[252] in sw-release-announce
Secure FX 2.1.1 Release Effort Underway
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bryant C. Vernon)
Tue Dec 17 15:43:42 2002
From: "Bryant C. Vernon" <bcvernon@MIT.EDU>
To: <itpartners@MIT.EDU>, <winpartners@MIT.EDU>, <sw-release-announce@MIT.EDU>
Cc: <itag@MIT.EDU>, <infosys@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:48:26 -0500
Message-ID: <HGEFLINCFGIEKLAPAHCBCEBKCAAA.bcvernon@mit.edu>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
To: Members of the MIT Community: itpartners, winpartners,
sw-release-announce
Cc: itag, infosys
Date: Dec 17, 2002
From: Software Release Team
Re: Secure FX 2.1.1 Release Effort Underway
The Secure FX Release Team has begun the effort to deliver Secure FX to the
MIT community. The release effort will focus on testing of the product,
creating documentation for the product, gearing up support, and packaging
the product for the MIT environment.
Secure FX will be the first supported SSH2 file transfer client for the
Windows platform. It's key features include:
-Secure file transfers using Secure Shell SFTP
-SSH2 protocol support provides password and public-key authentication
-ability to reconnect after a broken connection and resume the transfer
-Command-line support
-Windows® Explorer look and feel with Network Neighborhood support and
customizable toolbar
-Quick Site Synchronize
-Multiple simultaneous connection
-Able to securely connect through Network Address Translation (NAT) boxes
(DSL and Cable routers, etc) so home users can connect securely from behind
these devices
To learn more about its features, please visit the following URL:
http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/securefx/index.html#features
We will send updates throughout the process. For more information on Secure
FX and the release effort, see http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/securefx. If
you have questions, suggestions, or would like to participate in the release
of Secure FX, please contact the team via email at securefx-release@mit.edu.
Bryant C. Vernon
MIT Secure FX Product Release Coordinator
