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Portecle Changelog

What's new in Portecle 1.11

Dec 13, 2017
  • Enhancements:
  • Add support for BCFKS keystores (#48).
  • Support setting Subject Alternative (DNS) Name when generating certificates (feature request #22).
  • Preserve extensions when renewing self-signed certificates.
  • Recognition for some additional certificate extension values.
  • Link fixes and updates to use HTTPS in documentation and UI.
  • Remove link to decommissioned project mailing lists.
  • Update AppStream metadata and desktop entry files to current standards.
  • New icons and OS X icon image support (Martin W. Kirst, #47).
  • New alt[1-3] icon sets (Luya Tshimbalanga).
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix exception when opening the PKCS#11 provider selection dialog.
  • Fix exception with nulls when rendering key store and extensions tables.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Generated X.509 certificates are now version 3 ones.
  • Bundled Bouncy Castle jars upgraded to version 1.58; 1.56 is the new minimum required version.

New in Portecle 1.10 (Apr 8, 2016)

  • Enhancements:
  • Support SNI in SSL/TLS connections
  • Recognition for some additional certificate extension values
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Bundled Bouncy Castle jars upgraded to version 1.54

New in Portecle 1.9 (Apr 8, 2016)

  • Enhancements:
  • Make SHA256withRSA the default for new RSA key pairs.
  • Drop hardwired upper key size limit for generated DSA keys.
  • Allow key pair generation using SHA384withDSA and SHA512withDSA.
  • AppData XML and desktop entry updates.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix MissingResourceException saving BKS-V1 keystores (bug #20).
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Bundled Bouncy Castle jars upgraded to version 1.52; 1.51 is the new minimum required version.

New in Portecle 1.8 (Jan 14, 2014)

  • Enhancements:
  • Add support for BKS-V1 keystores (thanks to Jan Peter Stotz, #3)
  • Command line arg that looks like host:port opens SSL/TLS connection dialog
  • Finnish translation (incomplete)
  • Bug fixes:
  • E-mail address validation no longer rejects certain addresses (#3609743)
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Java SE 7 or later is now required
  • Bundled Bouncy Castle jars upgraded to version 1.50 which is also the new minimum required version

New in Portecle 1.7 (Jan 14, 2014)

  • Enhancements:
  • Certificate extension rendering improvements
  • Miscellaneous user interface improvements
  • Recognition for some additional certificate extension values
  • Documentation updates
  • Bug fixes:
  • Unknown key sizes no longer prevent viewing certificates or generating key store reports
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Portecle is now available through Java Web Start at http://portecle.sourceforge.net/webstart/portecle.jnlp
  • Default for newly generated RSA keys is now 2048 bits

New in Portecle 1.6 (Jan 14, 2014)

  • New features:
  • Support for dragging and dropping files to the main window
  • Enhancements:
  • Certificate extension rendering improvements
  • Miscellaneous user interface improvements
  • Error logging improvements
  • Don't refuse to start with unrecognized JRE versions
  • Try to avoid file chooser delays on Windows (#3129497)
  • Bug fixes:
  • Swing event dispatch thread related fixes (#3129497)
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Bundled Bouncy Castle provider jar upgraded to version 1.45

New in Portecle 1.5 (May 19, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Recognition and decoding support for some additional certificate
  • extensions.
  • Support for DSA certificates using the SHA224withDSA, SHA256withDSA,
  • SHA384withDSA, and SHA512withDSA sinature algorithms.
  • In addition to keystores, certificates, CRL's and CSR's can now be
  • passed as command line arguments.
  • Enhancements:
  • Improved import of trusted certificates from PEM files containing also
  • password protected keys.
  • Make Esc key close more dialog boxes.
  • Certificate extension rendering improvements.
  • Other user interface improvements.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix reversed logic whether to enable changing password of a keystore entry
  • (#2831542).
  • Fix ClassCastException when displaying directory general names with Bouncy
  • Castle >= 1.43.
  • Fix display of CRLs that have no next update date.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Bundled Bouncy Castle provider jar upgraded to version 1.44; 1.43 is the
  • new minimum required version.

New in Portecle 1.4 (May 19, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Support for importing key pairs from OpenSSL PEM bundles.
  • Support for encrypting private key in PEM export.
  • Recognition and decoding support for some additional certificate
  • extensions.
  • Experimental: support for renewing self signed certificates.
  • Enhancements:
  • Significant user interface improvements, including among others use of
  • Java Desktop API to launch browsers and mail clients, more and improved
  • default values in forms, and improved extension viewer dialog with hyperlink
  • support for other resources in them (CRLs, certificates etc).
  • Support changing look and feel without restarting the app.
  • Support online help not bundled in jar (set helpbaseurl at build time).
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix problem with examining certificates from OpenSSL PEM bundles in
  • certain security provider configurations.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Java SE 6 or later is now required.
  • Bundled Bouncy Castle provider jar upgraded to 1.41.
  • Removed built in support code for additional external look and feels;
  • users who want them can have a look at Java's built in facilities for
  • installing them.

