VShell Aims to Harden Security With 3.6 Release
After five beta releases, VanDyke Software's VShell 3.6 Secure Shell Server 3.6 is gold. Key new features in Windows and Unix, include:
- X-command and X-subsystem private use headers in public-key files are now supported. This provides the ability to restrict a user to a particular command or subsystem when a specific public key is used for authentication.
- Environment variables can now be set via the SSH2 protocol.
In Windows:
- The 64-bit version of VShell now uses a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic library.
- VShell internal user database users can now connect using public-key authentication.
- When using x.509 certificate authentication, the User Principal Name can now be retrieved from the certificate's Subject Alternative Name field.
- Option to only load user profiles that are set to local.
VShell 3.6 server from VanDyke Software, helps organizations transfer files and secure data with fine-grained access control and configuration options. The 3.6 release announced today provides new controls over user access to commands and subsystems through public key "private use" headers.
"With the complexity of network environments, system administrators want Secure Shell servers with more control over end-user access to files and services," said Jeff P. Van Dyke, President of VanDyke Software. "VShell 3.6 provides that by allowing admins to restrict users to commands or subsystems through the same public key that authenticates the user."
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FurlVShell 3.6 also improves back-end control with the ability to set environment variables with SSH2 on the Windows server and expands logging capability for UNIX and Linux versions.
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