Copssh - OpenSSH for Windows

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Copssh - OpenSSH for Windows

Copssh is an OpenSSH server and client implementation for Windows systems. You can use Copssh for remote administration of your systems or gathering remote information in a secure way.

Copssh packages portable OpenSSH, Cygwin and some popular utilites, plus implementing some best practices regarding security.

OpenSSH is a FREE version of the SSH protocol suite of network connectivity tools. It encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other network-level attacks. Additionally, OpenSSH fully supports SFTP server and client roles, provides a myriad of secure tunneling and forwarding capabilities as well as a variety of authentication methods. Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of a DLL (cygwin1.dll), which emulates substantial Linux API functionality, and a collection of tools.

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Sets up an OpenSSH daemon as a Windows service, so that you can serve incoming ssh/sftp requests from your computer/server.

We offer two flavors of Copssh as of March 2023 - Copssh 7 is our legacy offering with Copssh Control Panel. It is focused on activating access for users. Copssh 8 is our more recent solution with Copssh Server Admin GUI, unleashing almost all functionality available via sshd_config and match blocks.

Copssh server


Copssh - OpenSSH for Windows

Copssh is an OpenSSH server and client implementation for Windows systems. You can use Copssh for remote administration of your systems or gathering remote information in a secure way.

Copssh packages portable OpenSSH, Cygwin and some popular utilites, plus implementing some best practices regarding security.

OpenSSH is a FREE version of the SSH protocol suite of network connectivity tools. It encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other network-level attacks. Additionally, OpenSSH fully supports SFTP server and client roles, provides a myriad of secure tunneling and forwarding capabilities as well as a variety of authentication methods. Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of a DLL (cygwin1.dll), which emulates substantial Linux API functionality, and a collection of tools.

 

Itefix provides a virtual test lab in where you can try our products with full functionality.

  • At the moment we have 8 hosts (Windows 11, 10, 7 and Windows servers 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012R2, 2008 R2).
  • Our lab has no Internet access.
  • Itefix software is available via a network share at the desktop. You need to install the software of your choice yourself. 
  • You have also access to some popular 3rd party software to test client scenarios.
  • You can also request multiple test machines to test network scenarios (one per OS type).
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Installation

Supported platforms : All Windows versions from 7 and higher 

NB! Administrator privileges are required for installation and operation.

Copssh comes as a ZIP file containing an installer. Simply unzip your downloaded copy and run the installer package.

  

Usage 

By default, as a security measure, no users are allowed to access your machine via Copssh. Copssh Server Admin GUI allows you to manage all aspects of your setup.

Installation

Supported platforms : Windows Vista/2008(R2)/7/8/2012(R2)/10/2016/2019

 

NB! Administrator privileges are required for installation and operation.

Copssh comes as a ZIP file containing an installer. Simply unzip your downloaded copy and run the package "Copssh_x.x.x_Installer.exe" :

  1. Accept License agreement.
  2. Specify an installation directory
  3. Click Install.

You may check FAQ section or visit user forum if you experience problems. At the end of the installation, Copssh gives you some information about activation of users. You're DONE! Copssh is installed and the server portion is activated as a service.

 

Usage 

By default, as a security measure, no users are allowed to access your machine via Copssh. You can use the Control Panel GUI from Start menu to activate/deactivate users. Same GUI can be used to control the basic Copssh operations as well.

Activated users can use an ssh client to access to your machine.

Password and public key authentication are tested and function as expected.

Copssh server 8.5.0

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Mon, 03/11/2024
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2024

Copssh server 8.4.0 (security)

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Tue, 12/19/2023
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Copssh server 8.3.1

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Mon, 12/04/2023
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Copssh server 8.3.0

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Mon, 10/09/2023
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Copssh server 8.2.2

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Copssh server 8.2.1

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Copssh server 8.2.0

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Fri, 08/11/2023
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Copssh server 8.1.4 (security)

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Wed, 07/26/2023
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Copssh server 8.1.3

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Mon, 06/19/2023
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Copssh server 8.1.2

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Tue, 05/23/2023
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Copssh server 8.1.1

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Wed, 03/29/2023
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Copssh server 8.1.0

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Mon, 03/20/2023
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Copssh server 8.0.1

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Thu, 03/02/2023
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Copssh server 8.0.0

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Tue, 02/28/2023
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2023

Copssh server 7.17.0

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Mon, 03/11/2024
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2024

