What's new in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.4.1
Apr 10, 2024
- Fixed a bug when UTF-8 is enabled in "Execute a program based on the action in a file" the passed parameter $real_path is not correct.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.4 (Feb 2, 2024)
- Add support for rsa-sha2-512 and rsa-sha2-256 for Server RSA keys signatures (RFC8332).
- Add error log rotation option.
- Add MSI (*.msi) installer in the download page.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.3.7 (Oct 24, 2023)
- Update the remote admin program with the testing if an IP is in allowed or deined list.
- Add missed error logs for SFTP when encountered some errors from Windows OS.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.3.6 (Feb 22, 2023)
- Fix a low risk SFTP vulnerability, when login failed，server responded differently for user not exist and exist.
- Fix a compatiable problem for NLST command.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.3.5 (Sep 19, 2022)
- Add an option to use file for IP allow/deny list, which allows unlimited number of IP allow/deny list. Each line of the file can only have one IP and its subnet mask.
- Add a test button in IP allow/deny dialog box to test if an IP will be allowed or blocked.
- Add a special option to disable shared file downloading. When enabled, a file can only be downloaded by a single connection at one time.
- Fix a speed bug when bandwidth limit is set for virtual server.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.3.2 (Jan 5, 2022)
- Fixed a bug that Disk quota unit for external authentication user default profile is not saved in config file.
- Fixed a bug that GUI will crash if over 255 characters is entered in user name of access control list .
- Auto create the folder if the folder set for log file does not exist.
- When "Force SSL" option is selected and server receives USER command. If client doesn't initiate encrypted channel before USER command, it will be disconnected immediately.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.3.1 (Oct 4, 2021)
- Fixed an issue that SFTP uploaded file is not immediately available because Windows OS locked this file before flushing OS file buffers to disk.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.3.0 (Aug 5, 2021)
- Fixed a UTF-8 file access bug, when file name containing different encoding from Windows default language.
- Change the failed logins option in IP auto-blocking so that you can set a time period to count failed attemps.
- Add option to write xferlog and session log in UTF-8 format.
- Remove the option "disable log to screen", which is not useful.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.2.8 (Jun 13, 2021)
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.2.7 (Jun 1, 2021)
- Add support for long path name over 260 characters.
- Fixed a problem 0 byte file is not logged in ODBC database file transfer log.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.2.5 (Mar 23, 2021)
- Support diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 and diffie-hellman-group14-sha256 as SSH key exchange methods.
- Add an option to change SSH software identification string.
- Change configuration files permission so that everyone group is not allowed to read.
- Increase user login IP range total entries limit from 16 to 32.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.2.0 (Feb 1, 2021)
- Put all language files under "lang" folder after install. User can switch language from right click Localization Menu.
- Fixed a few small bugs.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.1.7 (May 3, 2020)
- Fixed a home path permission bug of Default user profile when using with Active Directory.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.1.6 (Mar 14, 2020)
- Fixed a bug that create database table for logging file transfer failed for MS-SQL server.
- Fixed a few minor bugs.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.1.2 (May 9, 2019)
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.1 (Jan 15, 2019)
- Add support for importing RSA SSH2 host key more than 1024-bit.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.9.0 (Oct 18, 2018)
- Add option to use separate SSL certificate in virtual server.
- Fixed several GUI related bugs.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.9.1 (Jun 6, 2018)
- Fixed a bug that saved Xlight Main Windows position is displayed off the screen after reducing remote desktop display resolution.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.9 (Apr 30, 2018)
- Add a new column real_path in ODBC database file transfer log to record the real Windows path for transfered files. Existing users, who want to use this column, need to click "upgrade" button in ODBC file transfer settings to add this column to database table.
- Add two options "Force login using SSL" and "Force to use encrypted data connection" in FTP user settings.
- Save current Xlight FTP Main Windows postion when exitting.
- Fixed a bug that Admin Console sometimes cannot be showed when Xlight FTP running as system service.
- 3.8.8.6 (2017-12-11)
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.8.6 (Dec 11, 2017)
- Fixed a bug in SFTP for user disk space quotas.
