Software Update: FileZilla 3.27.1

Version 3.27.1 of the open source FTP client FileZilla has been released. FileZilla is small, simple and yet complete. The program is popular due to its low system resource load. FileZilla is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS, and can be downloaded from this page be downloaded in different versions. Version 3.26.0 finally addresses the fact that passwords are stored unencrypted and unsecured on the computer, something users have been asking for for years. The changelog since version 3.26.2 looks like this:

FileZilla Client 3.27.1

Fixed vulnerabilities:

• Change client identification string if connecting with SFTP due to OpenSSH disregarding the supported ciphers announced by the client, resulting in less secure algorithms being chosen by OpenSSH.

Bug fixes and minor changes:

• MSW: Improve handling of NTFS reparse points
• MSW: If running the installer with /S, previous versions where not uninstalled prior to the new version being installed
• MSW: The installer can be run with /quiet for a semi-silent installation
• OS X, *nix: Potential fix for a rare crash if changing local directories while the local directory list is being updated and vice versa.

FileZilla Client 3.27.0.1

Bug fixes and minor changes:

• MSW: Add missing file to .zip binary package
• MSW: Fix toolchain issues breaking the shell extension

FileZilla Client 3.27.0

Bug fixes and minor changes:

• SFTP components have been updated and are now based on PuTTY 0.70