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October 21, 2008

FIPS 140-2 and Secure Copy

Two exciting new features are included in the latest release of WS_FTP Server 7.

Here the summary of FIPS according to Wikipedia:
FIPS originates from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). It issued the FIPS 140 Publication Series to coordinate the requirements and standards for cryptography modules which include both hardware and software components. Federal agencies and departments can validate that the module in use is covered by an existing FIPS 140-1 and FIPS 140-2 certificates which specifies the exact module name, hardware, software, firmware, and/or applet version numbers.

Secure Copy (SCP) simply enables secure file transfers using product supporting the Secure Shell (SSH2) protocol, such as PuTTY and OpenSSH, and provides easy interoperability with Linux and Unix systems. SCP can interactively request any passwords or passphrases required to make a connection to a remote host. This means that during an upload, the client feeds the server with files to be uploaded, optionally including their basic attributes (permissions, timestamps). This is an advantage over the common FTP protocol, which does not have provision for uploads to include the original date/timestamp attribute.

WS_FTP Server 7 is in a better position to deliver the industry’s highest security to help businesses protect the confidentiality and integrity of their data. More on the release of WS_FTP Server 7, can be viewed on the WS_FTP Server 7 product website.

Posted by Erik Small at October 21, 2008 01:54 PM digg this add to del.icio.us add to My Web Furl this page

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