VanDyke Software heeft vandaag versie 6.1 van SecureCRT uitgebracht. SecureCRT is, simpel gezegd, een zeer uitgebreide versie van Putty; een client voor remote control, file-transfer en data-tunneling met behulp van ssh. Dit is een methode om een beveiligde verbinding op te zetten tussen twee computers. Hier wordt dan zowel de data als een deel van het ip-verkeer versleuteld via een encryptiemethode. Nieuw in versie 6.1 is onder andere de verbeterde session manager en zijn de mogelijkheden om scripts uit te voeren sterk uitgebreid. Het volledige changelog van deze release ziet er als volgt uit:
New session management options:Scripting enhancements:
- Search for a specific session or session folder: The Connect dialog supports searching for a session name, hostname, folder name, or keyword in the description.
- Disconnect and reconnect all tabbed sessions: New menu items allow all disconnected sessions to be reconnected and all connected sessions to be disconnected.
- Launch a remote command on connecting: A new 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.
- Save username and password with keyboard-interactive authentication: The username and password can now be saved when using keyboard-interactive authentication, streamlining the logon process.
- Enter Secure Shell logon information in the terminal window: A new option that allows logon credentials to be entered in the terminal window makes it easier to script SSH1 and SSH2 logons.
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- Access session options: Support for getting and setting session options makes it possible to do things like configuring a session before connecting and converting session information stored in a file to saved sessions.
- Windows Clipboard access: New Clipboard scripting functions provide access to the currently selected text and also to available Clipboard data, which allows setting up actions such as running a script that uses the contents of the Clipboard to send a command to the session, or selecting text in the session and running a script which launches a web browser to google that text.
- Send special keys: Added scripting support for sending special keys such as function keys, control keys, and other special characters, which makes it easier to write scripts that are protocol and emulation independent.
- Error handling: Two new functions, GetLastError and GetLastErrorMessage, provide a way to detect and report details of errors when running scripts.
- New example scripts: SecureCRT includes scripts for doing useful tasks like running a google search on selected text and sending a command to all the connected tabs.