Technical specification
- Feature list
- Available editions
- Supported platforms
- Development tools
Feature list
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SFTP Protocol implementation offers the following SFTP features:
- server-side support for SFTP versions 3-6
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- client-side support for SFTP protocol versions 2-6
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- support for low-level methods (ReadFile, WriteFile, Seek, Block/Unblock)
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- attribute retrieval and modification, including the attributes defined by SFTP 4 to 6
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- text and binary transfer modes including support for text mode in SFTP versions before SFTP 4;
- support for Unicode file names via UTF8;
- symlink and hardlink manipulations
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- application-defined commands
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- ZLib compression
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- support for public-key, host-based, password-based, keyboard-interactive, OpenPGP key and X.509 certificate authentication
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- asynchronous and synchronous operation modes which let you easily build synchronous and asynchronous applications
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- support for files over 4 Gb
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- possibility to plug SFTP server to custom (possibly not SSH-based) data transport
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- data transfer using events/callbacks, i.e. possibility to secure not only socket-based, but also other types of data exchange
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- (optional) FIPS-compliant operation mode
ElSimpleSFTPClient is an SFTP client component, which encapsulates several SSH and SFTP components inside and offers:
- all SFTP operations available in easy-to-use synchronous interface
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- methods for uploading, downloading and deleting one or several files and drectories with one method call
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- access to all SSH features, such as various authentication types and algorithms
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- possibility to use SFTP client in scripting environments
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- (optional) built-in TCP socket with support for Web Tunneling (HTTP CONNECT) and SOCKS proxies
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- bandwidth control
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- IPv6 support
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- DNSSEC support
SSH protocols - as SFTP usually runs on top of SSH protocol, SFTP includes all features provided by SSH protocol in SSHBlackbox (included into SFTPBlackbox).
PKI Infrastructure - besides SFTP and SSH features, SFTPBlackbox includes base functions of PKIBlackbox.
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Available editions
SFTPBlackbox is available in several editions for various software platforms.
.NET edition.
This edition of SFTPBlackbox includes pure managed components, carefully optimized to achieve maximum performance, comparable to native processor code.
.NET edition requires .NET Framework 4.0, .NET Framework 3.5, .NET Framework 3.0, .NET Framework 2.0, .NET Framework 1.1, Silverlight 4, Silverlight 3, Mono 2.0, Mono 1.0, .NET CF (Compact Framework) 3.5, .NET CF 2.0, .NET CF 1.0.
.NET edition can be used on ASP.NET server systems, Windows desktop systems, Windows Mobile PDAs, Silverlight-enabled browsers, on Linux and MacOS X systems with Mono installed.
VCL edition.
Blazingly fast native Delphi (Pascal) components for building native Windows and Linux applications. Usable with Delphi, C++ Builder or FreePascal (Win32 or x64, Linux/x86 or Linux/x64).
VCL edition works on any computer with Windows 98 and later or with Linux kernel 2.4 and later.
ActiveX/DLL edition.
ActiveX controls and Dynamically-Linked Libraries are useable with virtually any development tool, which supports ActiveX or DLLs.
This includes ASP web pages, Visual Basic 6 applications, native C/C++ applications for Windows, shell and server-side scripts.
ActiveX/DLL edition works on any computer with Windows 98 and later.
Supported platforms
- Windows:
- Windows 2008 R2 Server (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
- Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
- Windows 2008 Server (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
- Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
- Windows 2003 Server (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
- Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
- Windows 2000
- Silverlight:
- Silverlight 4
- Silverlight 3
- Microsoft .NET Framework:
- .NET 4.0 (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
- .NET 3.5 (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
- .NET 3.0 (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
- .NET 2.0 (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
- .NET 1.1 (32-bit)
- .NET Compact Framework:
- .NET CF 3.5
- .NET CF 2.0
- .NET CF 1.0
- Mono:
- Linux:
- Linux distributions with kernel version 2.6 or later on x86 and x64 platforms
Development tools
Various editions of SFTPBlackbox are used with different development tools:
.NET edition of SFTPBlackbox can be used with
- MS Visual Studio 2010
- MS Visual Studio 2008
- MS Visual Studio 2005
- MS Visual Studio .NET 2003
- CodeGear RAD Studio 2010 (Delphi Prism)
- CodeGear RAD Studio 2009 (Delphi Prism)
- Borland Developer Studio 2006 (C# Builder personality)
- Borland Delphi 2005 (C# Builder personality)
- Borland Delphi 8
- Borland C# Builder
- MONO development tools
VCL edition of SFTPBlackbox is offered for
- CodeGear RAD Studio 2010 (Delphi/Win32 and C++Builder personalities)
- CodeGear C++Builder 2010
- CodeGear Delphi 2010
- CodeGear RAD Studio 2009 (Delphi/Win32 and C++Builder personalities)
- CodeGear C++Builder 2009
- CodeGear Delphi 2009
- CodeGear RAD Studio 2007 (Delphi/Win32 and C++Builder personalities)
- CodeGear C++Builder 2007
- CodeGear Delphi 2007
- Borland Developer Studio 2006 (Delphi/Win32 and C++Builder personalities)
- Borland Delphi 2005 (Delphi/Win32 personality)
- Borland Delphi 4-7
- FreePascal 2.0.2 or later (Win32 and Linux / x86)
Support for Delphi 2009 and C++Builder 2009 is provided in SecureBlackbox 7.
DLL/ActiveX edition can be used with
- MS Visual Basic 6 (ActiveX only)
- MS Visual C++ 6.0 (ActiveX and DLL)
- JScript and VBScript (ActiveX, not all controls)
- MS Visual Studio .NET and MS Visual Studio .NET 2003 via COM interop. Not recommended, use .NET edition instead
- Development tools, which support DLLs (DLL version of SFTPBlackbox only)
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Compression gives an additional level of security and lets you increase transfer speed significantly and reduce the network load and storage space requirements.
