The VanDyke ClientPack 6.1 for Windows and UNIX

Many routine administration and configuration tasks can be automated, which saves time and reduces potential human error. Secure automation increases compliance with security policies and practices. Use the VanDyke ClientPack command-line utilities to securely automate your routine file transfer, shell, and public key administration tasks on a variety of Windows, Linux, and UNIX platforms.

VanDyke ClientPack 6.1 provides new vsftp commands including the ability to run vsftp commands from a file using a batch option (-b), a "detail" command that displays the system information for the specified file, a "view" command that allows you to easily look at the contents of a file on a remote machine, and a "su" command that allows you to become a different user if the remote server is VShell 3.5 or later.

The command-line utilities in the VanDyke ClientPack include:

• vsftp: an interactive SFTP command-line utility providing quick, easy, and secure file transfer operations
• vsh: a command-line shell utility
• vcp: a command-line file transfer utility
• vkeygen: a public/private key generator utility
• vpka: a command-line tool for uploading keys to the Secure Shell server

Features

Authentication methods

All the VanDyke ClientPack applications support password, public-key (RSA, DSA, and Smart Cards* using X.509), Kerberos v5 (via GSSAPI), and keyboard-interactive when connecting to SSH2 servers. vsh supports connections to SSH1 servers using password, public-key, and TIS authentications.
* Windows only

Encryption ciphers

The VanDyke ClientPack applications support 3DES, RC4, Blowfish, Twofish, AES-128, AES-192, and AES-256 ciphers when connecting to SSH2 servers. The maximum 2048-bit length of DSA keys under SSH2 provides more secure encryption. For SSH1 servers, DES, 3DES, RC4, and Blowfish are supported.

SFTP protocol support

vcp and vsftp support SFTP through version 6.

FIPS 140-2 (Windows only)

The VanDyke ClientPack for Windows has an administrative option to run in "FIPS Mode". When this option is set, the VanDyke ClientPack applications use a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic library and only allow FIPS-approved algorithms.

SSH Agent support

Agent forwarding support allows transparent authentication to multiple linked servers after the first SSH server has authenticated the user.

Port forwarding

vsh allows you to tunnel common TCP/IP protocols (for example, POP3, IMAP4, HTTP, SMTP) to a remote Secure Shell server using a single, secure, multiplexed connection.

Dynamic port forwarding vsh provides dynamic port forwarding which simplifies how TCP/IP application data is routed through the Secure Shell connection. Instead of configuring port forwarding on a per-application basis in vsh, each application is configured to use a SOCKS server on a local host port. vsh opens a port on the local host and acts as a SOCKS server for any SOCKS-compatible application, even those that use multiple ports, such as FTP.X11 forwarding vsh allows you to encrypt X11 Windows sessions to secure remote X applications that are being displayed on the local PC.Remote execution Like rsh, vsh can be used to execute commands on a remote system. But unlike rsh, vsh provides secure encrypted communications over a nonsecure network. SSH1 support Both SSH1 and SSH2 are supported in vsh, providing the maximum in flexibility when connecting to a range of remote servers.