- Fixed a bug in SFTP that user cannot remove folder after setting file allowed access.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.8.5 (Jun 16, 2017)
- Fixed a bug in selecting group size for SSH Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange
- Add support to select a program to execute after user logged in
- Fixed a GUI bug in UNC path impersonation
- On screen log will automatically scroll to the end
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.8 (Mar 13, 2017)
- Add GUI to allow the users to select SSH ciphers wanted.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.7.6 (Feb 13, 2017)
- Fixed a bug in FTP MLST format.
- Fixed a bug that the OK button of configuration dialog box cannot be seen in low resolution screen.
- Fixed a bug in maximum user upload file size.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.7.5 (Nov 14, 2016)
- Add AES-CTR cipher for SSH/SFTP.
- Fixed several minor GUI bugs.
- Change to static linked program executable and can now run alone without Visual C++ runtime dll.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.7 (Sep 26, 2016)
- Besides the base DN, add "other search DN" option for Active Directory Authentication.
- Allow character $ to be used in FTP user name.
- Make a few small changes to Active Directory user login debug messages
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.6.1 (Aug 2, 2016)
- Support float value for $file_size variable in email notification.
- Fixed a bug that group name can not be the same with a user name.
- Fixed a bug that entering SFTP license key needs to restart system service to activate.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.6 (Mar 30, 2016)
- Add SHA256 support for SSH transport of SFTP.
- Make a change so that when mapping a user's AD groups to local FTP groups in Active Directory Authentication, the user's Primary Group in the AD will be checked first, See detail about this change in tutorial document.
- Fixed a bug that when using other public key files list for SFTP public key authentication, only last public key file can work.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.5.3 (Feb 9, 2016)
- Fixed a bug where if a path is virtual path, the SFTP stat command will return "File not Found" error.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.5.2 (Jan 11, 2016)
- Fixed another compatible problem with WinSCP for SFTP version 6, when root virtual path is not set
- Add an option to let FTP NLST command return "226 Transfer complete" instead of "550 File Not Found" on empty folder
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.5.1 (Nov 18, 2015)
- Fixed a compatible problem with WinSCP for SFTP version 6.
- Allow SSH_FXP_LSTAT and SSH_FXP_STAT to run in virtual path with only LIST permission for compatible with some SFTP clients.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.5 (Oct 19, 2015)
- Add option to set Allowed Active Directory Groups.
- Fixed a bug in virtual path permission for SFTP/SSH2.
- Fixed several small bugs.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.3.6.2 (Mar 13, 2015)
- Fix a ASCII mode conversion problem for text file uploaded through TLS.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.3.6.1 (Feb 9, 2015)
- Fix a client compatible problem for SSL client authentication for TLS 1.2.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.3.6 (Dec 6, 2014)
- Fix a directory list bug in TLS 1.2.
- Fix a compatible problem in creating file transfer log in database for SQL server.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.3.5 (Nov 27, 2014)
- Add feature to write the current virtual server users connection detail to a file and update the file periodically.
- Add flags to support TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 for SCHANNEL. To use them, Xlight must run from Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 and above with Windows OS supporting TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2.
- Increase the limit of IP deny and allow list from 200 to 1000 for virtual server or global option.
- Fixed a bug in the path string when install Xlight as system service.
- Fixed a bug in displaying error log for remote administration client.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.3.1 (Sep 23, 2014)
- Add an new virtual server option to work with FTP client using Windows-style backslash in FTP path.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.3 (Jul 10, 2014)
- Fixed a memory leak problem with Active Directory.
- Enabled TCP_KEEPALIVE option to Active Directory connection
- Fixed a few bugs in disk quota.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.2.5 (Jun 10, 2014)
- Fix a SFTP/SSH2 compatible problem with cuteFTP 9.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.2 (Apr 22, 2014)
- Fixed the Xlight UPnP compatible problem with many home routers.
- Fixed a few bugs related to UPnP port forwarding when running FTP server behind home routers.
- Add TCP keepalive for FTP and SFTP/SSH2 control connection to detect dead peer connection.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.1 (Apr 5, 2014)
- Add support for multiple public key files for SFTP/SSH2 user public key authentication
- Add support for option to set home folder permission in default user profile of external authentication
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8.0.2 (Jan 9, 2014)
- Fixed two 64-bit binary crashing problems when access user detail or FTP session log from GUI windows.
