Xceed SFTP for .NET

.NET technology

• Works with .NET 4.5 / 4 and 2.0-3.5, ASP.NET 4.5 / 4 and 2.0-3.5, and Visual Studio 2005-2012.
• 100% managed code written in C#. Source code available through a Blueprint subscription.
• VB.NET and C# sample applications included for Visual Studio.
• All error handling works through .NET exception classes.
• CLS compliant (Common Language Specification).
• Documentation fully integrated into Visual Studio.
• Built using System.Net.Sockets namespace.
• The .NET 4 build is compiled using the Client Profile.

SFTP protocol features

• Complies with RFC 4253, 4252, and 4254
• Supports secure FTP via SSL 3.0 and 3.1 (TLS) in both the FtpClient and FileSystem interfaces
• Implements the SSH-2 protocols.
• Implements version 6 of the SFTP protocol.
• Provides an automatic compatibility mode with version 3 of the SFTP protocol, which detects the version of the server SFTP is detected, and the component adjusts to version 3 if necessary.
• Abstracts files and folders on SFTP sites and locally, so you can write your code as if it works with regular files or folders.

Major features

• Securely sends and receives files, folders or entire directory structures quickly and easily
• Securely sends and receives files to or from disk or memory streams
• Synchronises a local directory structure with a remote directory structure on an SFTP server and vice-versa
• Provides a rich set of events to keep your application notified of all SFTP activity
• Obtain a detailed listing of files on the SFTP server via a collection object or by events
• Rename and delete files on the SFTP server.

Component interactivity / Events

• When sending multiple files and an error occurs, allows you to retry the file, skip it and continue, or abort the entire operation.

Other features

• Flexible synchronisation of any number of folders and files of any type (FileSystemItem and FileSystemItem-derived objects, such as AbstractFile or AbstractFolder objects and their derivatives), wherever they are located.
• Can use filters you create so you can send or receive only files that fit specific criteria such as file size or date
• Allows you to rename or change filenames and paths before sending
• Automatic logging to memory or to disk
• Can set a timeout limit on all operations and have an exception triggered if it is exceeded
• Triggers an event if the connection to the SFTP server is lost
• Accepts SFTP server by IP address or host name
• Supports wildcard in files to send or receive.