Secure Version Only – Supports these additional encrypted protocols:
- SFTP over SSH (v3 and v4)
- FTP over Implicit SSL (FTPS)
- FTP over Explicit SSL (AUTH SSL)
- Allows configuration of SSL options, client certificates, trusted authorities database, & more
- Allows the user to handle SSL certificates and control the servers authorized to connect to in SSL mode
Both WS_FTP Professional Secure SDK & WS_FTP Professional SDK offer the following features:
- MSDN-Style User Guide – Contains clearly defined syntax rules covering interfaces, methods, properties, parameters, classes, and examples.
- COM Architecture – Exposes very simple object-oriented design.
- Universal Scripting Languages – Applications can be written in any universal scripting language such as VB, VB.NET, VB Script, C#, C++, and JavaScript.
- Multiple Transfer Types – Allows files to be transferred from a server to the local machine (download), from the local machine to the server (upload), and from one server to another directly (site to site).
- Local and Remote Control – Rename, create, delete, and change directories, and rename and delete files on remote servers and locally. Handle all content and properties, including name, type, size, modified date, and permission.
- Local and Remote Search – Able to search for files in local and remote directories.
- Logging – Provides logs of commands issued and responses obtained from servers, as well as errors encountered. Includes options to enable diagnostic and debug logging.
- Real-Time Transfer Updates – Provides progress information during transfer operations.
- Permissions – Allow the changing of file and directory properties, name, modified date, and permissions.
- Commands – Issues any arbitrary command the user wishes, as well as receiving responses from the server directly.
- Supports FTP Protocols – Supports all aspects of the FTP protocol, including passive and normal file transfers when using FTP.
- Supports Internal Firewall – Supports firewall types found in WS_FTP Professional (including SOCKS4 and SOCKS5).
- Host Support – Supports automatic host type detection or allows selecting from over 65 supported host types.
- URL Connections – Connect to a server by specifying the URL addresses as ftp://user:password@ftp.ipswitch.com where the protocols supported are ftp, sftp, ftp-authssl, and ftps. The default protocol will be FTP.
