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Version 5.2

Oct. 8, 2008

 

Enhancement: Added showKeyFingerprintDialog option to enable/disable whether server key fingerprint dialog is displayed when connecting to SFTP servers.

Enhancement: Improved performance of FTPS directory transfers.

Change: Updated HTML and Java code to require Java Plugin 1.5 and above.

Bug Fix: Fixed issue with connecting to SFTP servers where strong cipher was used and unlimited jurisdiction policy files were not installed.

 

Version 5.1

Aug. 4, 2008

 

Enhancement: Added showConnectLocalDir option to enable/disable whether Local directory field is displayed in Connect dialog.

Enhancement: Added showConnectRemoteDir option to enable/disable whether Remote directory field is displayed in Connect dialog.

Enhancement: Added showConnectDebug option to enable/disable whether Debug field is displayed in Connect dialog.

Bug Fix: Fixed issue with caching SSH certificate fingerprint when connecting to SFTP server.

Bug Fix: Fixed compression issue experienced when using FTP protocol.

 

Version 5.0

Jun. 12, 2008

 

Enhancement: Modified verification certificate dialog for FTP/S and included the option to save the certificate information.

Enhancement: Modified Site Manager dialog to become more intuitive.

Update: Resigned applet with new code-signing certificate.

Bug Fix: Fixed issue in FTP protocol where server returned an error in response to data transfer command and did not open data channel.

 

Version 4.9.0

Mar. 4, 2008

 

Enhancement: Added a host key verification dialog when user is trying to connect using SFTP protocol.

Enhancement: Modified Date column in Local Directory and Remote Directory to show date and time in the same column.

 

Version 4.8.0

Feb. 5, 2008

 

Enhancement: Added support for modal dialog in applet so that it always stays on top while file transfer is in progress.

 

Version 4.7

Dec. 31, 2007

 

Enhancement: Added debug field to connection properties.

Bug Fix: Fixed drive sorting issue in browse local dialog.

Bug Fix: Fixed background color issue in toolbar.

 

Version 4.6.0

Dec. 12, 2007

 

Enhancement: Added transferEncoding applet parameter to set encoding used for filenames.

Enhancement: Added useExtendedDirectoryListing parameter to force client to use LIST -a command instead of default LIST command.

 

Version 4.5.0

Nov. 30, 2007

 

Enhancement: Added abilty to connect using a private key with SFTP protocol.

Enhancement: Added ability to support additional ciphers with SFTP protocol.

Bug Fix: Fixed progress bar issue experienced with WebDAV protocol.

Bug Fix: Fixed random disconnect issue experienced when uploading large recursive directories using WebDAV protocol.

 

Version 4.4.0

Nov. 9, 2007

 

Enhancement: Added additional information to progress bar such as transfer speed, time elapsed and time remaining.

Enhancement: Improved performance of progress bar, especially for large number of small file transfers.

 

Version 4.3.0

Oct. 29, 2007

 

Enhancement: Added support for both HTTP and SOCKS5 proxy.

Enhancement: Added site manager for applet.

Enhancement: Added support for showing Mac OS X volumes as drives in applet.

Enhancement: Added abilty to specify local and remote directory listing table height.

Enhancement: Changed behavior in applet so that when uploading a file or directory using Zip Upload feature that default name used incorporates file or directory name.

Bug Fix: Fixed issue with user.desktop variable when used in non-English operating systems.

 

Version 4.2.0

Aug. 21, 2007

 

Enhancement: Changed default local directory to be users default home directory according to the operating system and added link back to this directory in "Browse local" dialog.

Enhancement: Added client support for MODE Z command in order to compress file transfers and directory listings if supported by server.  This feature can be enabled using the enableCompression applet parameter. 

Enhancement: Added "Zip Upload" feature which allows you to compress one or more local files/directories into a single archive before uploading to server. 

 

Version 4.0

May 30, 2007

 

Enhancement: Added support for WebDAV file transfer protocol.

Enhancement: Added retryLimit parameter which controls how many times a file transfer will be retried in the event of failure.

Enhancement: Added performChecksum parameter which controls whether checksums are performed when using FTP/S protocols.

Enhancement: Added natAddress parameter which controls the NAT address used when connecting using FTP/S protocols.

