Client software must be purchased from Axway, and includes a license manager that enforce machine and transfer limits.
CFT can also trigger remote processes, rename files according to a specific protocol (PeSIT, ODETTE (OFTPv1), SFTP), apply security constraints and implement the encoding conversion (ASCII to EBCDIC for example).
It is used with a software key that limits the use of CFT to a type of machine and a maximum number of simultaneous transfers.
In the case of a UNIX Sun Solaris box, the CFT should be installed on both the sender and the receiver machines.
CFT (Cross File Transfer) is (or used to be) supported on wide range of operating systems and platforms:[2]