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 +===== [[5.8.1]] 5.8.1 beta =====
 +=== 2016-01-20 ===
 +  * SSH core and private key tools (PuTTYgen and Pageant) upgraded to [[&url(puttywishlist)|the latest development snapshot of PuTTY]] (2015-12-22, commit 51465fa). It brings following changes:
 +    * Support for ChaCha20-Poly1305 authenticated encryption. [[pbug>chacha20-poly1305]]
 +    * Support for Curve25519 key exchange. [[pbug>curve25519]]
 +    * Support for ECDSA keys in PuTTY and PuTTYgen. [[bug>1390]] [[pbug>ecdsa]]
 +    * Support for Ed25519 user and host keys. [[pbug>ed25519]]
 +    * WinSCP prefers host-key types it already has cached or configured (in scripting). [[pbug>hostkey-prefer-cached]]
 +    * Support for OpenSSH encrypt-then-MAC scheme. [[pbug>encrypt-then-mac]]
 +    * Support using public-only key files.
 +    * Support for OpenSSH's new key format.
 +  * Support for DER encoded binary certificates. [[bug>1388]]
 +  * Correcting DST adjustments of FTP timestamps by IIS FTP server. [[bug>1380]]
 +  * Dual code signing binaries with both SHA-1 and SHA-256.
 +  * Improvements to code/script generation:
 +    * Syntax highlighting for generated code.
 +    * Command-line switches, script commands and their switches, and .NET assembly classes, methods and properties in generated code link to online documentation.
 +    * Warning when a server hostkey is not known when generating a code.
 +    * Not including the ''/console'' switch in a generated command-line.
 +    * Separate display for an executable path, when generating a command-line.
 +    * Using ''#'' for comments as on the Wiki.
 +    * Made it obvious that a path to log file in generated code needs to be set to a real writable path. [[bug>1391]]
 +  * Installer upgraded to Inno Setup 5.5.8.
 +    * A //Welcome Screen// has been removed.
 +  * Using actual system language name on About dialog if the name is not provided by a (uncomplete) translation.
 +  * Closing application when Login dialog opened after handling URL with "save" extension is canceled.
 +  * Change: Deprecating ''Session.IniFilePath'' in favor of ''Session.AddRawConfiguration''.
 +  * Prolonging countdown only after mouse moves substantially over message box with "timeout" button. [[bug>1386]]
 +  * More user-friendly error message when a wrong passphrase is used for a client certificate.
 +  * When a passphrase for a client certificate is not provided, the authentication continues.
 +  * Identifying as WinSCP (including version) in FTP ''CLNT'' command
 +  * Sending FTP ''CLNT'' command even to FileZilla FTP server.
 +  * Smarter merging of new encryption and KEX algorithms to existing preference lists.
 +  * Change: Not allowing SSH-1 by default.
 +  * Moving SSH-1-only options to less prominent positions on Advanced Site Settings dialog and removing SSH-2-only designations of session options.
 +  * Refreshing download link when automatic update fails.
 +  * Closing update window after displaying error message for automatic update.
 +  * Bug fix: When opening ''%%ssh://%%'' URL in PuTTY or handling URL with a save extension, a main window was opened.
 +  * Bug fix: Missing help link for //Internal Editor page// of Preferences dialog.
 +  * Bug fix: ''Alt+D'' and ''Ctrl+L'' keyboard shortcuts on Commander interface in Location profiles bookmark mode do not focus the //Local directory// box, when a local panel has focus.
 +  * Bug fix: //Script// and //.NET assembly code// tabs were not hidden on Generate file URL dialog.
 +  * Bug fix: Timeout when uploading to FTP over TLS and proxy when the FTP server responds with ''1xy'' before proxy connection is processed. [[bug>1381]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when displaying hint on color menu. [[bug>1382]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when transferring files from command-line. [[bug>1383]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure on exit.
 +  * Bug fix: Wrong background color of some progress windows parts when system themes are disabled. [[bug>1384]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when displaying hint on floating toolbar. [[bug>1385]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when connecting using FTP with empty password. [[bug>1387]]
 +  * Bug fix: Too long automatic bug reports were rejected.
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when reading a private key from a ''.pem'' file fails.
 +  * Bug fix: An ''open'' scripting command for FTP session with encrypted client certificate without passphrase but with password is silently ignored.
 +  * Bug fix: Assertions in Pascal code were present in release binaries.
 +  * Bug fix: "Browse for folder" icon in installer overlaps labels on high DPI.
