SFTPPlus Client SFTPPlus Server 1.5.1

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1 SFTPPlus Client SFTPPlus Server Product Features & Benefits (Comparison Overview) The Old Exchange South Cadbury Yeovil Somerset BA22 7ET UK Copyright: Pro:Atria Limited Neither the whole nor any part of this Document may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo-copying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Pro:Atria Limited

2 Table of Contents 1 LEGAL NOTICES COPYRIGHT TRADEMARKS LICENSE STATUTORY REGULATION COMPLIANCE INTENDED AUDIENCE SFTPPLUS SERVER/CLIENT FEATURES FEATURES CHECK LIST Availability & compatibility Platform support Platforms in development Platforms on Development Road Map Installation Transfers Encryption & Transport Retries Control Administration & Security Audit Authentication NOTES BENEFITS SFTPPLUS CLIENT SFTPPLUS SERVER TYPICAL SCENARIOS ROAD MAP CONTACT INFORMATION Pro:Atria Limited 2009 Page 2 of 16 Document. Version 29/04/

3 1 LEGAL NOTICES 1.1 Copyright This product is copyright Pro:Atria Limited ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Portions of this product are copyright as follows; apache curl Cygwin DLL and utilities md5sum MySQL openssh openssl Regina Regutils PuTTY is Copyright The Apache Software Foundation is Copyright , Daniel Stenberg is Copyright ,Red Hat, Inc is Copyright 2004 Free Foundation, Inc is Copyright MySQL AB and is provided under the General Public License (GPL) license agreement is Copyright 1995,Tatu Ylonen is Copyright ,The OpenSSL Project is Copyright Anders Christensen is Copyright 1998, 2001 Patrick TJ McPhee is Copyright Simon Tatham 1.2 Trademarks All products and company names mentioned herein are the marks of their respective owners, including but not limited to, PuTTY, Regina, HP, IBM, Intel, Linux, Microsoft, Solaris, Tivoli, Netview, Unix and Windows. SFTPPlus is a trademark of Pro:Atria Ltd 1.3 License SFTPPlus is licensed for use according to this documentation, in conjunction with the SFTPPlus license agreement. Pro:Atria Limited 2009 Page 3 of 16

4 1.4 Statutory Regulation Compliance This document was produced by; Pro:Atria Ltd, The Old Exchange, South Cadbury, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7ET UK Registered in England Company No: Pro:Atria Limited 2009 Page 4 of 16

5 2 INTENDED AUDIENCE This document aims to provide the viewer with a quick check-list of the features, functionality and benefits of the SFTPPlus Server and SFTPPlus Client software products. It is only intended as initial guidance. Example scenarios are discussed in our document SFTPPlus Server/Client example scenarios for product deployment. For further information on SFTPPlus Server or SFTPPlus Client or to discuss your requirements, please use the Contact Information at the end of this document to contact us, we will be happy to assist you. Pro:Atria Limited 2009 Page 5 of 16

6 3 SFTPPLUS SERVER/CLIENT FEATURES 3.1 Features Check List Feature list between SFTPPlus Server and SFTPPlus Client Availability & compatibility Server Client Server Edition Client Edition Client/Server Transfers Supports other client/servers Platform support Server Client Windows 2000 Professional-SP4 or higher 2000 Server-SP4 or higher XP Professional SP Server-SP1 Unix AIX- 5.2 or higher (Note 22) (Note 22) HP-UX or higher (PA-RISC) HP-UX or higher (Itanium) Solaris 8 or higher (SPARC) Solaris 10 (i386) TRU or higher Linux Alpha Intel - (Debian, OpenSUSE, Red Hat, (Note 21) (Note 21) SUSE, Ubuntu) PPC Sparc Other OS/ or higher OpenVMS (Alpha, VAX & Itanium) (Note 12) (Note 1) (Note 23 ) z/os 1.2 (os390) or higher (Note 13) (Note 1) NonStop Integrity (Itanium) H06.8 (Note 11) (Note 1) Platforms in development Server Client Mac OS X (Note 1) (Note 1) Vista (Note 1) (Note 1) Pro:Atria Limited 2009 Page 6 of 16

7 Please contact us for up-to-date availability; see section 8 Contact Information at the end of this document Platforms on Development Road Map Server Client Stratus (Note 2) (Note 2) Installation Server Client DEB, RPM or Tar install package (Linux/UNIX, etc.) Exe install (Windows) Installation/configuration script SFTPPlus PHP Web Admin SFTPPlus Java Web Admin MySQL5 SFTPPlus connector MSSQL 2000/2005 SFTPPlus connector Oracle 10g SFTPPlus connector Transfers Server Client Fully automated (Note 4) Scheduling (Note 4) Manual/Ad hoc file transfer (Note 4) Browser based-access (Note 20) Drag n drop (Note 3) (Note 3) Monitor an inbox directory (Note 4) Wait for a triggering event (Note 4) notification (Note 4) OS Specific notifies Client send (Note 4) Client receive (Note 4) Single and multiple destinations (Note 4) Directory transfers Runs as service/daemon Pro:Atria Limited 2009 Page 7 of 16

8 Unlimited file size Encryption & Transport Server Client AES, 3DES, Blowfish, etc. Proprietary protocols X (Note 5) X (Note 5) Open standard protocols SSH, SSH2, SFTP support FTP FTPS (FTP over SSL) support HTTP HTTPS (HTTP over SSL) support MD5 checksum PGP/GPG support Firewall friendly protocol options Configurable protocol ports Retries Server Client By number of retries By time Guaranteed delivery Checkpoint restart (Note 10) (note 24) Recoverable work queue Control Server Client Compression (Note 15) (Note 16) File to file Command line Automated pre-processing Automated post-processing Automated response processing Multiple pre-processing commands Multiple post-processing commands Anti-Virus scanning through pre and post processing (via third party AV software) Time stamp API (Note 9) (Note 9) TCP/IP Bandwidth throttling (Note 14) (Note 14) Pro:Atria Limited 2009 Page 8 of 16

