Introduction

Software for network administration and end user access where security is critical.

VanDyke Software helps you achieve the right balance between strong security and easy access to the network from anywhere... at any time.

• Provide secure remote access to the network for IT and end users
• Configure and maintain servers, routers, and network services securely
• Deliver secure file transfer services with fine-tuned control
• Route critical business application data through a secure tunnel

Secure CRT combines rock-solid emulation with the strong encryption, data integrity, and authentication of Secure Shell. SecureCRT provies secure remote access, file transfer, and data tunneling.

Reference: http://www.vandyke.com/index.php

System Requirements

Required for SecureCRT are:

• 486-based PC
• 16MB RAM
• Windows Vista, 2003, XP, or 2000
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
• 32-bit CP/IP stack

Software Installation

1. Download the software from the Vandyke homepage

2. Execute the downloaded file by double-clicking, the following pop-up window will appear

3. Click Run
4. Follow the installation steps:

• Accept License Agreement
• Select Profile Options, Common profile is a preference
• Select Complete installation
• Select Icon options
• Click Install
• Click Finish, then instalation is complete

To Start A Session

1. To start a session: File -> Connect.


2. A “Connect” window will show up.
3. Select “New Session” button.

4. On “New Session Wizard” select protocol to use, like SSH2 or Telnet.
5. On the next window, type the “Hostname” of the server you need to connect, Then click Next. 6. You can rename the session to a more friendly name or keep te server name. Click Finish.

7. Once session has been configured it will show on the “Connect” window.
8. To connect, select the server and click Connect.

9. Enter username and click OK.
10. Enter password and click OK.
11. You are now connected to the server and can start working.

Quick Connect

There is another option for connecting and this is using the Quick Connect to easily connect to the server without configuring the session.

This can either be done by doing:

File -> Quick Connect, or
File -> Connect and select the “Quick Connect” button. Enter the protocol, server name and this time do enter the username.

Features

1)Multiple windows: A feature of Secure CRT when opening multiple windows is that they can either be opened in different windows or under the same window but on different tabs. This can either be done by:

File -> Connect in Tab or
File -> Connect and mark the “Open in a tab” box, then proceed as normal.

Note that another tab will show next to the current session.

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2) Session Login: This feature will allow the user to log all the commands and outputs, this is helpful for later review or for training purposes.

To enable logging: File -> Log Session.

A “Select Log File” window will pop-up, select the target directory, enter the filename and click Save.

To confirm that the session is logging click on File and note that there is a check mark beside the Log.

To disable logging: Do File -> Log Session, the check mark will then disappear .

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3) SFTP Transfer: When connecting to a server using SSH protocol, you can transfer files to your computer without the need of an FTP program, Secure CRT offers an SFTP transfer.
Do File -> Connect SFTP tab

Since you are already connected to the server there is no need to enter a username and password again. Note that the SFTP session will show as a tab

Personalization

1)Change screen color

Go to Options -> Session Options


On Session Options window expand Terminal and select Appearance

There are 2 options, select one of the pre-designed color schemes:

Or create a new one by clicking on New. Enter Color scheme name and click Enter

On the Color Scheme window select the attribute of the letter and foreground and background colors. In this example a shade of green is selected as a background and black will be the default foreground. Once color is selected click OK.

Once the colors are selected click OK and then click OK again

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2)Change screen size

The current window size (number of rows and columns) can be viewed on the bottom-right hand corner of the screen.

When the reports are too wide the entries will be displayed in the following line.

To aid in viewing this better SecureCRT lets the user change the width of the screen. To do this select Options -> Session Options. Expand Terminal, select Emulation and change the Logical column size to desired width. Click OK.

Notice that the information can be viewed on a single line which makes it easier for reading. Also notice that the bottom-right hand corner now displays the new column setting.

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3)Change buffer size:

This setting is very useful when reading long files or need to scroll up to compare previous output in the same screen. If the buffer is not big enough all previous display data will be lost and will be accessible for viewing unless the session is being logged. Notice the scroll bar on the right-hand side, that space is all you have available to go back.

To change the buffer settings select Options -> Session Options, expand Terminal and select Emulation. Change the Scrollback buffer to desired value and click OK.

Note that the scrollbar on the right is now very small and see all the space available to scroll up and view previous output.

SecureCRT 6.5.2 Improvements

As of March 11, 2010

Changes:

- The SecureCRT version in the Windows uninstall "DisplayVersion" registry key now contains the point release number in addition to the major and minor version numbers.
- For Zmodem transfers, "Zcommand received" messages are displayed in the session window rather than in a message box.

Bug fixes:

- SecureCRT could crash when connecting multiple tabs in a script.
- SecureCRT could hang when the UNIX "tail" command is running on a busy file and the user right-clicks on a selection.
- SecureCRT could hang when right
-clicking a URL that spanned more than one line.
- If the character encoding was set to "None", SecureCRT crashed when attempting to do a Zmodem, Xmodem, or Ymodem transfer.
- Zmodem failed to transfer files that contained characters that are not valid in Windows filenames.
- On Windows 7 and Vista, if an application that disabled and re-enabled Aero (such as NetMeeting), the SecureCRT window was not drawn correctly when it was restored.
- On Windows 7, when a session was restored from the taskbar after using live preview, the cursor was not displayed in the session.
- When the Windows ClearType setting was off, SecureCRT displayed ClearType text.
- When the tab width was reduced because a large number of tabs were displayed, there was a large gap between the last tab and right side of window.
- SSH1/SSH2: After changing a port in a port forward item in the default session and applying the change to all sessions, the port forward item was removed altogether.

Helpful Links

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SecureCRT FAQ

Technical Support

History/Improvements

VanDyke Website

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