Note: In order to use SecureCRT's SSH protocol support, you must have
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