Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional

Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional is a reliable file transfer client whose main purpose is to help you easily and securely transfer files, photos and even folders between your customers, stakeholders or vendors.

This way, exchanging files over the Internet it is not a complicated task since you can connect to a FTP server and upload or download as many folders and documents as you want.

Although you don’t know exactly how to work with FTP servers, once the application is launched, you will surely know how to play around, irrespective of your current computer knowledge.

The main window is sectioned by two panels, one for browsing your computer and navigating through folders and one for managing and organizing all the available FTP servers. When you launch Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional for the first time, a new wizard helps you to connect to any server you want, providing full-detailed instructions on each screen.

The application enables you to view multiple local and server connections, as well as transfer files to and from different servers quickly and easily.

One important aspect to be considered when speaking of such applications and transferring files to various servers or downloading them to your local PC is the security issue.

Since Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional comes with embedded cryptography and authentication features, here referring to SSL / FTPS, SSH / SFTP and HTTPS protocol connections, OpenPGP and FIPS 140-2 standards, you can rest assured that all your transfers will be performed in a secure environment.

As far as the keyboard-interactive authentication is concerned, the application allows you to connect to SSH servers that do require the clients to respond to server-defined prompts for authentication.

Each time you transfer a file, the program will automatically display a prompt that allows you to quickly rename the current file.

What’s more, you are able to delete empty folders from an FTP site - however, you need to make sure that you have the right permissions, otherwise you won’t be able to perform any action to the selected file or folder.

In closing, Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional proves to be a steady and effective solution when it comes to connecting to any FTP server, browsing through directories and files and transferring various documents securely.