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Reflection for Secure IT Server for Windows

An SSH File Transfer Solution

Version 8.1 is now available
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Reflection for Secure IT Server for Windows uses the SSH protocol to provide secure file transfer and remote administration services for Windows environments. It is part of the Reflection for Secure IT family of SSH clients and servers for Windows and UNIX—all designed to protect data in motion.

 

Key Features in Version 8.1
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (x86-64) support.
  • Dedicated audit logs for all SFTP and SCP2 file transfers.
  • Meets DoD requirements for use of SHA-2 algorithms.
  • SFTP version 4 support.
  • UTF-8 character set support.

With Reflection for Secure IT Server for Windows, you can:

  • Replace nonsecure Telnet and FTP with a secure, encrypted alternative.
  • Secure remote administration of critical servers, even over untrusted networks.
  • Safely transmit sensitive data and ensure that transfers are completed.
  • Access any TCP/IP-based application through a secure transmission tunnel.

In these ways, you can support safer information sharing and meet growing regulatory requirements with confidence.

 

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS


Secure Shell Access

  • Secure remote terminal connections:
    • Configurable terminal provider (i.e., cmd.exe)
    • Configurable terminal default directory
    • Use of mapped drives to access network directories during terminal sessions
  • Secure remote command execution

Secure File Transfer

  • SCP and SFTP version 4 protocol support
  • SCP and SFTP special features:
    • Smart Copy (to eliminate redundant copying of identical source and target files)
    • File transfer resume after interrupted downloads
  • SCP1 protocol support (for compatibility with OpenSSH clients)
  • Virtual directory and chroot environment support

Access Control

  • Assignable rights (allow or deny):
    • Terminal shell access
    • Exec requests
    • Local port forwarding
    • Remote port forwarding
    • SCP1 access
    • SFTP/SCP2 access
    • SFTP activities (Browse, Download, Upload, Delete, and Rename)
  • Assignable to (subconfigurations):
    • Global
    • Groups
    • Users
    • Per client system (by IP address or domain name)
  • Deny connections to users without Windows interactive access rights
  • Control over the number of connections allowed per user 
  • Use of alternative credentials for accessing SFTP directories (for file transfers) and mapped drives (for terminal sessions)

Tunneling

  • TCP port forwarding (local and remote)
  • FTP protocol (active and passive mode)
  • RDP protocol

Standards Support

  • Compliance with IETF Secsh Internet drafts and RFCs 4250–4254, 4256, 4462, 4344, 4345, and 4716
  • UTF-8 character support

Cryptographic Library Validation

  • FIPS 140-2 validated

Algorithms

  • Ciphers:
    • AES (128-, 192-, and 256-bit CTR) 
    • AES (128-, 192-, and 256 bit-CBC)
    • 3DES (3 56-bit key EDE)
    • Blowfish (128-bit)
    • CAST (128-bit)
    • Arcfour (128- and 256-bit) 
  • MACs:
    • HMAC-MD5 (optional MD5 rejection available)
    • HMAC-MD5-96
    • HMAC-SHA1
    • HMAC-SHA1-96
    • HMAC-SHA256
    • HMAC-SHA512
    • RIPEMD160
    • Meets DoD requirements for SHA-2
  • Key exchange:
    • Diffie-Hellman 
    • GSS-API key exchange

Authentication

  • Server authentication:
    • Public key (RSA and DSA)
    • PKI X.509 certificates
    • GSSAPI/Kerberos
  • User authentication:
    • Password (local user and Windows domain user)
    • Public key:
      • RSA user keys
      • DSA user keys
      • X.509 certificates
      • OpenSSH public key interoperability
    • Keyboard interactive:
      • RSA SecurID
      • RADIUS
  • Keyboard-interactive password
    • GSSAPI/Kerberos
  • Reflection PKI Services Manager:
    • Centralized configuration and management of PKI functions across multiple Reflection for Secure IT Windows servers, UNIX servers, and UNIX clients
    • Standalone service module supported on most platforms supported by Reflection for Secure IT Windows and UNIX servers 
    • DoD PKI certified
    • FIPS 140-2 validated for most supported platforms (in process as of July 2013)
    • RFCs 2253, 2560, and 3280
    • X.509 certificates for server and client authentication (X.509 versions 1-3)
    • Version 2 X.509 CRL
    • OCSP revocation checks
    • HSPD-12 support 
    • Support for LDAP and HTTP certificate and CRL repositories
    • Support for Microsoft Windows Certificate Store
    • Certificate extensions supported:
      • CDP
      • IDP
      • AIA
      • Policy constraints
      • Basic constraints
      • Name constraints
      • Extended key usage
    • Customizable configuration on per trust anchor basis
    • Fully customizable mapping of SSH user account names to certificates
    • SOCKS proxy support
    • PKI client command line utility for querying services availability and certificate validity

Auditing and Logging

  • Configurable Windows Event Log level
  • Configurable Debug Log with local and UTC time stamps
  • Notification of exceeded maximum password attempts
  • Dedicated audit log for all file transfers

Administrative Tools

  • Customizable locations for server configuration files
  • Section 508 support in the Reflection for Secure IT Server for Windows configuration utility

Operating Systems

  • new Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (x86-64) 
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (x86-64) 
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x86-64)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x86 and x86-64)
  • Microsoft Windows 7 (x86 and x86-64)
  • Microsoft Cluster Service support
  • new VMWare ESXi support

System Requirements

  • Any system that meets the minimum requirements for the Microsoft Windows operating system
  • Disk space varies depending on the features installed
  • Network interface card