INFO: Legacy editions release history

2019 R3.4 #

List of changes in build 7350 from 2020-03-27:

• All: Fixed several occurences of culture-sensitive string formatting.
• All: Fixed several occurrences of wrong synchronization context.
• SFTP: Fixed an issue in GetItems() method that caused file system items with an unknown type to not be filtered according to the specified mask.
• SFTP: Fixed a possible deadlock when adjusting SSH channel window size during SSH renegotiation.
• SFTP: Fixed handling of symbolic link source paths in non-recursive multi-file operation.
• SFTP: Unified GetConnectState() behavior with mainstream platforms.
• FTP: Fixed an issue in GetItems() method that caused file system items with an unknown type to not be filtered according to the specified mask.
• FTP: Fixed transfer aborting logic that caused data connection sockets to remain unclosed in some scenarios.
• FTP: Using TLS version of the control connection when negotiation the data connection.
• FTP: Fixed handling of symbolic link source paths in non-recursive multi-file operation.
• FTP: Unified GetConnectState() behavior with mainstream platforms.
• FileTransferClient: Fixed exception handling in FileTransferClient.ConnectAsync method.
• File Server: Added support for 'curve25519-sha256' key exchange cipher (equivalent to already-supported 'curve25519-sha256@libssh.org'). (Needs a plugin.)
• File Server: Added support for 'check-file' SFTP extension, making it possible to calculate hashes of remote files.
• File Server: Added FileServer.Settings.MaxIdleDuration and IgnoreKeepAlive to make it possible to easily force closure of idle sessions.
• File Server: Fixed a renegotiation issue that could lead to decryption error.
• File Server: Fixed FileServer.Stop() method to no longer faiil with 'The specified socket is already in use' error in rare scenarios.
• File Server: Fixed partial authentication message processing to ensure no authentication method is used twice during a single authentication session.
• File Server: Fixed reporting of writable permissions for read-only files.
• Mail: No longer throwing an exception when parsing invalid UUEncoded data.
• SMTP: Added workaround for a bug in .NET 4.0 which triggers an exception when sending email via SmtpDeliveryEngine.System with SmtpDeliveryMethod.PickupDirectory method if no host is specified.
• POP3: Improved handling of Exchange-style domain+login+mailbox usernames.
• IMAP: Improved handling of Exchange-style domain+login+mailbox usernames.
• IMAP: Added workaround for IMAP servers with incomplete COPYUID responses.
• Terminal: Added workaround to terminal Unbind method for SSH servers that don't properly respond to SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_CLOSE and caused the method to block until timed out.
• HTTP: Improved selection logic of client certificates in HttpRequest.ClientCertificates collection.
• HTTP: Added GetHeaders methods representing HEAD request to WebClient class.
• HTTP: Added missing ResponseHeaders property to WebClient class.
• Networking: Added missing 'buffer' argument check to some Send/Receive methods in ProxySocket/TlsSocket.
• Networking: Fixed unhandled ObjectDisposedException or misleading SocketException when ProxySocket.Connect aborted due to timeout.
• Networking: Fixed rare race condition in TLS and SSH internals.
• TLS: First release of Rebex TLS component.
• TLS Core: Fixed breaking changes in the behavior of seldom-used parts of TlsSocket API.
• TLS Core: Improved TLS logging.
• TLS Core: Added support for ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher suites to TLS 1.2.
• TLS Core: Fixed behavior of TlsSocket methods after Dispose has been called.
• TLS Core: Fixed behavior of TlsSocket.Shutdown.
• TLS Core: Improved argument checks in TlsSocket base class.
• SSH: Fixed possible deadlock during SSH renegotiation (client-side).
• SSH: Added a workaround for a bug introduced in OpenSSH 8.0 that rejects 'sender channel' numbers in the upper half of uint32 range.
• SSH: Added SshEncryptionMode.AEAD (to replace SshEncryptionMode.GCM).
• SSH: Added support for ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD cipher ('chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com') to SSH client.
• SSH: Added support for 'curve25519-sha256' key exchange cipher (equivalent to already-supported 'curve25519-sha256@libssh.org'). (Needs a plugin.)
• SSH: Enhanced performance of ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher ('chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com') in SSH client.
• SSH: Fixed possible deadlock in SSH client when processing incoming EOF packet while waiting for remote receive buffer size to increase.
• Cryptography: Added workaround for bad RSA/PSS signature algorithm identifiers with missing parameters.
• Cryptography: Enhanced 'Invalid key format' error message when loading a private key.
• Cryptography: Fixed serial number handling in CertificateIssuer to conform to RFC 5280 constraints.
• Cryptography: Added workaround for RSA signatures shorter than the key size.
• Cryptography: Fixed AsymmetricKeyAlgorithm.GetRawPublicKey() key format when RSA via MS CNG is in use (only supported on .NET Compact Framework 3.9).
• Cryptography: Enhanced error message when a Diffie-Hellman key that is too large is encountered.
• ZIP: Fixed an issue in GetItems() method that caused file system items with an unknown type to not be filtered according to the specified mask.
• ZIP: Fixed handling of symbolic link source paths in non-recursive multi-file operation.
• Common: Internal optimizations.

