
SecureCRT BETA running on Windows 7 BETA
A beta version of the upcoming SecureCRT release has recently been made available: 6.2 Beta 1.
The changelog entry is pretty heavy, and while it does contain a fair share of new features, it looks like this release does a pretty good job at fixing bugs too, a bit unexpected for a beta
Head of the list is obviously the native 64-bit version, which should fix any problems 64-bit users may have been experiencing so far with SecureCRT. However, as a 32-bit user, I tend to praise more the ability to edit multiple save sessions at once, or the ability to automatically reopen a set of tabs at startup (in a way a web browser would save open tabs when it’s closed and load them again at the next startup).
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WHAT’S NEW IN SECURECRT 6.2 BETA 1
New features:
- A native 64-bit Windows version is available.
- Multiple sessions can be selected and edited from the Connect dialog. Only the changed fields will be applied to the selected sessions, which allows specific settings to be changed for a group of sessions.
- There is a new option to remember which sessions were open the last time SecureCRT ran so that they can be launched the next time the application runs.
- Added an option to create a new log file at midnight, which can be used to do automatic log rotation.
- Added support for creating folders when a log file path is specified that does not already exist, which allows parameter substitutions to be used in folder names for log file paths.
- Added a command-line parameter /LOG, which allows a log file to be specified on the command line.
- A blank password can be used to lock a session, which makes it easier to prevent accidental typing in sessions.
- SSH2: Added support for PKCS#11, allowing a Cryptographic Token Interface to be used for smart-card authentication.
- SSH2: In the Activator, agent support has been enhanced by allowing keys to be explicitly added and removed.
- SFTP: Added support for recursive remove (rm -r).
- SFTP: Added support for the flags -a and -d to the ls and lls commands.
Changes:
- Empty cells are not stored in the scrollback buffer, which in most cases, significantly reduces the amount of memory used by a session.
- The default Maximum columns setting has been increased to 256.
- The default download, upload, and public key generation folders have been changed to “My Documents”. Under Vista, the default download folder is the user’s Download folder. Only new installations are affected.
- When SecureCRT and SecureFX are integrated, if the SecureFX button on the SecureCRT toolbar is pressed and the current session does not have a valid file transfer protocol specified, a more informative message is displayed.
- Serial: Added support for changing the baud rate of a connected session.
- SSH1/SSH2: Added support for specifying a password in the Session Options dialog.
- SSH1/SSH2: When creating an identity file, moving the mouse is no longer required to generate random data.
Bug fixes:
- A script that called crt.Close immediately after calling crt.Screen.Send could cause SecureCRT to crash.
- Connecting multiple sessions in tabs from a script sometimes did not work correctly and some sessions hung or did not connect.
- If the first tabbed session used the vt100 font, a session that used UTF-8 encoding could not be cloned.
- The terminal dimensions were not updated when tabs were dragged between windows of different dimensions.
- After exiting a session of vi that changed the foreground and background colors, the foreground and background colors were not restored correctly.
- In some cases, the scrollbar was in the wrong position after switching between tabbed sessions.
- When downloading a file that contained an illegal character such as “:” using Zmodem or Ymodem, the file name was truncated at the illegal character. Illegal characters are now replaced with “_”.
- If a firewall was specified on the command line and the firewall name contained a space, it was not used.
- If the “Auto Save Options” setting was off and a value was changed in the Global Options dialog, if the Global Options dialog was re-opened, the change was not reflected in the dialog.
- SecureCRT had to be restarted in order for changes made to the Default session to be honored in Quick Connect.
- If a session was deleted while it was connected, the session was added to the session database after it was disconnected.
- If the “Retain size and font” option was set and the window was resized, under certain circumstances, some lines did not have the correct background color.
- If a firewall failed to connect and the “Auto reconnect” option was set, a new firewall authentication dialog was displayed every second.