Enhancement: Improved loading of language.txt file in that if language.txt file cannot be found a default version that is embedded in JAR will be used.

 

Version 3.0.4

Jan. 9, 2007

 

Enhancement: Added showRemote parameter which alllows you to enable/disable showing the remote directory listing.

Enhancement: Added tempExtension parameter which allows you to define a temporary extension that will be used when uploading files.  Files will be renamed after upload is completed.

Enhancement: Added certificate dialog to be displayed when connecting to an FTPS enabled server.  Whether the certificate dialog is displayed may be controlled using the showCertificateDialog applet parameter.

 

Version 3.0.3

Dec. 15, 2006

 

Enhancement: Added showGrid parameter that may be used to enable/disable the grid lines shown in local and remote directory listings.

Enhancement: Added showHorizonalLines parameter that may be used to enable/disable the horizontal grid lines shown in local and remote directory listings.

Enhancement: Added showVerticalLines parameter that may be used to enable/disable the vertical grid lines shown in local and remote directory listings.

Bug Fix: Fixed ASCII file transfer performance issue.

Bug Fix: Fixed issue with enableDownload and enableUpload parameters.

 

Version 3.0.2

Oct. 27, 2006

 

Enhancement: Message windows is now cleared when connection is successfully established.

Bug Fix: Fixed issue with applet repeatedly polling unavailable drives.

 

Version 3.0.1

Oct. 24, 2006

 

Bug Fix: Fixed bug in directory listing parser for servers that support MLSD command.

 

Version 3.0

Oct. 1, 2006

 

Enhancement: GUI revamped and updated to use Swing components.

Enhancement: Added support for drag-drop file transfers.

Enhancement: Added support for date/filesize in both local and remote directory listings.

 

Version 2.6

Jul. 1, 2006

 

Enhancement: Improved transfer speed for SFTP (FTP over SSH) protocol.

Enhancement: Added ability to clear control channel using CCC command when establishing an explicit FTPS (FTP over SSL) connection.  See the ccc and cccClose commands in Using Secure FTP Applet > Connection Parameters for details.

Bug Fix: Fixed issue with dialog windows not closing when clicking close button in upper right hand corner.

Bug Fix: Fixed issue with applet hanging when trying to upload a file to a directory without proper permissions in FTPS mode.

 

Version 2.5

Aug. 1, 2005

 

Bug Fix: Various bug fixes

 

Version 2.1

 

Apr. 14 , 2005

 

Enhancement - Added abilty to specify location of parameters file. See params applet parameter.

 

Version 2.0

 

Mar. 3 , 2005

 

Enhancement - Added ASCII file transfer support for SFTP (FTP over SSH) protocol

Enhancement - Added FTPS (FTP over SSL) connection support

Fix - Fixed issue parsing some UNIX FTP directory listings

 

Version 1.6

 

Sep. 8 , 2004

 

Enhancement - Added special user.desktop value that may be passed to localDir applet parameter in order to specify the local directory as the desktop.

 

Version 1.5

 

Aug. 23, 2004

 

Enhancement - Added showCurrentRemoteDir applet parameter allowing you to hide the current remote directory path.

Enhancement - Added ZLIB compression support for improved file transfer performance.

Fix - Fixed handling of SFTP directory listings on VanDyke VShell SFTP server.

 

Version 1.4

 

Jun. 9, 2004

 

Enhancement - Added ability to define runtime properties in a file, hiding applet parameters from view in HTML source.

Enhancement - Major performance enhancement to SFTP/SSH downloads.

 

Version 1.3

 

May. 13, 2004

 

Enhancement - Added support to browse local volumes.

Enhancement - Added support to browse recent local remote directories.

 

Version 1.2

 

Apr. 27, 2004

 

Enhancement - Local directory listings are now sorted alphabetically.

Enhancement - Added loginErrorUrl parameter to specify page to redirect to in the event of a login error.

Fix - Fixed file upload bug found when overwriting files where source file is smaller in size than destination file.

 

Version 1.1

 

Apr. 08, 2004

 

Enhancement - Added SOCKS proxy support.

Enhancement - Added ability to exclude remote directories from display. See remoteDirs applet parameter.

Enhancement - Added ability to limit remote directories displayed. See remoteDirs applet parameter.

 

Initial Release

 

Mar. 01 2004