Synchronous operation mode gives you a linear programming approach without complicated callback functions. This approach saves your development time and reduces the number of errors.
Asynchronous operation mode, on the other hand, gives you flexibility and complete control over your application communications.
Synchronous operation mode gives you a linear programming approach without complicated callback functions. This approach saves your development time and reduces the number of errors.
Simple SecureBlackbox components can be used for reliable data transfer no matter what type of proxy or firewall is used to protect the network.
You can process huge files and not be bound by restrictions of 32-bit environments. This feature works on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems without any limitations.
To limit and control network load and bandwidth consumption you can setup maximum upload and download speed for the data transfer components.
Transport (SSL, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, SSH, SFTP) components can be used in IPv6 networks without any problems, address conversions or packet wrapping.
In FIPS operation mode SecureBlackbox uses only certified CryptoAPI modules of Windows to perform any cryptographic operations.
FIPS mode is available only on Windows platform.
With DNSSEC support enabled you protect your socket connection from being fooled by possible DNS cache poisoning and other malicious DNS activities.
DNSSEC requires that the DNS record for the destination server contains a certified signature.
Cryptographic hardware gains more and more popularity every day. If your software deals with X.509 certificates or PKI in general (RSA keys etc.), it is time to support cryptocards and USB tokens.
To use cryptographic hardware you need a license for PKIBlackbox.
SecureBlackbox was written from the ground up by EldoS Corporation developers.
It doesn't use third-party code to implement its cryptographic functions.
This means that you are not bound by CryptoAPI or OpenSSL version when you need to use certain algorithm.
At the same time it's possible to plug third-party security libraries and hardware modules by utilizing the pluggable architecture of SecureBlackbox.
No royalties means the licensing procedure which is clear and easy to understand and manage. Pay for the license once and use it for development and deployment with no other payments.
We provide free technical support via web-based Forum and HelpDesk. Support is available for everyone, and the requests from clients who purchased a license are given priority.
Also you can use our extensive knowledgebase.
With SecureBlackbox you can create and convert SSH keys without the need for external key management software.
SSHBlackbox package includes functions that let you generate and manage SSH keys in several formats.
With the wide choice of encryption, authentication and key exchange algorithms supported by SSHBlackbox, you will be able to meet the security requirements and get compatibility with the wide choice of differently configured servers and clients.
SSH and SFTP protocols offer the number of very useful features, which don't actually require TCP transport. The protocols can be used with any low-level transport protocols, and SecureBlackbox makes this possible.
SSH protocol can transport many connections of different types over one secured SSH connection. Tunnels are the types of simultaneous transport that you can use.
It's handy to have an SFTP tunnel used in parallel with SSH shell tunnel so that you can transfer files and operate remote system at the same time.
SecureBlackbox supports all types of tunnels, defined by SSH protocol specification.
SSH protocol can transport many connections of different types over one secured SSH connection. Tunnels are the types of simultaneous transport that you can use.
Ability to open and close connections on-the-fly extends your possibilities and adds flexibility to your application.
SSH protocol can transport many connections of different types over one secured SSH connection. Tunnels are the types of simultaneous transport that you can use.
Ability to create custom tunnel types (subsystems) extends your possibilities and adds flexibility to your application.
Shell and command tunnels are used to execute commands on the remote system by using terminal / shell application (in shell tunnels) or by executing the commands directly (using command tunnels).
Support for both types of tunnels adds flexibility to your application by letting you execute commands without parsing the shell prompts and extra messages or emulating a full-featured terminal.
With extensive authentication support you can build multi-level authentication schemes, thus increasing security and reducing the risks when the sensitive resources are accessed.
With SFTPBlackbox you don't need to care about the versions of SSH and SFTP protocols supported by the remote side. SFTPBlackbox lets you connect to any SSH/SFTP imlementation used nowadays.
SecureBlackbox is the only component collection that lets you build SSH / SFTP servers as well as SSH / SFTP clients.
With SFTPBlackbox you don't need to care about the versions of SSH and SFTP protocols supported by the remote side. SFTPBlackbox lets you connect to any SSH/SFTP imlementation used nowadays.
Custom command support lets you extend the scope of operations, performed by the component in client-server environments, and execute your own commands over SSH channel. Custom commands must be supported by both sides of the communication.
SFTP protocol itself doesn't include security (encryption and authentication are provided by SSH protocol, which is the carrier for SFTP), however it has a number of useful features, that make it a better choice for file transfer and remote file access, than common FTP protocol.
This is why we made it possible to use SFTP components (both client and server) able to work without SSH layer.
SFTP protocol is not just file transfer protocol. It also features operations with remote files and file systems, such as low-level random-access file read / write / block operations and more. SFTPBlackbox is the only component that provides support for full scope of low-level SFTP operations.
With SFTPBlackbox you can retrieve and set wide range of file and directory attributes as defined by various versions of SFTP protocol specification.
This includes Unix- and Windows-specific attributes as well as common file and directory attributes.
Attribute manipulation can be needed both for file transfer and also when you create a full-featured SFTP client application.
With SFTPBlackbox you can create and manipulate symbolic links and hard links. When you need more than just file upload function, this functionality will add value to your product.
High-level file transfer methods save your development time and reduce the number of errors.
ElSimpleSFTPClient keeps the simplicity of operations while providing full power of SSH protocol security features.You can tune-up the component for connecting to various servers that implement SSH diferently.
When you need to automate some operations without writing applications, SFTPBlackbox will work for you too by providing the component which you can call from Windows Scripting Host and other scripting engines.
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Latest version
8.0.176
Released 23 May 2010
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