Features

"The Universal FTP Client"

A "true" Universal FTP Client. JFTP can be installed and run on a wide variety of platforms such as:

Security

JFTP integrates the most widely used and widely accepted security mechanism, SSL (Secured Sockets Layer), to securely transfer your business critical and sensitive data.

File Filters

File filters give you the ability to decide what all files may be viewed, uploaded, downloaded or deleted within JFTP. You can set up inclusion or exclusion filters on local and/or remote files based on a variety of criteria such as:

With the help of file filters, uploading all the files in your site that were modified on a specific date is as easy as a click of a mouse. No more need to spend time in picking up individual files in several directories of your web site.

Certificate Manager

JFTP comes with a built-in certificate manager to manage all your trusted certificates. Certificates are used to establish secured FTP connections. Using the certificate manger, you can -

Connect Quickly and Easily

Well thought-out design allows you to connect to your FTP site quickly and easily. You can configure both simple and advanced connection parameters, all in one connection dialog.

Advanced Connection Options

JFTP allows you to specify several advanced connection parameters such as:

Simultaneous FTP Sessions

JFTP allows you to work with multiple FTP sites simultaneously. Each session will create a new tab making it easy to switch between sessions.

Transfers

Proxy/Firewall

JFTP gives you the ability to connect through proxy servers and firewalls.

Manage your Favorite FTP Sites

FTP Tasks

Local File Tasks

Auto-Detection of Transfer Type

JFTP automatically detects the transfer type (ASCII or Binary) to use for a specific file based on its extension. This feature is very useful when you are transferring hundreds or thousands of files of different types, in which case manually setting the transfer type is impossible.

Internationalization and Localization

Support for Internationalization and Localization. This means JFTP supports multiple languages and Locale specific data such as dates and numbers. You can install as many language packs as you wish and use the language of your choice. The current version of JFTP bundles the following language packs:

Multiple Deployment Options

Choose from a variety of deployment options that best suits your needs and environment.

Native Installation packages

Native installers are available for Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and various UNIX like platforms.

Web Start JFTP

Use Java Web Start technology to install JFTP to any number of users with no effort. Just provide the URL of the web start file to all your internal users and relax!

JFTP Applet

The other option is to launch JFTP right in your favorite Internet browser such as Internet Explorer, Netscape or Safari. Just host all the binaries on your web server and relax!

1 Open, Edit, Print and E-mail local and remote files is not supported on all platforms. As of version 4.0, this is supported on Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X.

2 The Help files are currently available only in English.