- Fixed an inconsistent behaviour in user and server level IP deny list.
- Enabled TCP_KEEPALIVE option to LDAP connection to fix a problem that connection stays in CLOSE_WAIT state after closing.
- Add logging for SSH2_FXP_CLOSE command.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.8 (Aug 13, 2013)
- Add support for 64-bit binary for 64-bit platform
- Add support for using MB as the unit for disk quotas
- Add support for mapping AD primary group to local FTP group, when user logins through AD authentication
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.7.8 (Feb 15, 2013)
- Fixed a SFTP compatible issue with SmartFTP
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.7.7 (Dec 15, 2012)
- Add a new email notifcation event "OnWanIPChange" to notify user by email when the WAN IP beyond firewall is changed.
- Fixed a memory leak problem when mode z function is enabled.
- Fixed a bug that parameter $exclude_user does not work for OnLogin event of email notification.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.7.6 (Nov 5, 2012)
- Fixed a bug caused by port reuse when FTP server is behind firewall and set to use PASV port range with limited PASV ports.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.7.5 (Oct 1, 2012)
- Add the display for MD5 fingerprints of SSH host key in the server host key windows.
- Improve the function for install service from Global Option. The Xlight service will start automatically after installing service.
- Fixed a SMTP connection problem to Office 365 service for email notification.
- Fixed a bug in ASCII mode conversion.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.7.3 (Oct 1, 2012)
- Fixed a problem in importing SSH host key.
- Fixed a bug in user file access control.
- Fixed a possible server crash problem when option "Delete file and directory to Windows recycle bin" is selected.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.7.2 (Nov 14, 2011)
- Add two ASCII mode related options.
- Add option to show directory list output from FTP LIST command in IIS FTP or DOS DIR command output format.
- Fixed a bug in SFTP, where a file opened by the first user will prevent other users from sharing and downloading this file.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.7.1 (Sep 24, 2011)
- Fixed a SSH client compatiable problem when closing SSH channel.
- Fixed a FTP client compatiable problem when running LIST command with filename.
- Fixed a bug in the APPE command.
- Fixed a bug in the FTP session download/upload limit.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.7 (May 16, 2011)
- Add an option to enable SSH tunnel (Port Forwarding via direct-tcpip channel).
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.6.6 (Jan 17, 2011)
- Enhanced the right-click menu for Xlight Main GUI Window, add a new option "Localization" to allow loading language file.
- Fixed a crash issue when upload/download ratio and anti-leech protection are both enabled.
- Fixed a few bugs in the FTP SITE command and allow show SFTP/SSH2 user info from FTP SITE command.
- Fixed a $USERIP parameter bug for ODBC feature.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.6.5 (Nov 8, 2010)
- Add a server option to allow files or folders being deleted to Windows recycle bin.
- Add an option to allow set LDAP filter for limiting user search scope.
- In the email notification feature, two new variables "up_filelist" and "dwon_filelist" have been added to allow last 100 files uploaded or downloaded to be sent in the email content.
- Remote administration client has a new command line option "-autoconnect" for to allow auto connect to FTP server.
- Writing file transfer log to database feature has been enhanced to be more robust for the case when backend SQL server temperatorily out of service or shutdown.
- Fixed two small bugs in the email notification
- Fixed a small bug in the SITE command.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.6.2 (Aug 27, 2010)
- Add support for writing real virtual server statistics to file.
- When virtual path comes from external authentication, using %username% variable for associated real path is supported.
- When virtual path comes from external authentication, if associated real path does not exist when user logins, it will be created automatically.
- Fixed virtual path deletion bug in SFTP.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.6 (Jul 5, 2010)
- Add virtual server option "Set bandwidth by IP address range" to allow setting different bandwidth by different IP ranges.
- Fixed a path traversal bug for SFTP/SSH2.
New in Portable Xlight FTP Server 3.5.5 (May 17, 2010)
- Add support for sending log to Syslog server.
- Add support for FTP MFMT command.
- When upload file with SFTP, if the client doesn't set the file modification time, use current time as default time.
- Remove the maximum 30 groups limit when matching local FTP group with AD group.