Copssh server 7.16.0 (security)

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Tue, 12/19/2023
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2023

Copssh server 7.15.1

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Mon, 12/04/2023
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2023

Copssh server 7.15.0

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Mon, 10/09/2023
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2023

Copssh server 7.14.2

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Mon, 09/25/2023
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2023

Copssh server 7.14.1

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Sat, 08/26/2023
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2023

Copssh server 7.14.0

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Fri, 08/11/2023
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2023

Copssh server 7.13.4 (security)

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Wed, 07/26/2023
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2023

Copssh server 7.13.3

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Mon, 06/19/2023
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2023

Copssh server 7.13.2

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Tue, 05/23/2023
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2023

Copssh server 7.13.1

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Wed, 03/29/2023
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2023

Copssh server 7.13.0

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Mon, 03/20/2023
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2023

Copssh server 7.12.1

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Sat, 03/04/2023
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2023

Copssh server 7.12.0 (security)

release date: 
Fri, 02/03/2023
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2023

Copssh server 7.11.1

release date: 
Mon, 11/07/2022
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2022

Copssh server 7.11.0

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Sat, 10/08/2022
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2022

Copssh server 7.10.1

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Tue, 06/21/2022
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2022

Copssh server 7.10.0

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Wed, 04/13/2022
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2022

Copssh server 7.9.0

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Wed, 03/02/2022
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2022

Copssh server 7.8.3

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Tue, 01/04/2022
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2022

Copssh server 7.8.2

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Wed, 11/17/2021
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2021

Copssh server 7.8.1

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Tue, 10/26/2021
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2021

Copssh server 7.8.0

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Mon, 09/27/2021
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2021

Copssh server 7.7.0

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Tue, 08/24/2021
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2021

Copssh server 7.6.0

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Tue, 05/04/2021
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2021

Copssh server 7.5.0

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Sun, 03/07/2021
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2021

Copssh server 7.4.2

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Wed, 02/03/2021
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2021

Copssh server 7.4.1

release date: 
Tue, 12/29/2020
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2020

Copssh server 7.4.0

release date: 
Thu, 10/01/2020
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2020

Copssh 7.3.0 (security)

release date: 
Mon, 06/08/2020
2020

Copssh 7.2.0

release date: 
Thu, 02/20/2020
2020

Copssh 7.1.0

release date: 
Sat, 10/12/2019
2019

Copssh 7.0.0

release date: 
Tue, 08/27/2019
2019

Copssh 6.5.0 (security)

release date: 
Tue, 04/30/2019
2019

Copssh 6.4.0

release date: 
Sat, 10/20/2018
2018

Copssh 6.3.0 (security)

release date: 
Sat, 08/25/2018
2018

Copssh 6.2.2 (security)

release date: 
Sat, 08/18/2018
2018

Copssh 6.2.1

release date: 
Fri, 06/01/2018
2018

Copssh 6.2.0

release date: 
Mon, 04/09/2018
2018

Copssh 6.1.3

release date: 
Thu, 04/05/2018
2018

Copssh 6.1.2

release date: 
Mon, 02/19/2018
2018

Copssh 6.1.1

release date: 
Sat, 11/11/2017
2017

Copssh 6.1.0 (security)

release date: 
Wed, 10/04/2017
2017

Copssh 6.0.0

release date: 
Sat, 05/20/2017
2017

Copssh 5.9.0 (security)

release date: 
Wed, 03/22/2017
2017

Copssh 5.8.1

release date: 
Wed, 02/08/2017
2017

Copssh 5.8.0 (security)

release date: 
Wed, 12/21/2016
2016

Copssh 5.7.0 (security)

release date: 
Tue, 09/27/2016
2016

Copssh 5.6.0 (security)

release date: 
Mon, 08/01/2016
2016

Copssh 5.5.3 (security)

release date: 
Sun, 05/22/2016
2016

Copssh 5.5.2 (security)

release date: 
Sun, 03/13/2016
2016

Copssh 5.5.1 (security)

release date: 
Wed, 03/02/2016
2016

Copssh 5.5.0

release date: 
Tue, 03/01/2016
2016

Copssh 5.4.3

release date: 
Sun, 01/31/2016
2016

Copssh 5.4.2

release date: 
Thu, 01/14/2016
2016

Copssh 5.4.1 (security)

