MindTerm 2.4 released

maf@appgate.com maf@appgate.com
Thu Jul 10 14:45:02 2003


MindTerm version 2.4 is now available. A highlight of the changes
since 2.3.1 is:

  * Converted build process to ant
  * Improved documentation
  * Added counter-mode encryption
  * Lots of code cleanups and bugfixes.

Sources and binaries can be downloaded from
     http://www.appgate.com/mindterm

A more detailed list of changes is:
    o Removed dead classes
    o Fixed issue where rsa1-keys generated by MT was not compatible with
      other SSH1 implementations. MT also could not read keys generated by
      other SSH implementations.
    o Fixed bug, SSH2SFTPTransfer.copyRemote didn't handle null argument
      for RemoteFile correctly - reported by Bill Smith <bsmith@tridium.com>
    o JZlib updated to version 1.0.2
    o Fixed issue were the initial key exchange failed against the SSH
      included in Solaris 9
    o Better error message for illegal/missing integer properties
    o Added docs-directory which documents settings and applet usage 
    o Fixed null pointer exception when connecting with --d
    o Fixed problem where a new thread was left lying around after each use
      of the ftp to sftp bridge
    o Fixed scp filetransfer to ssh1-servers
    o Fixed problem when reading keys from Mozilla
    o Implemented support for DSA keys in Netscape keystores, PKCS#12 files 
      and X509 certificates
    o Fixed ASN.1 decoding bug
    o Added examples/SSH1Example.java that demonstrates how to set up SSH1 
      connections
    o Now only sends keepalive packets when there is no other traffic
    o Fixed various problems with threads being left after file transfers
    o Added support for counter mode encryption method
    o Implemented key reexchange when enough bytes have been sent
    o Only call netscape PrivilegeManager when running under Netscape Java
    o Improved javadocs
    o Converted build process to ant.

	/Martin
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Martin Forssen <maf@appgate.com>              Development Manager
Phone: +46 31 7744361                         AppGate Network Security AB