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RBrowser Features

WORKSPACE

Remote File System Browser using SFTP-SSH,FTP-SSL/TLS including Explicit and Implicit SSL
Folder Sync on the Local Host
Folder Sync from the Local Host to a Remote Host using SFTP-SSH or FTP
Folder Sync from a Remote Host to the Local Host using SFTP-SSH
Remote-to-Remote File Transfers between any hosts, regardless of protocol
Direct secure file transfers between Remote hosts with SSH/SCP
Auto Protocol Finder for first time logins
Intelligent SFTP-SSH protocol that uses the best of both tools
SFTP-SSH access through firewalls with tunneling (SSH-Proxy)
Column, List or Icon View in all File Viewers
Easy downloads/extracting of URL's
Protocol Helper for browser's or other apps
Drag and drop file transfers between Local and Remote hosts
Drag and drop file transfers between the Finder and all RBrowser File Viewers
Change (su) to root or another user after login with SSH
Full connection transcript attached to every viewer
Easy to see progress monitoring in the dock icon
Site aliases on the desktop, with direct launch
All FTP Modes Supported: Binary, Automatic and Text
FTP File Transfer Restart
Local File System Browser
Open, edit, and automatic saveback of documents in any application
Support for Firewalls (SOCKS v5, and Firewall toolkits)
Local printing of documents while editing
Character set translation in the browser
Automatic display of available file system space
Computes sizes of folders and file systems
Inspector window displays file attributes
Change file group, file owner (if root) and permissions
Customizable appearance
Automatic connection configuration
Supports all document types known to local system
Copy, move, remove, and rename files on remote system
Compress/uncompress files or entire folders (both local and remote)
Create/delete folders and symbolic links
Duplicate files and folders

BENEFITS

GUI access to files on remote systems eliminating the need to know shell commands
No need to know all the varieties of UNIX
No root/superuser/administrator privileges needed for installation or use
No special software required on remote systems
Automatic analysis and configuration to handle remote systems
Remote files can be on systems in different Netinfo or NIS domains
User and group ids can be different on each system
Multiple simultaneous connections
Easy interface to FTP servers

FILE TRANSFERS

Drag and drop user interface to transfer files between machines
Multiple simultaneous transfer operations

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

Character set translation in the browser
Filename translation between systems using different character sets

TESTED REMOTE SYSTEMS

MacOSX
All Linux flavors
All BSD flavors
SunOS/Solaris

LOCAL REQUIREMENTS

Network access to remote systems

Supported platforms:

MacOSX 10.6 or above

REMOTE REQUIREMENTS

ALL PROTOCOLS: Users must be authorized users on remote system.

FTP: ftpd must be running.

SFTP-SSH: sshd must be running, your client must be enabled to connect to it. the SFTP subsystem must be enabled on the server (usually in /etc/ssh2/sshd_config). Remote systems must have these UNIX utilities: sh cp mv rm tar compress uncompress zip chmod chgrp

International support requires an 8-bit clean Bourne-compatible shell such as ksh.

Apple, the Apple logo, MacOSX, Openstep, and WebObjects are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.

RBrowser is a trademark of Robert Vasvari.

RBrowser is now free, there is no support!