release date: 
Fri, 12/18/2015
2015

Copssh 5.4.0 (security)

release date: 
Sat, 08/22/2015
2015

Copssh 5.3.0 (security)

release date: 
Tue, 08/11/2015
2015

Copssh 5.2.0 (security)

release date: 
Wed, 07/22/2015
2015

Copssh 5.1.1

release date: 
Thu, 05/21/2015
2015

Copssh 5.1.0

release date: 
Mon, 03/23/2015
2015

Copssh 5.0.4

release date: 
Fri, 03/06/2015
2015

Copssh 5.0.3

release date: 
Mon, 01/19/2015
2015

Copssh 5.0.2

release date: 
Wed, 12/03/2014
2014

Copssh 5.0.1

release date: 
Thu, 10/30/2014
2014

Copssh 5.0.0

release date: 
Thu, 10/09/2014
2014

Copssh 4.9.4 (security)

release date: 
Thu, 08/07/2014
2014

Copssh 4.9.3

release date: 
Fri, 07/04/2014
2014

Copssh 4.9.2

release date: 
Sun, 06/08/2014
2014

Copssh 4.9.1 patch 1001

release date: 
Fri, 06/06/2014
2014

Copssh 4.9.1

release date: 
Tue, 04/08/2014
2014

Copssh 4.9.0 (security)

release date: 
Sun, 03/16/2014
2014

Copssh 4.8.0

release date: 
Thu, 01/30/2014
2014

Copssh 4.7.2

release date: 
Tue, 01/28/2014
2014

Copssh 4.7.1 (security)

release date: 
Thu, 01/09/2014
2014

Copssh 4.7.0 (security)

release date: 
Fri, 11/08/2013
2013

Copssh 4.6.0

release date: 
Tue, 09/17/2013
2013

Copssh 4.5.1

release date: 
Tue, 08/13/2013
2013

Copssh 4.5.0

release date: 
Sat, 04/06/2013
2013

Copssh 4.4.3

release date: 
Tue, 02/19/2013
2013

Copssh 4.4.1

release date: 
Sun, 10/21/2012
2012

Copssh 1.4.6

release date: 
Wed, 07/23/2008
2008

A barebone distribution of OpenSSH client for Windows. That's all you need to initiate ssh/sftp requests from your computer.

Copssh client

If you need to serve ssh/sftp requests from your computer, you need to set up an OpenSSH daemon, which we provide as a paid solution.

 


Copssh - OpenSSH for Windows

Copssh is an OpenSSH server and client implementation for Windows systems. You can use Copssh for remote administration of your systems or gathering remote information in a secure way.

Copssh packages portable OpenSSH, Cygwin and some popular utilites, plus implementing some best practices regarding security.

OpenSSH is a FREE version of the SSH protocol suite of network connectivity tools. It encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other network-level attacks. Additionally, OpenSSH fully supports SFTP server and client roles, provides a myriad of secure tunneling and forwarding capabilities as well as a variety of authentication methods. Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of a DLL (cygwin1.dll), which emulates substantial Linux API functionality, and a collection of tools.

Copssh client 7.14.1

release date: 
Wed, 03/13/2024
2024

Copssh client 7.14.0

release date: 
Mon, 03/11/2024
2024

Copssh client 7.13.0 (security)

release date: 
Tue, 12/19/2023
2023

Copssh client 7.12.1

release date: 
Mon, 12/04/2023
2023

Copssh client 7.12.0

release date: 
Mon, 10/09/2023
2023

Copssh client 7.11.1

release date: 
Thu, 09/21/2023
2023

Copssh client 7.11.0

release date: 
Fri, 08/11/2023
2023

Copssh client 7.10.2 (security)

release date: 
Wed, 07/26/2023
2023

Copssh client 7.10.1

release date: 
Tue, 07/04/2023
2023

Copssh client 7.10.0 (security)

release date: 
Tue, 03/21/2023
2023

Copssh client 7.9.0 (security)

release date: 
Fri, 02/03/2023
2023

Copssh client 7.8.0

release date: 
Mon, 11/07/2022
2022

Copssh client 7.7.0

release date: 
Sun, 12/12/2021
2021

Copssh client 7.6.0

release date: 
Sat, 09/18/2021
2021

Copssh client 7.5.0

release date: 
Sun, 03/07/2021
2021

Copssh client 7.4.1

release date: 
Tue, 12/29/2020
2020

Copssh 7.3.0 (security)

