WS_FTP Professional (Version 2007.01) Available

The latest version of WS_FTP Professional has arrived at NIH. The licenses CIT purchased from Ipswitch, the vendor, allow use of WS_FTP Professional version 2007.01 for official government business at no cost to the individual user. Beginning in July, users with a registered Titan user ID and a Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) password will be able to download this software from the Titan server through CIT’s Information Systems Designated Procurement (iSDP) website (http://isdp.cit.nih.gov/). If you do not possess a registered Titan user ID and RACF password you must contact the NIH Help Desk at (301) 496-4357 for assistance.

Features

WS_FTP Professional can connect to any computer that has a valid Internet address and is running an FTP, SFTP, or HTTP server program. After a connection is established, you can upload files and folders to the FTP server and download files and folders from the FTP server.

This latest version features:

• File integrity checking, which uses built-in file verification mechanisms, with file checking algorithms for CRC32, MD5, SHA1, SHA256 and SHA512, to validate that transferred files have not been compromised.


• HTTP proxy firewall is now supported. HTTP proxy works for all connection types (FTP, FTP Auth SSL, FTP Implicit SSL, SSH/SFTP, HTTP and HTTPS).


• New custom skins to change the look and feel of your FTP client.


• Utility Wizards that facilitate such tasks as:
  
  • Backing up important files and folders
  • Uploading files from Windows Explorer
  • Creating "mirror" folders and directories between your computer and a remote FTP server
  • Using powerful desktop search engines such as Google or Windows search tool, installed on your computer, to search for local files and file content from within the FTP client
  • Automating file transfer and management through FTP commands such as open, get and put
  • Scheduling time-consuming or reoccurring tasks to be executed automatically
  • Downloading files from a web browser

What you will need

In order to download WS_FTP Professional you must have a registered Titan user ID and RACF password.

To install the software on your PC you must have an administrative account (AA) in addition to your regular NIH login account. Due to changes mandated by the Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) and recently implemented at NIH, only administrative accounts can make system changes, install software and run certain applications on NIH PCs. If you do not have an AA account you will need to contact NIH Help Desk to assist you in installing WS_FTP Professional.

How to download the software

• Go to the CIT website: http://cit.nih.gov.


• Go to the Quick Links box on the right-hand side and click on Software Distribution.


• Go to the heading Software and select Download.


• Click on Connectivity Tools. You will then be redirected to the Silk Web page on Titan.


• Select the menu item NIH Connectivity Tools. You will then be prompted to enter your Titan user ID and password.


• Select the link WS_FTP Pro. Click Agree to accept the end user license agreement.


• Print out the installation instructions.


• Select the link Download to download the executable file.


• After you have downloaded the executable file, select the link Connecting to Titan's FTP Site and print out the document. This document provides instructions on creating site profiles for connecting to Titan's FTP sites (servers).

The program executable file will install the WS_FTP Professional interface with default FTP site profiles. If you had a previous version of WS_FTP Professional with your configured FTP site profiles, it will include those profiles with the list of default profiles. For security reasons, we recommend that you do not check the box that says "Save Password" to prevent WS_FTP Professional from storing your password when creating a site profile.

If you have questions or need assistance, please call the NIH Help Desk (http://ithelpdesk.nih.gov/) at (301) 496-4357, 301-496-8294 (TTY) or toll free at 866-319-4357.