TurboFTP SDK

Today, Internet is extensively used for sharing files among its other host of uses. All these files are provided to the users for downloading via a special protocol known as FTP (File Transfer Protocol) which is a standard protocol for sharing files over a network. For sharing files over an FTP based network, the client system requires a local component which can do all the required uploads and downloads. There are a number of client applications available which act as an FTP agent to the local computer. TurboFTP SDK v.1.61.865 is a software development package for designing a client application which fully supports all the FTP related functionalities.

TurboFTP SDK v.1.61.865 is a shareware software development kit by TurboSoft Inc. which provides an all powerful component for FTP related tasks and is readily functional with .NET and ActiveX. The component has an easy to use interface which lets even an average user simply do the file sharing operations with its interactive GUI. The myriad of its functionalities include easy connection to an FTP sever, simple downloading and uploading of files, fully functional remote directory access, flexibility in operations with files like renaming or deleting them and many others. For the security of transfers, the component has full support for SSL and TLS (including both explicit and implicit SSL), and complete provision for SSL certificate verification for checking the authenticity of transfer. The comprehensive component includes a range of formats for listing remote directories and FTP servers like DOS style, UNIX format, VAX, VMS, OS/2, VXworks, Novell Netware, AS 400 etc. The component supports an auto dialling function for Dial up Networks where it automatically establishes a network connection for connecting to a remote server.

TurboFTP SDK v.1.61.865 is overall, a fully featured FTP component with an extensive set of features, leading it to score four points on the scale of five.

TurboFTP SDK is a powerful ActiveX/.Net-ready component and offers a full set of FTP functionalities like connect to an FTP server, upload or download files, view remote directory listings, rename or delete remote files, etc. TurboFTP SDK component provides a set of clear and easy-to-use interfaces for fulfilling these FTP operations. A summary of TurboFTP SDK features as follows:
- Supports blocking and non-blocking modes for calling methods.
- Supports SSL/TLS, including implicit and explicit SSL, SSL client certificate.
- Supports SSH.COM and OpenSSH public key format in SFTP.
- Supports clear data channel (for listing retrieval or file transfer) and Clear Command Channel (CCC) in SSL/TLS based FTP.
- Supports a full range of FTP servers and remote directory listing formats including UNIX, UNIX-compatible, DOS-style, VMS, VAX, OS/2, AS-400, Novell Netware (v4 and onwards), VxWorks and Apple OS.
- OTP S/Key (MD4, MD5) password encryption.
- Supports Dialup Networking. Features AutoDial which automatically establishes a dialup connection before connecting to a remote server.
- Supports on-the-fly data compression using MODE Z.
- Supports upload and download resume.
- Automatically re-connects if connection drops and resumes interrupted transfer.
- Ability to transfer files larger than 4Gb (available on NTFS file system).
- Firewall support, including HTTP proxy, SOCKS 4, SOCKS 4a and SOCKS 5.
- Converts server file time in local time zone according to specified time offset.
- Built-in interface that provides a set of methods to decompress archives of Zip(*.zip), GZip(*.gz), Tar(*.tar), Gzipped Tar(*.tgz) formats and create archives in these formats.
- Comes with fully tested samples for VB, VB.NET, VBA, C#, C++, JavaScript, ASP, ASP.NET and Delphi, including source code of a full-featured FTP client written in .NET C# demonstrating all functions of TurboFTP SDK component.