Pre purchase questions

ahbrown41 · Post by **ahbrown41** » 2004 Dec 21, 15:14

Hello, I really like xplorer and I am thinking of purchasing. I had a couple of quick questions:

1) Is SCP support being planned? This would really be a great feature for me.
2) What new versions are available to a purchaser? Is it all new versions or just 1.x versions.... or none I suppose.

Looking good!

Thanks!

Post by **nikos** » 2004 Dec 21, 15:32

i can't see scp coming in anytime soon, given that i don't know what it is!
as for the versions, the latest one is 1.1.0.2 and is the only recommended download

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2004 Dec 21, 15:43

ahbrown41,
Nikos did not mention the updates policy (suspect that was part of your question).
From the user manual:

If you obtain a license for the professional version, you are entitled to free bug fixes whenever they become available.
For featured (major) updates, the policy is as follows:
• If there’s a new release within a year of your purchase, you can
upgrade by paying just the price difference, if any.
• For releases beyond the first year you will be entitled to discounts,
according to the price you originally paid and the elapsed time.

And, of course, you have the 21-day full version trial period to experience all the goodies.

ahbrown41 · Post by **ahbrown41** » 2004 Dec 21, 15:51

SCP is a secure version of FTP that is extremely common. A few common clients are:
http://winscp.sourceforge.net
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Basically SCP builds on top of the SSH protocol (Secure Shell). It allows extremely secure file transfers between any machine running SSH. This is most common in the UNIX/Linux environment.

Here is a brief intro to SSH:

Secure Shell (SSH), sometimes known as Secure Socket Shell, is a UNIX-based command interface and protocol for securely getting access to a remote computer. It is widely used by network administrators to control Web and other kinds of servers remotely. SSH is actually a suite of three utilities - slogin, ssh, and scp - that are secure versions of the earlier UNIX utilities, rlogin, rsh, and rcp. SSH commands are encrypted and secure in several ways. Both ends of the client/server connection are authenticated using a digital certificate, and passwords are protected by being encrypted. SSH uses RSA public key cryptography for both connection and authentication. Encryption algorithms include Blowfish, DES, and IDEA. IDEA is the default.

Given your support for FTP, I imagine this would be a really great addition to the product.

I cannot imagine that this would not be well received

You may be able to purchase a control off the shelf for this functionality.

Thanks!

ahbrown41 · Post by **ahbrown41** » 2004 Dec 21, 15:52

Thanks fgagnon!