 +  * Bug fix: Installer images did not scale correctly
 +
 +===== [[5.8]] 5.8 beta =====
 +=== 2015-12-16 ===
 +  * Authentication with TLS/SSL client certificates. [[bug>921]]
 +  * Redesigned Progress and Synchronization progress windows.
 +  * WebDAV file locking. [[bug>1315]]
 +  * Opening the initial Login dialog over the main window.
 +  * Automatic updates (for donors only).
 +  * Updates are checked over an encrypted HTTPS connection.
 +  * Showing tips on using the application.
 +  * Improvements and fixes for large font/high DPI environments:
 +    * Toolbar, menu and dialog images for 125%, 150% and 200% zooms (120, 144, and 192 DPI respectively). [[bug>1302]]
 +    * Scaling toolbar drop downs.
 +    * Scaling menu and toolbar details (submenu arrows, drop down arrows, drag handles, checkmarks, radio-button marks, color palettes).
 +    * Scaling status bars on Synchronization checklist and Find windows.
 +    * Scaling drop down button arrows.
 +    * Correctly scaling file icon on Properties dialog.
 +    * Scaling application icon on About dialog.
 +    * Scaling images in installer.
 +    * New application icon sizes.
 +    * New installer icon sizes.
 +    * New desktop icon sizes for site, site folder and workspace.
 +    * New Console, Editor, Log, Find and Synchronization checklist windows icon sizes.
 +    * Scaling icon overlays.
 +    * Own scaled icons for message boxes.
 +    * Using scalable system window resize grip.
 +    * Preventing system from scaling windows when moving them between displays with a different DPI.
 +    * Scaling Synchronization checklist action column.
 +    * Scaling menu lists.
 +    * Scaling hint window.
 +    * Scaling Up/Down buttons width on numerical inputs.
 +  * SSH core upgraded to [[&url(puttychanges)|PuTTY 0.66]].
 +  * Improved transfer speed:
 +    * with SFTP and SCP protocols when CPU is limiting factor.
 +    * with SFTP on high latency connections. [[bug>1295]]
 +  * Improvements to scripting, command-line and .NET assembly:
 +    * Change: Script file has to be in UTF-8 encoding.
 +    * Command-line interface for converting and editing private keys. [[bug>1331]]
 +    * Script or .NET assembly code template can be generated in GUI.
 +    * Allowing manual verification (with timeout) of SSH hostkey/TLS certificate in batch mode in scripting.
 +    * Added ''Session.EnumerateRemoteFiles'' method that can enumerate remote files and directories recursively. [[bug>1356]]
 +    * Switch ''-latest'' for ''get'' and ''put'' commands to transfer the latest file only.
 +    * Added a ''FullName'' property to the ''RemoteFileInfo'' class.
 +    * Resume and Append (''TransferOptions.OverwriteMode'') in .NET assembly. [[bug>1358]]
 +    * The ''open'' command in scripting can open FileZilla stored site.
 +    * Showing full ''open'' command syntax suggestion, when using saved site in batch script.
 +    * Change: The ''RemoteFileInfo.Name'' now contains a name only, even for a ''RemoteFileInfo'' instance returned by the ''Session.GetFileInfo''.
 +    * Added properties ''IsThisDirectory'' and ''IsParentDirectory'' to ''RemoteFileInfo'' class.
 +    * Added ''Session.CombinePaths'' utility method as remote path equivalent of ''Path.Combine''.
 +    * Added ''Session.TranslateRemotePathToLocal'' to generate a local path equivalent of a remote path, given root paths.
 +    * Supporting impersonated IIS environment with .NET assembly. [[bug>1334]]
 +    * Protocol prefix ''%%ftpes://%%'' for FTP over explicit TLS/SSL.
 +    * Change: Deprecating ''Session.DefaultConfiguration'' in favor of ''Session.AddRawConfiguration''.
 +    * Change: ''SessionOptions.SshPrivateKeyPassphrase'' renamed to ''SessionOptions.PrivateKeyPassphrase''.
 +    * Not re-reading XML log when end of the file is reached to optimize performance. [[bug>1287]]
 +    * Parameter ''/loglevel'' documented in usage.
 +    * Removed deprecated .NET assembly options ''FtpSecure.ExplicitTls'' and ''FtpSecure.ExplicitSsl''.
 +    * Warning when useless command-line parameters are specified in scripting.
 +    * Not offering host key verification in scripting if configuration is not persistent.
 +    * Suggesting use of ''-hostkey'' switch in host key verification prompt in scripting.
