– Improve productivity by scheduling a post transfer action such as deleting, moving or renaming a file after it has been transferred.
– Complete security with Local OpenPGP file encryption, FIPS 140-2 Validated Cryptography, enhanced SSH and SSL capabilities, and more.
– Improve performance thanks to faster navigation through large directory trees.
– Support for Networked UNC Paths: Ability to access UNC shared drives in your local folder by either IP address or machine name.
– Support for Microsoft IIS and Apache Web Servers: Connect to and transfer files over HTTP/S connections with Microsoft IIS and Apache web servers with full file/folder listings and navigation.
– Support for Microsoft Windows 2008, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista

In the past, security wasn’t the huge concern that it is today.  Now, securing your data is vital, even if you’re just uploading to your website.  I’m glad to see that the new version of WS_FTP takes that on.

We’ll be doing a review of this product in the coming weeks.  If it’s as good as all the previous versions I’ve used over the years, I have no doubt it will be great.  Right now, I just wanted to let you loyal WS_FTP users (and prospective users) know that the new version is officially available.

For more information on the new release, click here.

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Here’s the way it works.  You go to a site that you like and click on their “share this site” link.  Once the page loads, you simply put in your name, your e-mail address, the e-mail addresses of your friends and a brief message.  Then you click “send” and then software on the website’s server sends your recommendation to your friends.  It sounds good, right?  Well it was good, but now (like so many other things) it has been co-opted for SPAM.

You see spammers are going to these sites and loading them up with harvested e-mail addresses and a “personal message” that is nothing more than an ad for whatever product or site they are really pushing.    I cannot tell you how many times a day I get some alleged “recommendation” from someone I don’t know, only to find out that it is a thinly disguised ad for some medication, home refinance scheme or porn site.  It’s not only annoying, but it’s downright criminal!!  The spammer is not only stealing the legitimate site’s bandwidth and reputation, but they are also putting the legitimate site in danger of having their IP address blocked by ISPs for spam.

As a webmaster, you should really think long and hard about this before putting this type of link on your website.  After all, it’s your reputation and site that gets hurt from this type of attack.  You’ll note that we do not have a “recommend this site” link on our website.  This is the main reason why.  As for me, I think I’ll stick to safer and, in the long run, more beneficial promotion methods such as article promotion, pay-per-click advertising, search engine optimization and forum participation.  That’s my recommendation for you, too.

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