2019 R3.3 #

List of changes in build 7242 from 2019-10-29:

• SFTP: Improved behavior of stream-based PutFile methods with DisableProgressPercentage (stream length is no longer determined).
• FTP: Improved behavior of stream-based PutFile methods with DisableProgressPercentage (stream length is no longer determined).
• File Server: Enhanced handling of exceptions in custom events.
• File Server: Enhanced normalization of Windows-like paths (only applies to AcceptWindowsPaths option).
• File Server: Fixed timing out of not-yet-authenticated sessions.
• Mail: Added workaround for TNEF messages with invalid attachment media types.
• MIME: Added workaround for a mix of RFC 2231 and MIME-style parameter encoding.
• MSG: Fixed handling of end-of-line sequences in MSG properties.
• HTTP: Fixed port handling in HTTP session caching.
• HTTP: Fixed WebException.Status and Message for errors related to DNS resolving, proxies and TLS.
• SSH: Fixed ECDH via CNG on .NET Compact Framework 3.9.
• TLS Core: Enabled ECDH via CNG on .NET Compact Framework 3.9.
• TLS Core: Added TlsBulkCipherMode.AEAD (to replace TlsBulkCipherMode.GCM).
• TLS Core: Removed support for two legacy unsecure anonymous ciphers (DH_anon_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA and DH_anon_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5).
• Cryptography: Added PkcsBase.LoadSignedOrEnvelopedData method (a replacement for deprecated PkcsBase.Load).
• Cryptography: Optimized memory usage when loading CRLs from cache in the built-in custom certificate validator on .NET Compact Framework.
• WebSocket: Optimized operation with KeepAliveInterval of 0.
• Common: Fixed possible ArgumentOutOfRangeException in custom .NET Compact Framework thread pool.
• Common: Fixed possible crash on .NET Compact Framework 3.5 when SSPI single sign-on is attempted.
• SFTP: Added Settings.PreferInteractiveAuthentication option (prefer 'keyboard-interactive' to 'password' authentication).
• SCP: Added Settings.PreferInteractiveAuthentication option (prefer 'keyboard-interactive' to 'password' authentication).
• File Server: Added FileServerUser constructors that accept FileSystemProvider.
• File Server: More common forms of ungraceful session termination are no longer logged as errors at LogLevel.Error.
• Mail: Disabled Attachment.DisplayName normalization (only FileName should have been normalized).
• Mail: Enhanced TNEF (winmail.dat) parser to detect embedded resources.
• SSH Shell: Added Settings.PreferInteractiveAuthentication option (prefer 'keyboard-interactive' to 'password' authentication).
• SSH Shell: Added Ssh.StartSocksServer method (starts a local SOCKS5 proxy server that tunnels connections through SSH).
• Terminal: Fixed VirtualTerminal.SetScreenSize to notify the server.
• HTTP: Fixed an issue in cachable HTTP session detection that prevented sessions from being cached in some scenarios.
• SSH: Added SshGssApiCredentials.AccountName property to make it possible to specify an account name to be passed to the SSH server.
• SSH: Added workaround for legacy WS_FTP 7.x servers that encode long SSH packets improperly.
• SSH: Fixed SshChannel.SendEof method not to send EOF when channel has already been closed.
• Common: Optimized internal Task infrastructure on old .NET platforms.

2019 R3.1 #

List of changes in build 7174 from 2019-08-22:

• SFTP: Improved logging of single-item SSH_FXP_NAME responses.
• FTP: Added workaround for occasional '451 Transfer aborted' observed with Pure-FTPd and TLS 1.3.
• FTP: Added workaround for Pure-FTPd's nonconvencial responses.
• FTP: Enhanced PutFileUnique to be compatible with Pure-FTPd's STOU command response.
• FTP: Transfer aborting made compatible with Pure-FTPd.
• File Server: Enhanced log to include enumerated item count when directory has been enumerated.
• Telnet: Fixed occasional logging of multiple "Received 0 byte(s) of data" messages.
• Terminal: Added check which limits color indices received from server to 256 colors to prevent an exception.
• TLS Core: Modified TlsVersion.Any to only include TLS 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2.

2019 R3 #

This is the first legacy edition release and corresponds to mainstream edition 2019 R3.