New in Portecle 1.3 (May 19, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Support for deleting key-only keystore entries.
  • Support for cloning certificate keystore entries.
  • Support for case sensitive JKS keystores.
  • Support for RSA certificates using the RIPEMD128withRSA and
  • RIPEMD256withRSA signature algorithms.
  • Enhancements:
  • Add "cacerts" to list of filenames to accept when selecting JKS
  • keystores.
  • Use xdg-open for opening URLs on non-Windows/Mac platforms.
  • http://portland.freedesktop.org/wiki/XdgUtils
  • Include Freedesktop.org menu entry.
  • Allow per entry selection of overwritten entries in keystore conversion.
  • Spelling fixes.
  • Bug fixes:
  • When overwriting an existing entry while creating a new key pair, cloning
  • an existing one, or importing one, canceling the operation when asked for
  • a password for the new entry would already have deleted the entry that was
  • about to be overwritten.
  • Closing various confirmation dialog windows without clicking any of the
  • regular option buttons had the same effect as clicking "Yes".
  • Fix dialog thread deadlock issues.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Do not make any internal assumptions about keystore alias case sensitivity.
  • Bundled Bouncy Castle provider jar upgraded to 1.38, which is also the
  • new minimum required version. This makes treatment of PKCS#12 keystore
  • aliases case insensitive.

New in Portecle 1.2 (May 19, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Support for exporting keys+chains as OpenSSL-style PEM bundles (#1388213).
  • Support for examining certification requests.
  • Load GNU Classpath (>= 0.90) security providers if installed; if they are,
  • support also GNU Keyring keystores.
  • Recognition and decoding support for some additional certificate
  • extensions.
  • Enhancements:
  • Spelling fixes.
  • Support for entry alias case sensitivity in keystores where applicable.
  • User interface improvements, including better default values etc.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Bundled Bouncy Castle provider jar upgraded to 1.34.
  • Some workarounds for running with GNU Classpath, not fully working yet.

New in Portecle 1.1 (May 19, 2010)

  • Enhancements:
  • Internal upper limit of 2048 bits for RSA keys has been removed. The
  • upper limit is now dependent on the installed security providers; in
  • practice > 2048 bit RSA keys are supported on Java 1.5 and later.
  • Bouncy Castle provider version is checked at startup.
  • Error handling improvements.
  • Minor user interface improvements here and there.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Bundled Bouncy Castle provider jar upgraded to 1.29.

New in Portecle 1.0 (May 19, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Support for RSA certificates using the SHA224withRSA, SHA256withRSA,
  • SHA384withRSA, SHA512withRSA, and RIPEMD160withRSA signature algorithms.
  • Recognition of Elliptic Curve DSA keys.
  • Recognition and decoding support for some additional certificate
  • extensions.
  • Enhancements:
  • Minor user interface improvements here and there.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Bundled Bouncy Castle provider jar upgraded to 1.27, version 1.26 or
  • later is now required.

New in Portecle 0.9 (May 19, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Recognition and decoding support for lots of additional certificate
  • extensions.
  • Implemented examining certificates directly from SSL/TLS connections.
  • Limited support for reading OpenSSL PEM formatted certificate bundles,
  • and other PEM formatted things that include non-certificate content.
  • Support exporting/importing and examinining certification paths in
  • PkiPath format.
  • Experimental: very basic support for Sun's PKCS #15 Provider in J2SE 5.
  • Enhancements:
  • Use the Java Preferences API for handling application preferences.
  • HOME/portecle.properties is no longer used.
  • J2SE 5 support.
  • Minor UI improvements here and there.
  • Experimental: support changing look and feel without restarting the app.
  • Documentation is now valid HTML 4.01 Strict.
  • Build system improvements.
  • Eliminate dead code and optimize images for smaller download size.
  • Lots of code cleanups.
  • Minor optimizations.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Typo and spelling fixes in documentation and UI.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Requires Bouncy Castle provider version 1.25 or later.
  • Mozilla is the browser to launch on Linux systems.
  • Added PNG version of the icon.
  • KeyTool GUI -> Portecle and net.sf.portecle renaming complete.
  • Project home page moved to http://portecle.sourceforge.net/