Rebex FTP

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Major Rebex FTP features

• Easy-to-use with maximum flexibility
• Supports .NET 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0. Works flawlessly with 64bit version of .NET Framework.
• .NET Compact Framework 2.0 and 3.5 (Windows CE, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile) version is also available.
• Free one year upgrades and support.
• Folder tranfers including all files and subfolders.
• The SFTP library used by Microsoft in Expression Web and Visual Studio.
• Many samples, including multithreaded WinForm clients with full C# and VB.NET source code.
• Automatic directory listing parser for the majority of popular FTP servers on Unix, Windows and Netware platforms; easily extensible to support exotic or unknown formats.

Feature list

• 100% managed code.
• CLS (Common Language Specification) compliant.
• Stable and thoroughly tested code.
• Complete C# source code is optionally available.
• Supports .NET 2.0/3.0/3.5.
• .NET CF 2.0 and 3.5 build is available for FTP on Windows CE and PocketPC devices.
• IPv6 support.
• Rebex FTP for .NET is designed for ease of use from your code. Check online samples or download samples and evaluation version.
• Support for asynchronous operations.
• Batch file transfer - transfer a complete directory tree or a group of files corresponding to the specified mask.
• Upload and download to or from RAM.
• Active and passive transfer modes.
• Binary and ASCII transfers.
• Transfer compression support (MODE Z).
• Reusable block mode transfer support (MODE B).
• All common firewalls and proxy servers are supported.
• Support for WebRequest and WebResponse pluggable protocols - download a file using any protocol in just few lines of code.
• Samples for C# and VisualBasic .NET.
• Special class for manipulating file and directory listings. Wildcards, regular expressions and symlinks supported.
• Creating and deleting files and folders.
• PutUniqueFile support (STOU command).
• Events and delegates for effortless integration with hosting applications.
• Can be used in both client and server applications.
• REST command support - resume file transfers after interruption.
• Server specific commands supported (SITE command) - e.g. setting access permissions on Unix FTP servers.
• Automatic directory listing parser (LIST command) with all common formats supported.
• Support for custom listing parsers to handle exotic LIST response formats.
• Raw FTP command and response support.
• Stream support - read from and write to remote files on the fly.
• Monitor downloads with the progress event feature.
• Error handling with .NET exceptions.
• Free one-year support.
• Free one-year upgrades.
• MDTM (last modified time) and SIZE (the file size) commands support.
• Compliant with RFC 959, RFC 1579 and many common extensions.
• Support for OTC S/KEY(tm) (One-Time Password System) authentication according to RFC 2289 (optionally used by Serv-U FTP Server). (S/KEY is a trademark of Bellcore.)

Supported file and directory listing formats

• Unix ls (ProFTPd, Wu-FTPd, Microsoft FTP and many others)
• DOS (Microsoft FTP and others)
• Netware
• DJ Bernstein's EPLF
• glFTPd ansi-colored list
• VMS and MultiNet (both single and multiline)
• IBM 4690
• support for custom list parsers

Supported proxy servers

• Socks4
• Socks4a (Socks4 with domain name resolving)
• Socks5
• HTTP proxy CONNECT method (ftp://user:password@site)
• FTP SITE (SITE with logon)
• FTP USER/PASS (USER user@firewall@hostname / PASS pass@firewallpass)
• FTP OPEN

Recommended and tested FTP and FTP/SSL servers

• Microsoft FTP publishing service (IIS 6, IIS 7)
• GlobalSCAPE EFT Server

Also works with

• ProFTPd
• Wu-FTPd
• BlackMoon FTP Server
• Gene6 FTP Server
• anonftp/publicfile
• glFTPd
• GlobalScape Security Server
• Bullet Proof
• Serv-U FTP Server (by Rhino Software)
• War Ftp
• WS_FTP Server (by Ipswitch)
• Ocean FTP Server (1.02 and higher) (by Code Ocean)
• Raiden FTPD
• large number of public FTP servers

Samples

• Complete GUI FTP client (C#, VB.NET)
• Simple console client able to get and set Unix permissions, resume aborted transfers and upload directory trees (C#, VB.NET)
• File upload/download utility (C#, VB.NET)
• Asynchronous file upload/download utility (C#, VB.NET)
• Displaying detailed file list (C#, VB.NET)
• Resuming aborted tranfers (C#, VB.NET)
• File download GUI utility (C#, VB.NET).
• Pluggable protocols - using WebRequest (C#, VB.NET)

What next?

• See the samples and tutorials.
• Download a trial version and evaluate it.
• Check product variants and pricing.