New productivity enhancements:

* Script recorder: Quickly create a script to automate routines using the new script recorder, which records keystrokes, including function keys, and then generates a VB script.
* Improved auto session: With "Use auto session" enabled, you can now select a single session, multiple sessions, or folders of sessions to automatically connect on startup.
* Cache passwords: SSH2 session passwords can be cached like passphrases. SecureCRT and SecureFX can share passwords while either application or the Activator utility is running.

Improved ANSI color with color schemes: When using ANSI color, you can now select a color scheme to replace the standard white foreground and black background.

Expanded logging options with custom log data: Custom log data gives you the ability to specify strings to be logged upon connect, disconnect, and on each line. Parameter substitutions for session and date information are supported.

Support for OpenSSH format keys: You can now generate keys in OpenSSH format or convert existing VanDyke Software format private keys to OpenSSH format, allowing you to use the same keys with other Secure Shell clients.

Support for zlib@openssh.com compression: When zlib@openssh.com compression is specified, compression starts after authentication, preventing unencrypted passwords from being cached by the zlib library.

Additional tab support: Display the list of tabs on the menu using the MENU_TAB_LIST1 custom menu item. A new script function, GetScriptTab, returns the tab from which the script was started.

Windows Vista support: SecureCRT has been tested under Windows Vista, so when you are ready to move to Vista, SecureCRT will be compatible.

* Wide range of terminal emulations: VT100, VT102, VT220, ANSI, SCO ANSI, Xterm, Wyse 50/60, and Linux console emulation with ANSI color.
* Extensive session management features: Tabbed UI and Activator tray utility minimizes desktop clutter. Session settings can be saved in named sessions.
* Multi-session launch: Folders and multiple selected sessions can be connected in tabs from the Connect dialog, the command line, or launched at startup in an auto session. Right-clicking on a folder connects the sessions in tabs.
* Protocol support: Supports SSH1, SSH2, Telnet, Telnet/SSL, RLogin, Serial, and TAPI protocols.
* Secure Shell: Secure Shell encrypted logon and session data, including support for the following:
- Port forwarding secures TCP/IP data
- Password, public-key, keyboard-interactive, X.509, and Kerberos authentication
- AES, Twofish, Blowfish, 3DES, and RC4 ciphers
- X11 forwarding
- Activator support for SSH Agent functionality.
* File transfer: Secure file transfers via SFTP, and via Xmodem and Zmodem when used in conjunction with SSH1 or SSH2.
* Integration with SecureFX® file transfer client: SecureCRT and SecureFX can share the global options, session options, and the host key database so you only need to perform operations like setting application defaults, creating sessions, or accepting a server's host key once. Launch either application from a Toolbar button. Logon is simplified with password and passphrase caching, which allow both applications to share passwords and passphrases while either application or the Activator utility is running.
* Configuration: Extensive session and keyboard customization.
* Powerful printing: Printing support, including pass-through printing.
* Scripting support: Scripting language support for VBScript, JScript, and PerlScript. A script recorder automatically creates a VBScript based on keystrokes, including function keys.
* FIPS 140-2 support: When an administrative option to run in "FIPS Mode" is set, SecureCRT uses a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic library and only allows FIPS-approved algorithms.

New for SecureCRT 6.1

New session management options:

* Search for a specific session or session folder: The Connect dialog supports searching for a session name, hostname, folder name, or keyword in the description.
* Disconnect and reconnect all tabbed sessions: New menu items allow all disconnected sessions to be reconnected and all connected sessions to be disconnected.
* Launch a remote command on connecting: A new session option allows a remote command or application to be launched as soon as the session connects, which makes it easy to have a session dedicated to a specific task.
* Save username and password with keyboard-interactive authentication: The username and password can now be saved when using keyboard-interactive authentication, streamlining the logon process.
* Enter Secure Shell logon information in the terminal window: A new option that allows logon credentials to be entered in the terminal window makes it easier to script SSH1 and SSH2 logons.

Scripting enhancements:

* Access session options: Support for getting and setting session options makes it possible to do things like configuring a session before connecting and converting session information stored in a file to saved sessions.
* Windows Clipboard access: New Clipboard scripting functions provide access to the currently selected text and also to available Clipboard data, which allows setting up actions such as running a script that uses the contents of the Clipboard to send a command to the session, or selecting text in the session and running a script which launches a web browser to google that text.
* Send special keys: Added scripting support for sending special keys such as function keys, control keys, and other special characters, which makes it easier to write scripts that are protocol and emulation independent.
* Error handling: Two new functions, GetLastError and GetLastErrorMessage, provide a way to detect and report details of errors when running scripts.
* New example scripts: SecureCRT includes scripts for doing useful tasks like running a google search on selected text and sending a command to all the connected tabs.

Changes in SecureCRT 6.2.2 (Official) -- July 2, 2009
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Changes:

- Added support for administratively prohibiting checking for
updates from within SecureCRT.

Bug fixes:

- SecureCRT could crash if a session showing elapsed time was
connected and the Windows system date or time was set to a value
in the past.
- If a session that required a password was cloned, the password
had to be entered again.
- When the session option "Use Windows copy and paste hotkeys" was
set, the hotkeys for Find and Select All did not work.
- If the path in the "Select File to Send as ASCII" dialog was
changed, it was not remembered the next time that dialog was
displayed. It is now remembered until SecureCRT exits.
- The installer did not honor LICENSE_FILE or CONFIG_FOLDER_PATH
entries that were specified in an ANSWERFILE.
- Silent installs did not add the program to the Start menu or
the list of installed programs in the Windows Control Panel.
- Telnet: If a logon script that did not send an initial carriage
return was specified for a session, a carriage return (OxOD) was
sent in a separate packet during authentication, which caused
authentication to fail if the server used line mode.
- SSH2: Previously, the default GEX preferred key size was changed
from 2046 to 2048. However, the GSSAPI GEX maximum key size was
still 2046, which caused the server to report an error and
disconnect the session when GSSAPI GEX was used.


Changes in SecureCRT 6.2.3 (Official) -- September 10, 2009
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Changes:

- SecureCRT uses the Microsoft developer libraries that contain the
07/28/2009 ATL update.
- The global value for the maximum number of columns can be set to
a value as small as 132.