SecureCRT 8.3 enhances the user interface with built-in Solarized and other ANSI color schemes and line rewrapping when the SecureCRT window is resized.  Save time with a new Connect bar auto complete and the ability to drag and drop multiple sessions in the Session Manager and Connect dialog.  A paste confirmation dialog option helps prevent accidental pastes of multiple lines of text. Also new is support for ChaCha20/Poly 1305, AES-GCM, and OpenSSH certificates.

Here are some of the new features in SecureCRT 8.3:

UI Enhancements

Enhanced ANSI color: New built-in ANSI color schemes, including Solarized, make it easy to change the look of your terminal workspace. Choose from a variety of light and dark color combinations, all of which have coordinated background, foreground, and ANSI color combinations.

Line rewrapping: When the SecureCRT window is resized, the text in the terminal area is rewrapped.

Connect bar auto complete

Connect bar auto complete begins filtering as you type, making it easier to find and connect to saved sessions.

Paste confirmation dialog

A paste confirmation dialog option allows you to preview the contents of the paste buffer before pasting multiple lines of text into a session. This helps prevent accidental pasting of buffer contents into a production or other critical server.

Time-saving enhancements

Drag and drop multiple sessions: Multiple sessions can be dragged and dropped or copied and pasted in the Session Manager and Connect dialog.

Session management:  Filtered searches in the Session Manager and Connect bar are faster, which is helpful when the session database is large or located on a network drive.

Larger recent sessions list: Up to 16 sessions can now be included on the recent session list.

Encryption enhancements

Support has been added for the SSH2 ChaCha20/Poly1305 and AES-GCM ciphers and the UMAC-128 MAC algorithm.  OpenSSH certificates can now be used for authenticating SSH2 sessions.

Scripting enhancements

Scripting enhancements include the ability to script session locking from the Session object.  A global INI-file-only option to specify the script path has also been added.

Other enhancements

SSH2 improvements: If a session cannot be cloned or connected using SFTP on the existing SSH transport, SecureCRT will create a new transport.

Update improvement (new for Mac):  The Update Now menu item is now also available for the Mac.  Check for a newer version of SecureCRT, and if available, click on a button to download and install the new version.

Improved argument passing (new for Mac):  All platforms now support passing arguments to a local application that is launched when a tunnel is established.

 

Please see the History tab in the SecureCRT About box for the complete list of new features, changes, and bug fixes.