Secure Shell and Secure FTP support

The beta testing of 24x7 version 3.3.2 with built-in support for Secure Shell (Telnet) and Secure FTP is now open. Please feel free to download and install the latest beta version 3.3.2.

Here are the download links.
Full install: http://www.softtreetech.com/24x7/beta/247setup332.exe
Upgrade only install: http://www.softtreetech.com/24x7/beta/247upg332.exe

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The secure shell protocol SSH is supported through existing Telnet statements.

Use the new "TELNET PROTOCOL" option available for TelnetConfig statement to set the desired mode. The supported values are "SECURE" and "NON SECURE".

Example script for Secure Shell job (remove leading dots in a real job):

... Dim result, string
...
... TelnetConfig "Telnet Protocol", "Secure"
... TelnetConfig "Terminal", "SHOW"
...
... TelnetOpen "my server", "my user id", "my password"
... Wait 5
... TelnetSend "ls"
... Wait 2
... TelnetReceive result
... TelnetClose
...
... MessageBox result

The secure FTP protocol SFTP is supported through existing FTP statements.

Use the new "FTP PROTOCOL" option available for FTPConfig statement to set the desired mode. The supported values are "SECURE" and "NON SECURE".

Example script for Secure FTP job (remove leading dots in a real job):
... Dim files, string
... FTPConfig "FTP PROTOCOL", "SECURE"
... FTPDir "my server", "my user id", "my password", "*.*", files
... MessageBox files

Example script for Secure FTP File Replication job (remove leading dots in a real job):

... FTPConfig "FTP PROTOCOL", "SECURE"
... SyncFTPDir "LOCAL", "ftp.mycompany.com", "webmaster", "password", &
......... "c:\\webserver\\2002\\documents", &
......... "/2002/documents", &
......... True, False, True, True

As always we welcome your feedback. By helping us in this beta testing you are helping yourself by ensuring the products we deliver meet your needs and work well in your environment.

We expect the retail version of the product to be released within 3 to 4 weeks. Please send your commends and descriptions of discovered problems as soon as possible.