Components offered by XtraComponents 'company' are based on stolen code: The Evidence

Summary

Most components displayed at XtraComponents website are in fact based on code stolen from Rebex. They differ in namespace, class and method names (to masquarade the similarity), but are otherwise identical internally. The Following table summarizes the details:

XtraComponents's name	Original Vendor	Contains code from
XtraFtp Suite	Rebex	Rebex File Transfer Pack
Xtra Ftp	Rebex	Rebex FTP
Xtra SFTP	Rebex	Rebex SFTP
Xtra SSH Scp	Rebex	Parts of Rebex SFTP
XtraProxy	Rebex	Uses code from Rebex.Net.ProxySocket which is a part of most Rebex components. E.g. Rebex POP3 or Rebex FTP.

Identical design and product logos at XtraComponents and ComponentForge websites:

Links between XtraComponents, ComponentForge and Safabyte

XtraComponent is just another incarnation of the criminal group known as ComponentForge or Safabyte. For details of their scam under their previous names, see the page with evidence.

Links bindings XtraComponents and previous scam brands.

• ComponentForge domain WHOIS from 2010-MAR-24 displays:
  Forge, Component contact@componentforge.net
  107 Duc Giang Long Bien
  Ha Noi, None 68106
  VN
  
  
• XtraComponents.com domain WHOIS from 2010-JAN-09 displays:
  XtraComponents
  107 Duc Giang Long Bien
  Ha Noi, None 10010
  VN
  Dang, Thang contact@xtracomponents.com
  
  
• More historical recors of XtraComponents.com domain:
  2009-DEC-16 - XtraComponents.com is registered to Dang Thang, BowlingGreen KY, US
  2010-JAN-28 - XtraComponents.com is registered to Dg Tg, DG street, HN, US (sic)
  2010-JAN-09 - XtraComponents.com is registered to Dang Thang, Duc Gina Long Bien, Ha Noi, VN
  2010-MAR-16 - XtraComponents.com is registered to John Smith, BW, KY, US
  Wierd, isn't it?
• www.componentforge.com and www.safabyte.com both redirect to www.xtracomponents.com (Isn't it suspicious?)
• www.componentforge.com and www.xtracomponents.com both run at the same server with an IP address of 69.64.65.55 (Probably by the same entity).

Component history and external refrences

Rebex FTP (later extended to Rebex FTP/SSL):

• Rebex FTP for .NET was released in April 2003, Rebex FTP/SSL followed in December 2004
• Oldest known external reference: 'SomeNewKid' (a forums.asp.net veteran with more that 45000 post points) recommended Rebex FTP component in July 2003. [link] [screenshot].

Xtra FTP:

• Version 1.0 Released on November 25th 2009
• Version 2.3 released on December 14th 2009 (only 3 weeks later)
• No external evidence.
• Oldest external reference: Is there any?

More evidence

We have much more evidence. Posting it on this website could invalidate lot of it because XtraComponents can quickly change their website, documentation, API or the copy of our code. Please contact us if you are interested in more information. See our blog for up-to-date info.

 

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