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BarracudaDrive Changelog

What's new in BarracudaDrive 6.8.1

Aug 7, 2014
  • Email engine can now send HTML emails

New in BarracudaDrive 6.8 (Jul 9, 2014)

  • Various fixes and new core APIs

New in BarracudaDrive 6.7 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • New SSL (SharkSSL) stack with ECC support
  • XSS fixes

New in BarracudaDrive 6.5 (May 9, 2013)

  • Fixed internal miss configuration that could lead to the error message "413 Request Entity Too Large"
  • New XSS filter for the forum

New in BarracudaDrive 6.1 (Mar 25, 2013)

  • Bug fix in internal HTTP state machine. This bug was introduced in 6.0.
  • New Web File Manager icons.

New in BarracudaDrive 6.0 (Mar 25, 2013)

  • DRM (Digital Rights Management) removed:
  • The license manager was removed from the product. The product is now released under a dual license, one for commercial and one for non-commercial use.
  • Security improvements:
  • For extra security, a master password can now be set. The master password is used when encrypting/decrypting the authenticated user's password stored in the user.dat database.
  • Large File Mailer Improvements:
  • The file mailer can now be used for sending general mass email messages. Users in the file mailer database can also request to be permanently removed or change their profile.
  • Usability improvement: a "download now" button is shown instead of directly downloading the file when clicking a link in an email sent by the file mailer.
  • The password for password protected links is now cached for 20 minutes, thus making it easier to download multiple password protected files.
  • The following Web File Manager problems are now fixed:
  • The image pre-view could cause BarracudaDrive to consume too much memory on low memory devices such as the Raspberry Pi.
  • The image upload and scaling process and the Large File Mailer could prevent the Web File Manager from sending the response until the image scaling or sending SMTP messages completed. The problem was from an internal misconfiguration.
  • Fixed URL encoding in context menu: "Copy URL"
  • The following Photo Uploader problems in the CMS are now fixed:
  • The image scaling process could cause BarracudaDrive to consume too much memory on low memory devices such as the Raspberry Pi.
  • The following new values can be set in bd.conf
  • tracker=true|false -- Enable or disable the login tracker that bans users after tracker_maxlogin attempts. The default value is 'true'
  • tracker_maxlogin = number -- Set the maximum number of login attempts before banning user. The default value is 4.
  • tracker_bantime = number -- Set the ban time in seconds. The default value is 600 (10 mins)

New in BarracudaDrive 5.3 (Sep 10, 2012)

  • DDNS Updates:
  • New providers: ChangeIP.com and DNSdynamic.org.
  • NoIP: Can no longer use a secure connection due to a bug in NoIP.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Linux bug fix: Running external programs such as the BitTorrent or the
  • Cloud Backup could cause the server to hang.

New in BarracudaDrive 5.2 (Jun 27, 2012)

  • Improved documentation for using WebDAV from various operating systems/devices.
  • Improved configuration wizard.
  • New Lua virtual machine 5.2.1.
  • Various minor fixes.

New in BarracudaDrive 5.1 (May 10, 2012)

  • New Metaweblog API makes it possible for external blog editors to edit the CMS pages in addition to the blog.
  • Client SSL stack: SSL resumption bug fix.

New in BarracudaDrive 5.0 (Apr 17, 2012)

  • New keep-alive check in the MxTunnel protocol.
  • New internal (improved) Lua scripting engine.
  • A number of fixes for the CMS photo album manager.
  • Metaweblog fixes (now works with the ScribeFire blog editor)

New in BarracudaDrive 4.9 (Feb 18, 2012)

  • Includes a new tunnel server engine.
  • Now supports Microsoft Word's "publish to blog" feature.
  • Mandatory CMS "Facebook comments" upgrade, thus old comments will be lost.

New in BarracudaDrive 4.8 (Dec 5, 2011)

  • Tuning internal buffers

New in BarracudaDrive 4.7 (Nov 2, 2011)

  • WebDAV locks can now be managed via the Web File Manager.
  • Many small improvements.

New in BarracudaDrive 4.6.1 (Oct 3, 2011)

  • FileMailer improvements and various other improvements.

