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1 Version 9 User Guide Globalscape, Inc. (GSB) Address: 4500 Lockhill-Selma Rd, Suite 150 San Antonio, TX (USA) 78249 Sales: (210) 308-8267 Sales (Toll Free): (800) 290-5054 Technical Support: (210) 366-3993 Web Support: Copyright 1996-2018 Globalscape, Inc. All Rights Reserved Updated May 24, 2018 iii Table of Contents Chapter 1. Getting Started .. 11 What's New in this Version ? .. 16 System Requirements .. 17 Installing the CutFTP Application .. 18 Activating CuteFTP .. 19 Troubleshooting Product Activation .. 19 Backing Up Registration Information.

2 20 Upgrading CuteFTP .. 21 Moving CuteFTP to a Different Computer .. 21 Quick Reference Guide .. 22 Chapter 2. The CuteFTP Interface .. 25 Main Menu .. 27 Displaying or Hiding Toolbars .. 30 The Standard Toolbar .. 30 HTML Editor Toolbar .. 31 Status Bar .. 32 Keyboard Shortcuts .. 32 The Site manager .. 35 Local Files and Folders .. 36 Folder Listing .. 36 Transfer 36 Connection 37 Individual Session Log .. 37 Global Options Dialog Box .. 38 Site Properties .. 43 Site Properties - General Tab .. 43 Site Properties - Actions Tab.

3 44 Site Properties - Type Tab .. 45 Site Properties - Options Tab .. 46 File and Folder Properties .. 47 About CHMOD Permissions .. 48 Filtering the List of Files and 49 Viewing Thumbnails .. 50 Changing How Files and Folders are Displayed .. 50 Lockstep Folder Navigation .. 51 Default Language .. 51 Display Settings .. 51 CuteFTP v9 User Guide iv Prompts .. 53 Windows Explorer Right-Click Menu .. 53 Sound Options .. 54 Log File Settings .. 54 Security Settings .. 57 Chapter 3. Defining Sites .. 59 Using the Connection Wizard.

4 60 The Site manager .. 62 Internet Connection (DUN/LAN) Settings .. 62 Connection Options .. 63 Changing the FTP Port .. 65 Connecting to an HTTP Site .. 66 Connecting to Secure Sites .. 68 Connecting to Secure Socket Layer (SSL and TLS) Sites .. 69 Connecting to Secure Shell (SSH2) Sites .. 71 Automatically Displaying a Specific Folder when Connecting to a Site .. 71 Multiple Concurrent Connections .. 72 Performance Limitations .. 73 Using the ACCT Command .. 73 Password Protect Site manager Content .. 74 Staying Connected with Smart Keep Alive.

5 75 SOCKS 4 and 5 Connection Settings .. 76 Proxy Connection Settings .. 77 Encrypt Passwords Using OTP .. 78 TappIn Site Creation .. 79 Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) .. 83 Chapter 4. Site Administration .. 85 Importing and Exporting Site Configuration .. 85 Removing a Site from the Site manager .. 86 Changing a Site's Connection Settings or Login Information .. 86 Changing the Data Connection Type (Port or PASV) .. 87 Proxy Settings for Individual Sites .. 87 Correcting Times for Sites in Different Time Zones.

6 89 Specifying Whether to Save a Site's Information - Caching .. 89 Designating a Site's Server Type .. 90 Finding a Site in the Site manager .. 91 Creating and Using Bookmarks .. 91 Chapter 5. OpenPGP Security Settings .. 95 OpenPGP keys .. 95 Table of Contents v Uploading and Downloading Files Using OpenPGP Keys .. 96 Chapter 6. SSL/TLS Connections (FTPS/HTTPS) .. 99 Learning about SSL .. 99 SSL Security Settings .. 99 Creating SSL Certificates .. 100 Signed SSL Certificates .. 103 Choosing a Certificate for SSL Sessions .. 103 Accepting Server SSL Certificates.

7 103 Importing or Removing SSL Certificates from the Trusted List .. 104 Using a Clear Data Channel with SSL .. 104 Using a Clear Command Channel with SSL .. 105 Secure Site-to-Site Transfers Using SSCN .. 105 Troubleshooting SSL Connections .. 105 Unable to Connect to Titan FTP Server when Using SSL .. 106 Chapter 7. SSH2 Connections (SFTP) .. 107 SFTP in CuteFTP .. 107 Transport Layer Settings .. 108 Authentication Layer Settings .. 108 Authenticating in SSH2 .. 109 SSH2 Security Settings .. 110 Creating SSH2 Key Pairs .. 111 Using SSH2 Key Pairs.

8 113 Troubleshooting SFTP 114 Cannot Connect to SSH2 (SFTP) Sites .. 114 SFTP Errors .. 115 Public Key Authentication Fails .. 115 Chapter 8. Transferring Files and Folders .. 117 Transferring Files and Folders .. 117 Transfer Settings .. 117 Startup and Exit Options .. 119 Smart Overwrite Settings .. 120 Default Download Folder .. 123 Rename Rules .. 123 Symbolic Links .. 124 Queuing Files and Folders for Transfer .. 125 Removing Items from the Queue .. 125 Uploading Files from Anywhere in Windows .. 126 Transferring Files in Order.

9 127 Navigation Options .. 127 CuteFTP v9 User Guide vi Tolerance Settings .. 128 Stopping Transfers .. 129 TOC File Settings .. 130 Configuring Options for Completed Transfers .. 131 Preserving the Local Time Stamp .. 131 Resuming Transfers .. 132 Specifying Time CuteFTP Waits after a Transfer Completes .. 132 Executing Commands on Downloaded Files .. 133 Viewing Transfer Status Logs .. 134 Using Quick Connect .. 134 Using the Clipboard to Transfer .. 135 Pasting an URL Directly into the Transfer Engine .. 136 Scheduling Transfers.

10 136 Site-to-Site Transfers (FXP) .. 137 Multi-Part (Accelerated) Transfers .. 137 Accelerating Transfers with Mode Z .. 138 Improving CuteFTP Performance When Transferring Large Numbers of Files at Once .. 139 ASCII Transfer Settings .. 141 Specifying Binary or ASCII Mode .. 141 Verifying Integrity of Transferred Files .. 142 Compressing and Decompressing .. 144 Using Scripts to Transfer Files .. 145 Recording a Macro .. 145 Playing a Recorded Macro .. 146 Custom Commands .. 146 Saving and Reusing a List of Transfer Tasks .. 147 Improving Slow Transfers.