release date: 
Mon, 06/08/2020
2020

Copssh 7.2.0

release date: 
Thu, 02/20/2020
2020

Copssh 7.1.0

release date: 
Sat, 10/12/2019
2019

Copssh 7.0.0

release date: 
Tue, 08/27/2019
2019

Copssh 6.5.0 (security)

release date: 
Tue, 04/30/2019
2019

Copssh 6.4.0

release date: 
Sat, 10/20/2018
2018

Copssh 6.3.0 (security)

release date: 
Sat, 08/25/2018
2018

Copssh 6.2.2 (security)

release date: 
Sat, 08/18/2018
2018

Copssh 6.2.1

release date: 
Fri, 06/01/2018
2018

Copssh 6.2.0

release date: 
Mon, 04/09/2018
2018

Copssh 6.1.3

release date: 
Thu, 04/05/2018
2018

Copssh 6.1.2

release date: 
Mon, 02/19/2018
2018

Copssh 6.1.1

release date: 
Sat, 11/11/2017
2017

Copssh 6.1.0 (security)

release date: 
Wed, 10/04/2017
2017

Copssh 6.0.0

release date: 
Sat, 05/20/2017
2017

Copssh 5.9.0 (security)

release date: 
Wed, 03/22/2017
2017

Copssh 5.8.1

release date: 
Wed, 02/08/2017
2017

Copssh 5.8.0 (security)

release date: 
Wed, 12/21/2016
2016

Copssh 5.7.0 (security)

release date: 
Tue, 09/27/2016
2016

Copssh 5.6.0 (security)

release date: 
Mon, 08/01/2016
2016

Copssh 5.5.3 (security)

release date: 
Sun, 05/22/2016
2016

Copssh 5.5.2 (security)

release date: 
Sun, 03/13/2016
2016

Copssh 5.5.1 (security)

release date: 
Wed, 03/02/2016
2016

Copssh 5.5.0

release date: 
Tue, 03/01/2016
2016

Copssh 5.4.3

release date: 
Sun, 01/31/2016
2016

Copssh 5.4.2

release date: 
Thu, 01/14/2016
2016

Copssh 5.4.1 (security)

release date: 
Fri, 12/18/2015
2015

Copssh 5.4.0 (security)

release date: 
Sat, 08/22/2015
2015

Copssh 5.3.0 (security)

release date: 
Tue, 08/11/2015
2015

Copssh 5.2.0 (security)

release date: 
Wed, 07/22/2015
2015

Copssh 5.1.1

release date: 
Thu, 05/21/2015
2015

Copssh 5.1.0

release date: 
Mon, 03/23/2015
2015

Copssh 5.0.4

release date: 
Fri, 03/06/2015
2015

Copssh 5.0.3

release date: 
Mon, 01/19/2015
2015

Copssh 5.0.2

release date: 
Wed, 12/03/2014
2014

Copssh 5.0.1

release date: 
Thu, 10/30/2014
2014

Copssh 5.0.0

release date: 
Thu, 10/09/2014
2014

Copssh 4.9.4 (security)

release date: 
Thu, 08/07/2014
2014

Copssh 4.9.3

release date: 
Fri, 07/04/2014
2014

Copssh 4.9.2

release date: 
Sun, 06/08/2014
2014

Copssh 4.9.1 patch 1001

release date: 
Fri, 06/06/2014
2014

Copssh 4.9.1

release date: 
Tue, 04/08/2014
2014

Copssh 4.9.0 (security)

release date: 
Sun, 03/16/2014
2014

Copssh 4.8.0

release date: 
Thu, 01/30/2014
2014

Copssh 4.7.2

release date: 
Tue, 01/28/2014
2014

Copssh 4.7.1 (security)

release date: 
Thu, 01/09/2014
2014

Copssh 4.7.0 (security)

release date: 
Fri, 11/08/2013
2013

Copssh 4.6.0

release date: 
Tue, 09/17/2013
2013

Copssh 4.5.1

release date: 
Tue, 08/13/2013
2013

Copssh 4.5.0

release date: 
Sat, 04/06/2013
2013

Copssh 4.4.3

release date: 
Tue, 02/19/2013
2013

Copssh 4.4.1

release date: 
Sun, 10/21/2012
2012

Copssh 1.4.6

release date: 
Wed, 07/23/2008
2008

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