 +    * Session can be named using ''/sessionname='' command-line switch. [[bug>1373]]
 +    * Resetting 10 seconds input timeout every time a key is pressed in scripting batch mode. [[bug>1347]]
 +  * Optionally not closing the application after the last session closes. [[bug>857]]
 +  * Optionally preserve timestamps of directories with SFTP protocol. [[bug>94]]
 +  * Change: Interface theme is not configurable anymore. Only single theme is supported.
 +  * Selected private key files in OpenSSH or ssh.com format can be automatically converted to PuTTY format. [[bug>22]]
 +  * Allowing selection to start in the first column of file panel.
 +  * Change: Change of language on run-time is not supported anymore.
 +  * Session name (''!N'') and port number (''!#'') patterns for custom commands and terminal client path. [[bug>1346]] [[bug>1020]]
 +  * Configurable internal editor font color and default background color. [[bug>1326]]
 +  * Change: Using UTF-8 for strings (such as password) with SSH protocol. [[bug>1014]]
 +  * Using ''REST'' command to resume upload with FTP protocol. [[bug>552]]
 +  * Incremental site search can be restricted to the beginning of site name only or expanded to other site fields. [[bug>1348]]
 +  * Files can be dropped on queue list. [[bug>1281]]
 +  * Including all at least 80% translations into installer. Informing user when incomplete language is selected when installing.
 +  * Displaying //Owner// file property with WebDAV protocol.
 +  * //Save All// function in Internal editor. [[bug>1327]]
 +  * Masking out passwords when logging command-line. [[bug>1344]]
 +  * TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.2e.
 +  * Installer upgraded to Inno Setup 5.5.6.
 +  * Enabled IPv6 with FTP by default. [[bug>1310]]
 +  * Support for long local paths when deleting local file. [[bug>1352]]
 +  * Animation on Find dialog and Authentication progress window.
 +  * Displaying mod_dav ''executable'' property.
 +  * Reloading site list when opening Login dialog to open additional session. [[bug>1322]]
 +  * Handling ''%%ssh://%%'' URLs and opening them in PuTTY. [[bug>1305]]
 +  * Optionally trimming VMS version numbers from filenames during transfer. [[bug>1312]]
 +  * Caching fingerprints of last verified host keys so they can be used in Generate URL function on Login dialog already.
 +  * //Download/Upload and Delete// command moved to //Download/Upload// submenu [[bug>1279]] and //Edit With// menu moved to //Edit// submenu. //Edit With// submenu is newly available on //Edit// toolbar button.
 +  * Added //Download/Upload in Background// commands to respective menus. [[bug>1280]]
 +  * Keyboard shortcuts ''Ctrl+L'' and ''Alt+D'' to focus //Address// toolbar (Explorer interface) or open bookmarks (Commander interface). [[bug>1303]] Change: Shortcut of command //Clear Selection// changed to ''Shift+Ctrl+L''.
 +  * Commands to select/unselect all files with the same extension. [[bug>1286]]
 +  * Inserting ''-load'' argument of PuTTY before custom user arguments. [[bug>1351]]
 +  * New image for //Find// command and dialog.
 +  * New images in an installer.
 +  * About dialog lists all current and past translators.
 +  * Warning when transferring multiple files to same name. [[bug>1282]]
 +  * Hint user about possible reasons of SFTP code 4 error. [[bug>1285]]
 +  * Platform SDK is no longer required to build 64-bit drag&drop shell extension.
 +  * Increasing initial/minimal SFTP transfer packet size.
 +  * Improving layout of installer //Completing// page of for long translations.
 +  * Display parent directory in file panel even if the server does not include it in directory listing. [[bug>1298]]
 +  * Showing only folder, not files, on Progress window, when calculating transfer size.
 +  * Avoid flickering busy mouse cursor while calculating transfer size or collecting changes for synchronization.
 +  * Showing localized language name on description of //Typical installation//.
 +  * Added icon for //Cancel All// queue command.
 +  * Correcting labels and hints for color commands in an internal editor.
 +  * Session color can be set to black.
 +  * Not showing percentage progress for indeterminate Directory size calculation.
 +  * Preferences window opens with focused navigation tree.
 +  * When //Cancel// is pressed on Progress window before moving transfer to background finishes, transfer is canceled.
 +  * Disabling //Proceed to Background// once //Cancel// is pressed on Progress window.
 +  * Added icon for queue //Speed// command.
 +  * Desktop icons created by an installer show application description.
 +  * Not showing details about retrieving time zone information on Authentication progress window.
 +  * Using delete icon on site/site folder/workspace delete confirmation prompts.
 +  * Showing error message when neon library initialization fails.
 +  * