HTML Guardian Changelog

What's new in HTML Guardian 7.9.1

• Security and encryption:
• The entire security core (the CodeAnalyzer™ engine, Encryption and Debugging engines and the Security auditor) has been almost completely rewritten and optimized.
• Added many new encryption algorithms, and the existing ones were improved.
• More precise selection of encryption algorithms.
• Most encryption algorithms now not only encrypt the source code but also compress it at the same time, using a zip-like compression. This may reduce the size of the encrypted file up to 75%, which results in a better user experience due to the much faster page loading and reduces the amount of downloaded data (traffic).
• Optimization of the encrypted source for a given host server.
• It's possible to perform an integral source code analysis and an integral security and performance audit when encrypting a folder or a site.
• Much improved pre-encryption code clean-up and optimization.
• Image protection:
• ImageGuardian now remembers which images were protected. Re-encrypting a file does not require re-uploading of the protected images anymore.
• When you re-encrypt a file, the ImageGuardian detects new and modified images and re-protects only them.
• The new protected images manager module provides an easy way to manage the already protected images.
• The new 'generate script loader' feature makes easier displaying protected images in dynamically generated files and manipulating them through scripts.
• A new feature to disable the browser image cache through asp or php.
• Optimized encrypted code for loading the protected images.
• Profiles:
• Profiles were greatly improved. Now you can store all the program's configuration settings to a profile, without exception.
• Loading a new profile requires just one or two clicks, and the new settings become effective immediately.
• Profiles can be attached to files, to ensure certain file will be always protected with the same settings.
• Profiles can be attached to the files defined in file lists and sites.
• Profiles can be loaded automatically using Filters.
• Filters:
• Filters are a completely new feature in version 7 which makes possible the complete automation of the encryption process.
• Using filters, you can automatically apply predefined security policies to different files, based on file content, name, type, date etc.
• It's possible to use regular expressions when defining filter conditions.
• Filters are an invaluable tool in a corporate environment where hundreds or sometimes even thousands of files has to be secured daily. Although it takes some time to set and test them, filters provide a convenient way to maintain small business and personal websites as well.
• General program improvements:
• Better, easier to use interface.
• Greatly improved secured content management - HTML Guardian can only update already encrypted folders, file lists and sites, or re-encrypt them completely. New and modified files are detected automatically in update mode.
• Redesigned folder encryption, FileList Manager and Site Manager interface.
• You can perform source code find/replace operations before the encryption (using regular expressions) and after the encryption. This makes possible to generate different sets of secure content from the same source.
• Ultra-strong password protection:
• The ultra-strong password protection utility was improved. Now the new decryption algorithm causes very small (in the milliseconds range, invisible for the user) delays in the decryption process. This makes any attempts for brute-force cracking the ultra-strong protected files completely useless, even for short and weak passwords.
• Command line usage:
• The command line usage support was greatly improved. Now in command line mode it's possible to encrypt a file, folder, file list or a site exactly the same way as from the user interface.
• Help and documentation:
• Last but not least, version 7 has a much better help system. Although the interface is intuitive and about 85% of the features are self-explanatory, using a highly sophisticated product like HTML Guardian requires a comprehensive and extensive documentation in order to take advantage of the most advanced features.
• Version 7 help is context-sensitive, much more informative and better searchable.