Hardware, software or a combination of the two that enables a computer to act like another computer and run applications written for that computer is what an emulator is all about. A windows terminal emulator which is highly customized and easy to use, SecureCRT 6.2.0 provides a versatile solution for business, network management, security and development tasks on a three tier network environment, right from the host based operations and the server administration to the accessing of firewall protected network resources.
Running on windows operating systems, SecureCRT supports Secure Shell, Telnet, rlogin, serial and TAPI protocols. It protects the user accounts, passwords, and user data from threats using strong terminal emulation along with robust encryption techniques. There are numerous options for authentication of data and integrity of the Secure Shell Protocol. SSH protocol in turn provides encrypted login, data transfer and terminal sessions.
SecureCRT uses a multi session interface with tabs that help to effectively manage sessions. Support is also provided for multi byte characters in numerous languages. The customization options include menus, login scripts, tool bars, fonts, cursors and color schemes to name a few.

The various utilities supported by SecureCRT include:

. Protocol Support – provided by SSH1, SSH2, Telnet, rLogin, Serial and TAPI.
. Authentication through passwords, keys, certificates and ciphers which include AES, 3DES and RC4 to name a few.
. Emulation provided include VT100, 102 and 220, ANSI, and linux console.

Some of the features of SecureCRT include:

. Multibyte character sets are supported for Japanese, Korean, and Chinese, so are scalable line-drawing fonts. SecureCRT has a multi-session tabbed interface with extensive session management features. Customization options include toolbars, menus, keymaps, and login scripts, as well as fonts, cursors, and color schemes to name a few.

. Support provided for ActiveX scripting automates routine configuration tasks thus saving a lot of time. Files can be safely transferred using SFTP or Zmodem or Xmodem in a SSH1 or SSh2 session. The connection needs to be configured only once. This is facilitated with the sharing of global session options made possible by SecureCRT and SecureFX file transfer client.