Secure FTP Information

Depending on a customer's needs, NAL Research provides access to a secure FTP site. When access is granted, the customer receives a username and password, and has access to a certain part of the site. Different areas of the site are protected by different usernames and passwords.

Connection with the secure FTP site is done using the SFTP (SSH) protocol, which provides encrypted transmissions. Most browsers do not support the SFTP (SSH) protocol like they support the FTP protocol by typing ftp:// in the url. Therefore, we recommend using a client program for connecting to the site. Two free programs that allow you to connect using SSH are CoreFTP LE™ and WinSCP. Also, if you already have an ftp client program, it may already have an option for using the SSH protocol.

Instructions for using the following two programs are located below.

• CoreFTP LE™ (Simple and easy to use — recommended)
• WinSCP (A little more complex.)

Using CoreFTP LE™

Step 1 — Visit the CoreFTP homepage and download CoreFTP LE™.

Step 2 — Run CoreFTP LE™. At the "Site Manager" screen click the "New Site" button and fill in the fields with the values shown below. Then, click the "Connect" button to begin the login process.

Site Name	Name the site something.
Host / IP / URL	ftp.nalresearch.com
Username	Enter username obtained from NAL.
Anonymous	Unchecked
Password	Enter password obtained from NAL.
Don't save password	Check if you don't want Core FTP LE™ to remember the password.
Port	22
Timeout	A good timeout is 60.
Retries	This value is up to you.
PASV	Does not apply to SSH/SFTP
SSH/SFTP	Checked
Use Proxy	This value is up to you.
SSL Options	Use default unless you know what you are doing.

Step 3 — If this is the first time loging into the site, the following "Warning" screen should appear.

Step 4 — After the username and password have been verified, the main window will appear and allow you to transfer files.

Using WinSCP

Step 1 — Visit the WinSCP homepage and download WinSCP.

Step 2 — Run WinSCP and fill in the "WinSCP Login" window with the following values as shown below. Then, click the "Login" button to begin the login process.

Host name	ftp.nalresearch.com
Port number	22
User name	Enter username obtained from NAL.
Password	Enter password obtained from NAL.
Private key file	Leave blank.
Protocol	SFTP

Step 3 — If this is the first time loging into the site, the following "Warning" screen should appear.

Step 4 — After the username and password have been verified, the main window will appear and allow you to transfer files.

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