9-1-2009
III Software is pleased to announce the release of our new Secure FTP service.

After a long test period, we finally completed the migration to our new FileZilla Secure FTP Server today. This means several changes to the way you may transfer files to and from III Software.

Secure FTP ensures that your authentication and transmission will be encrypted and secured from prying eyes.

Starting October 1, 2009, we will no longer allow unsecured FTP transfers. This was a difficult decision for us to make, and was the result of a lot of client feedback (both for and against).

Our Fcrypt3 software has secured countless transmissions over insecure links over the years. Unfortunately, just the existence of an unsecured FTP ability leaves the potential that a client makes an honest mistake and transfers data in the clear. We therefore made the decision to discontinue all insecure FTP transmissions. We felt that the benefit far outweighs the minor inconvenience.

We still recommend encrypting your data with Fcrypt3 prior to transmission. First, this provides an additional layer of security to data moving across the internet. Second, it provides additional security for data during the period of time it is stored on the external FTP server. Although the FTP server is secured like the rest of our servers, the highest level of protection comes from multiple layers of security.

As mentioned in our July email, existing clients have until October 1, 2009 to complete their migration. Effective today, new clients will only be issued FileZilla credentials.

Clients using the standard scripts provided by III Software have already received updated scripts with instructions for replacing your existing scripts.

We think you will agree that the this change is a positive improvement. Thank you for your patience during our testing and migration period.