AASync Features

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AASync Version 3 Features

Folder Sync on the Local Host.
Encrypted Backup Sync from local to remote or local to local.
Mirror or Cumulative Folder Sync.
Easy retrieval of encrypted data.
Folder Sync on the Local Host.
Folder Sync from the Local Host to a Remote Host using SFTP-SSH or FTP-SSL.
If the FTP server requires SSL to be used it is done automatically.
Folder Sync from a Remote Host to the Local Host using SFTP-SSH or FTP-SSL.
Any number of simultaneous operations.
Powerful logging facilities. Logs can be generated according to user defined parameters.
Unattended scheduled sync with lot of features: scheduled syncs will get done even if AASync is not running. Even more powerful, the machine can be set or wake or power on before a scheduled sync and go to sleep after! AAsync is capable to run completely unattended.
As part of scheduling, a Chain Sync can run many syncs one after another, in the background, completely unattended.
AAsync will prevent idle sleep if a sync goes on, making sure ongoing synchronizations are not interrupted.
AAsync is capable to exclude files by name, extension or full path.
Easy browsing of remote systems to pick source or target folder.
Finder Info-Fork Data is preserved during Folder Sync to another Mac
Filename changes are detected, and thereby the cost of unnecessary file transfers are avoided.
Intelligent SFTP-SSH protocol that uses the best of both tools.
Support for Firewalls (SOCKS v5, and Firewall toolkits).
Correct handling of Unicode filenames.
Intelligent use of checksums to determine if the file contents have changed. Large files are automatically excluded to save time and resources.

SSL in AASync:
AASync implements the only standard that is out there, RFC 2228 to have SSL encrypted secure FTP access. This means that both control and data connections are secure, whether it is in passive mode or not. This protocol is not to be confused with SFTP which is part of the SSH2 protocol (also implemented in AASync). AASync implementation of FTP/SSL has been tested against all commercial FTP-SSL/TLS servers we could find, including WS-FTPD Pro. There are no options to be set other than the regular FTP options. Things to keep in mind with standard FTP versus SSL: encrypted data transfers are much slower! That is the price we pay for security. IMPORTANT: When SSL is used, it ONLY during the transfer that data is encrypted, when the file is saved at the destination it is in its original (unencrypted) state.

LOCAL REQUIREMENTS

Network access to remote systems

Supported platforms:

MacOSX 10.5 or above (PPC or Intel)

REMOTE REQUIREMENTS

ALL PROTOCOLS: Users must be authorized users on remote system.

FTP: ftpd must be running.

SFTP-SSH: sshd must be running, your client must be enabled to connect to it. the SFTP subsystem must be enabled on the server (usually in /etc/ssh2/sshd_config). Remote systems must have these UNIX utilities: sh cp mv rm tar compress uncompress zip chmod chgrp

AASync is a trademark of Robert Vasvari.

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