9 Administration & Security Server Client Secure centralised administration GUI Browser based-access Internationalisation Separate user database Create, manage, delete/disable user accounts Create, manage, delete/disable associate Servers Create, manage, delete/disable User Groups Shared folders for groups Tie User Groups to physical directory Command logging Transfer logging chrooted user jail Flexible reporting Public viewable Audit log RFC 4217 compliant Quotas (Note 6) (Note 6) Audit Server Client Notification via (SMTP) Log to event logs (Note 18) Log to Syslog Log to database SNMP alerts Audit filtering Purge audit entries Automatic archive Authentication Server Client Native OS authentication Database for authentication Cached passwords (md5 hash) PKI Manager Public/Private Keys Pro:Atria Limited 2009 Page 9 of 16

10 Digital signatures (Note 8) (Note 8) Active Directory LDAP v3 (Note 17) Pro:Atria Limited 2009 Page 10 of 16

11 4 NOTES Note number Comment 1 This platform is in development. A release date has not been determined. 2 3 This platform is not in development but has been marked on our development Road Map. Drag n drop is used to copy files to the inbox for SFTPPlus transfers via Windows Explorer 4 Requires feature in SFTPPlus Client SFTPPlus Server and SFTPPlus Client does not support nonopen standards 6 Supports Operating System features only. SFTPPlus integrated quota feature will be implemented in 2. 7 Implemented as logging to event log. Full SNMP traps is planned for SFTPPlus Server Provided through file pre and post processing feature 9 API support is provided via command line tools and transfer pre/post processing options. Source code is provided with distribution. 10 Restarts from beginning of file. True check-pointing is planned as a feature of FTP(S) server only 12 FTP(S) server with support for SFTPPlus 13 SFTP and FTP(S) server with support for SFTPPlus 14 Planned for SFTPPlus Server Compression for SFTP available 16 Compression manually switched on for SFTP 17 Planned for SFTPPlus Client Event logs to Windows only. Uses Syslog on Linux/UNIX systems. 19 True check-pointing can be optionally switched on 20 GUI administration uses either http or https. Users can use a web browser to perform file transfers using the http or https protocol 21 Other OS Support by request. Please Contact Us for details. 22 AIX 4.33 & 5.1 on request. Please Contact Us for details. 23 Available on request. Please Contact Us for details. 24 Check-pointing enabled by parameter Pro:Atria Limited 2009 Page 11 of 16

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13 5 BENEFITS There are a number of benefits from using SFTPPlus Server and Client; 5.1 SFTPPlus Client Cost effective and flexible licensing Automatic transfer to single or multiple destinations of any file Monitor an inbox directory for a file, or wait for a triggering event Take a copy of the file and generate a checksum All actions audited Alerts raised for certain conditions Checkpoint restart Option to retrieve a response file after a successful upload Date and timestamp added to avoid duplicate names Pre and post processing available for transfers Runs as a service in windows and daemon in Unix/Linux All files archives with a date & time stamp if required Open standard protocols Automated restart No file size restriction 5.2 SFTPPlus Server Cost effective and flexible licensing Centralised Administration Database for authentication Internationalisation Active directory integration (Windows only) LDAP integration Flexible reporting SQL queries/reporting Separate user database User/Server Group Shared folders for groups Secure user directories (chrooted jail) Inter-server operability All actions audited Alerts raised for specific conditions Option to retrieve a response file after a successful upload Pre and post processing available for transfers Open standard protocols All files archived with date & time stamp No file size restriction Pro:Atria Limited 2009 Page 13 of 16

14 6 TYPICAL SCENARIOS Our assessment (more details on request) 1=most suitable 2=good 3=average blank=n/a FEATURE Server Suitability value Client Suitability value High volume of transfers 2 2 Large file (10Gb +) 2 2 Tight control of access to files 2 Large number of 3 rd parties 2 2 Internal server to server 2 2 Support standard protocols 1 1 Ease of use 2 2 Administration 2 Minimal 3 rd party software requirements 1 1 Ease of firewall configuration 1 1 Ease of licensing 1 1 Scalability 2 2 Integration 1 1 Customisation 1 1 Cost 1 1 Pro:Atria Limited 2009 Page 14 of 16

15 7 ROAD MAP The road map includes; Stratus Mac OSX Server & Client FIPS Certification; Auditing groups Web Client storage on remote hosts DB/2 Support Client/Server transfer process/rate/size controls Encryption at rest Global IP blacklists Event trigger on file upload with notification SOAP & Java API Additional User setting controls Remote and Local monitoring Remote Server administration We have started the process of obtaining certification for the SFTPPlus Crypto Module under FIPS and expect to obtain the certificate during the 2nd half of 2008 for Windows, Unix and Linux. However, it may help in the short-term to note that we provide a FIPS compliant of SFTPPlus using the OpenSSL FIPS object module by Open Source Software Institute which is FIPS validated and certified by NIST, certificate No The certificate states:.products which use the above identified cryptographic module may be labelled as complying with the requirements of FIPS Pro:Atria Limited 2009 Page 15 of 16

16 8 CONTACT INFORMATION Address Pro:Atria Limited The Old Exchange South Cadbury Yeovil Somerset BA22 7ET UK Telephone/Fax Telephone: Fax: +44 (0) (0) Sales: Technical Support: Website Documentation If you have any comments or suggestions regarding this or any other Pro:Atria document, please send an to the following address ; docs@proatria.com Pro:Atria Limited 2009 Page 16 of 16