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Status WILL NOT IMPLEMENT
Created by Zeb Smith
Created on Jan 15, 2026

Avoid downloads hosted on Sourceforge.net

It freaks out our security people.

WinSCP specifically has downloads available from winscp.net but cytranet.dl.sourceforge.net is used instead by the publisher.

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    Andrew Jimenez
    Mar 16, 2026

    We always attempt to provide downloads directly from the vendor. However, the download from the official WinSCP website winscp.net only offers an expiring download URL like this: https://cdn.winscp.net/files/WinSCP-6.5.5-Setup.exe?secure=wHuftHSGvuiR4pwzejnAcA==,1773695787.

    Since WinSCP also maintains their source on SourceForge, instead of using the expiring URL, we provide a SourceForge URL for this application.