What's new in AbsoluteTelnet 12.16
Apr 4, 2024
- FIX for SSH agent forwarding that was failing on some servers that had implemented unrecognized agent extensions
- FIX for ASCII file transfer over SFTP that was truncating characters
- FIX for zmodem transfer crash when selecting large numbers of files
- FIX for unexpected crash on startup
- Strict KEX to prevent Terrapin vulnerability
- OpenSSH ETM Macs
- SHA2 signatures for authentication keys
- shell exec options for things like shell execution at sourceforge (https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/Shell%20Service/#access)
- Numerous bug fixes and adjustments
New in AbsoluteTelnet 12.15 (Mar 21, 2024)
- FIX for SSH agent forwarding that was failing on some servers that had implemented unrecognized agent extensions
- FIX for ASCII file transfer over SFTP that was truncating characters
- FIX for zmodem transfer crash when selecting large numbers of files
- Strict KEX to prevent Terrapin vulnerability
- OpenSSH ETM Macs
- SHA2 signatures for authentication keys
- shell exec options for things like shell execution at sourceforge (https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/Shell%20Service/#access)
- Numerous bug fixes and adjustments
New in AbsoluteTelnet 12.14 (Feb 23, 2024)
- FIX for SSH agent forwarding that was breaking on some servers without any error or explanation
- FIX for ASCII file transfer over SFTP that was truncating some characters
- FIX for ZMODEM crash when selecting large numbers of files
- Strict KEX to prevent Terrapin vulnerability (See TERRAPIN)
- Increased compatibility with newer Cisco switches
- Support for SHA2 in authentication keys, plus RFC-8308 support so we know when to use them.
- Around Openssh 8.8, default behavior is to stop supporting SHA1 signatures in authentication by default, so this is required moving forward.
- Support for OpenSSH ETM MACs
- Numerous bug fixes and subtle improvements
- Fixes problem introduced in 11.41 'classic' interface
- Fix for port forwarding bug introduced in 11.39
New in AbsoluteTelnet 12.13 (Feb 12, 2024)
- FIX for SSH agent forwarding that was failing on some servers that had implemented unrecognized agent extensions
- FIX for ASCII file transfer over SFTP that was truncating characters
- Strict KEX to prevent Terrapin vulnerability
- OpenSSH ETM Macs
- SHA2 signatures for authentication keys
- shell exec options for things like shell execution at sourceforge (https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/Shell%20Service/#access)
- Numerous bug fixes and adjustments
New in AbsoluteTelnet 7.21 (May 5, 2009)
- Added support for ssh-style password change. (RFC4252)
- Fix X11 forwarding when multiple tabs are open.
New in AbsoluteTelnet 7.18 (May 5, 2009)
- AbsoluteTelnet/SSH version 7 and above now use a FIPS 140-2 certified cryptography library for all SSH2 communications.
- Tabs are now dockable.
- Scripting is now available using the VBScript scripting language.
- Added URL highlighting and hot-linking
- Added scrollback search on toolbar
- Added HTTP proxy as proxy option.
New in AbsoluteTelnet 6.28 (May 22, 2008)
- Add new legacy character set translations (CP850, CP852, CP855, CP857)
- SFTP now honors the download directory setting in the Options->Properties->Transfer tab as the initial directory for the SFTP dialog
- Change screen resize methods so you don't lose the cursor off the bottom of the screen when you resize the window or switch between maximized/restored state
- Fixed bug in the tabbed interface when the tabs span multiple lines
- Fixed bug that corrupted the display under certain low memory conditions
- Fixed crash when you shutdown the app
- Fixed dialup so that it selects the proper dialup device
- Add updates to make in run in Win98 and above
New in AbsoluteTelnet 6.12 (Mar 12, 2008)
- Fixed an issue where the bell was sounding when it shouldn't
- Fixed toolbar on Pocket PC so that the connect/disconnect buttons are visible again
- Fixed ZModem so that the shell prompt is correctly displayed following a transfer
- Fixed ZModem so that window focus is restored to the command line following a transfer
- Enhance double-buffering by attempting to allocate the background drawing buffer with CreateDIBSection when CreateCompatibleBitmap fails.
- Change the way focus is maintained when navigating from tab to tab. Doing this the wrong way was causing Absolute to become out of sync with the selected language in the Windows language bar status window.
- Fix xmodem-send (broken in version 5)
- Fix crash that can be caused by improperly loading a keymap
- Re-enable drag/drop file transfer for zmodem
- Fixed resource leak
New in AbsoluteTelnet 5.49 (Jul 11, 2007)
- Added support for additional UI languages (German, French, Russian, Norweigan, Portuguese, Hungarian) to add to the existing ones (English, Chinese simplified)
- Pocket PC version now in Beta. Pocket PC now supports telnet, ssh1, and ssh2 connections using publickey or password authentication.
- Added option to passthru printing to allow printing to a serial port. While most useful on Pocket PC, this option can also be used on the PC if necessary. This option includes the ability to do bidirectional communication on the serial port to allow host applications to read from devices that may have built-in barcode scanners or mag-stripe readers.
- Added RFC2782 compliant SRV record lookup to augment DNS resolution
- Added an option to allow the user to pick how to populate the username field. Choices are to use the Windows username, last-used username, or leave blank.
- Enhanced support for Unicode data to include surrogates, Arabic shaping, and characters outside of the BMP, including those needed for GB18030 encoding
- Added support for Unicode 5.0
- Changed the way the default Asian font is selected
- Changed the way screen resizing is handled to prevent loss of data on tabs that are not the foreground tab.
- Fixed a bug in passthru printing
- Fixed GB18030 parsing to handle the 4-byte sequences
- Fixed a bug in SSH1 where certain error messages were not being displayed when necessary
- Fixed SCOANSI emulation bug
- Fixed a problem with telnet option negotiation
- Fixed a problem where a restricted Windows user would be prompted to set the default telnet or ssh client every time they run the program, regardless of their answer to the prompt.
New in AbsoluteTelnet 4.51 (Apr 18, 2006)
- Add smartcard authentication
- Add authentication agent forwarding for smartcard and file-based RSA authentication
- Add bubble-help with option to disable.
- Add code for localization of UI.
- Add first localized UI (Simplified Chinese)
- Add support for COM Ports > 9 for all platforms
- Add variable scrollback size
- Add support for CTRL-F? function keys in Wyse60 emulation.
- Add GB18030 character set translation
- Allow unlimited number of files to be sent using file transfer on XP, 2000, NT, and 2003
- Convert filename character set according to current translation settings when sending and receiving file from host.
- Update installer to prompt for language
- Update installer to allow install by non-priveledged user
- fix bug in ANSIBBS terminal mode
- fix compatibility problem with VMS.
- Allow multiple passthrough prints to coallesce into one print job when using 'direct to printer'
- Don't try to set tty modes. It's not necessary in most cases and causes problems in some.
- Add print setup dialog
- Replace print dialog with Windows standard one
- Add separate font selections for Asian and non-asian characters
- Added input translation of carriage returns and linefeeds.
- Fixed a WYSE60 emulation bug
- Fixed WYSE60 caret display
- Fixed WYSE60 key mappings
- Fixed icon displayed in alt-tab dialog
- Fixed icon displayed in connection file shortcuts
- Fixed an xterm emulation bug related to saving and restoring cursor position
- Fixed MRU list on win95
- Fixed a SCOANSI bug when clearing screen
- Fixed crash caused by trial-period management code.