New in BarracudaDrive 4.6 (Aug 16, 2011)

  • New File Mailer. Email files to individuals or to contact list(s).
  • New Web File Manager photo preview engine.
  • Many small improvements.

New in BarracudaDrive 4.5.5 (Jun 8, 2011)

  • Bug fix for tiny zip files (deployed apps).

New in BarracudaDrive 4.5.4 (May 27, 2011)

  • Bug fix for tiny zip files (deployed apps).

New in BarracudaDrive 4.5.3 (May 27, 2011)

  • Users can now change the BarracudaDrive logo.
  • CMS and web file manager Improvements.

New in BarracudaDrive 4.5.2 (Apr 19, 2011)

  • Bug fix in the WebDAV lock management

New in BarracudaDrive 4.5.1 (Apr 19, 2011)

  • Bug fix in wfs constraints management

New in BarracudaDrive 4.5 (Feb 11, 2011)

  • The internal "Barracuda Embedded Web Server" now includes the new LSP plugin
  • Many minor improvements

New in BarracudaDrive 4.4.8 (Feb 11, 2011)

  • SSL stack now supports "TLS False Start", which is required by the Chrome browser

New in BarracudaDrive 4.4.7 (Feb 11, 2011)

  • Bug fix in database connection layer

New in BarracudaDrive 4.4.6 (Nov 5, 2010)

  • License manager is now very liberal.
  • UPnP and DDNS improvements.

New in BarracudaDrive 4.4.5 (Oct 22, 2010)

  • Categories and sub-menus added to the CMS engine.
  • Professional installation help integrated with the installation wizard.

New in BarracudaDrive 4.4.4 (Oct 22, 2010)

  • Improvements to the drag and drop feature in the Web File Manager.

New in BarracudaDrive 4.4.3 (Oct 22, 2010)

  • Auto compressing files being downloaded can now be disabled by deleting bd.lua.

New in BarracudaDrive 4.4.2 (Oct 22, 2010)

  • New theme for the CMS and internal management pages.

New in BarracudaDrive 4.4.1 (May 23, 2010)

  • SMTP (email) engine added

New in BarracudaDrive 4.2 (Sep 9, 2009)

  • The Web File Manager URI (originally /drive/) and the WebDAV server URI (originally /dav/) are now accessed using the same URI /fs/. The URI /fs/ is short for File Server.

New in BarracudaDrive 4.0.2 (May 19, 2009)

  • Modifications applied to the login for URI's starting with /fs/ to enable the WebDAV authentication to accept the faulty Microsoft WebDAV mini redirector client.

New in BarracudaDrive 4.0.1 (May 19, 2009)

  • Bug fix in WebDAV. User could not do PROPFIND.

New in BarracudaDrive 4.0 (May 19, 2009)

  • Changes in BD:
  • The Web File Manager URI (originally /drive/) and the WebDAV server URI (originally /dav/) are now accessed using the same URI /fs/. The URI /fs/ is short for File Server.
  • The content on the Menu page and the "Hard Drive" page have been improved and the pages are now easier to use.
  • Improvements to the Installation Wizard:
  • The Wizard is now easier to use.
  • The UPnP detection and automatic port mapping has been improved.
  • Improvements to the Content Management System (CMS):
  • The CMS themes are now detached from cms.zip and moved to a separate directory. The change makes it easier to modify existing themes and make new themes.
  • Pages in the CMS can now execute Lua code.
  • General Improvements:
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in BarracudaDrive 3.9.1 (Jun 4, 2008)

  • New Content Management System with lots of cool themes.
  • New Electronic Bulletin Board with integrated RSS feed.
  • Automatically configures the network using UPnP, and includes a dynamic DNS client that keeps your domain name working if you have a varying IP address -- i.e. a dynamic WAN IP address.

New in BarracudaDrive 3.9 Beta 1 (Mar 6, 2008)

  • New Contact Management (CMS) plugin
  • New Electronic Bulletin Board (forum)

New in BarracudaDrive 3.2 (Oct 18, 2006)

  • New Server Side Scripting Language