Xshell is a powerful SSH1, SSH2, SFTP, TELNET, RLOGIN and SERIAL terminal emulator. Xshell will help you gain access to Unix/Linux hosts easily and securely on a Windows workstation.
SSH (Secure Shell) protocol supports encryption and user authentication for secure connections over the Internet, and it replaces legacy protocols such as TELNET and RLOGIN.
Xshell is designed to satisfy both beginners and advanced users. Its user interface is intuitive and it provides advanced users with powerful features such as local commands, searching with regular expressions, dynamic port forwarding, international languages and so forth.

General:
Supports SSH1, SSH2, SFTP, TELNET, RLOGIN and SERIAL protocols:
· Runs on Windows 2000 SP4 and above
· Supports OpenSSH and ssh.com servers
· Multi-user configuration
· Keep alive option
· SOCKS4/5, HTTP proxy connection
· Supports Multi-session (Session tab, Session bar)
· Key mapping support
· VB Scripting support
· Improved Links bar
· Auto reconnect lost connections
Session management:
· Creates and manages session files for different servers
· Provides Sessions dialog, address bar, local prompt, and shortcut to open sessions
· Provides a default session for quick connections
· Supports connecting to multiple sessions simultaneously
· Address bar supports URL commands and allows you to connect to a remote host with or without a saved session
· Opens sessions with Xactivator
· Supports automatic logon and logon scripts
· Folder and tree view support in the Sessions dialog box
Security:
· RSA/DSA public key, Password, and Keyboard Interactive authentication methods
· RSA/DSA key generation wizard and import/export features
· SSH authentication agent forwarding using Xagent utility
· AES128/192/256, 3DES, BLOWFISH, CAST128, ARCFOUR, RIJNDAEL encryption methods
· SHA1, SHA1-96, MD5, MD5-96, and RIPEMD160 MAC algorithms
· zlib compression
· Host key management dialog box
· User key management dialog box
Terminal:
· Unicode based terminal buffer
· Supports VT100, VT220, VT320, XTERM, LINUX, SCOANSI, and ANSI terminals
· International output encoding (UTF-8)
· Compose bar lets you send a string of text to multiple servers simultaneously
· Scroll buffer up to 32,767 lines
· Text searching with regular expressions
· Scrolled copy
· Column mode text selection
· Multi-byte support in copy & paste
· Delimiter is used when the terminal window is double clicked
· Triple click selects the whole line
· Bold font and ANSI color escape sequences
· Mouse support in xterm terminal
· 256 color mode in xterm 256
· Linux Meta key emulation
· Supports terminal (network) printing
· Configurable line spacing and margin of the terminal window
Tunneling:
· TCP/IP and X11 forwarding
· Dynamic port forwarding using SOCKS4/5
· Instant Tunneling
· Tunneling bar allows you to monitor active forwarding channels and add new rules for the current session
Appearance:
· Simple and powerful user interface
· Adjustable toolbar
· Customizable Standard Buttons on toolbar
· Color scheme edit/import/export feature
· Configurable cursor color and blinking speed
· Font bar allows you to select a preferred font on the fly
· Assign frequently used strings to Quick Command buttons
· Status bar displays security-lock, session selection, network traffic information (up/down)
· Full Screen view
· Customizable transparency level
Local commands:
· Local Xshell prompt for advanced users
· Local commands such as open, ssh, sftp, telnet, and rlogin
· Local Windows commands such as ping, ipconfig, netstat, and nslookup
· Escaping to the local prompt while connecting to a remote host
Interoperability:
· Interoperable with Xmanager program for X11 forwarding
· Interoperable with Xagent program for agent authentication and forwarding
· Interoperable with Xftp program for file transfer
· Editing scroll buffer text with Notepad
· Menu commands to cycle through Xshell windows
File management:
· File send and receive via SFTP
· File send and receive via ZMODEM
· ASCII file upload
· Automatic session logging (including terminal code)
· Printing selected text, screen, or scroll buffer

Requirements:
· Processor: Intel Pentium
· Main memory: 8M 256 MB (recommends 512 MB)
· Hard disk: Over 50M bytes free space
· Network: TCP/IP Winsock 1.1 or later
· Internet Explorer 6.0 or later

Limitations:
· 30-day trial

What's New in This Release:
· FIX: Disable go to previous step after sessions are successfully imported/exported
· FIX: Xshell session opens when opening Xshell session properties in Xbrowser
· FIX: Cannot define user keys to Page Down, Page UP,INS
· FIX: Xshell tries auto reconnect when the feature is not enabled
· FIX: Session selection error when selecting multiple session with Shift + left click combination
· FIX: Opening the About dialog box displays evaluation expired message.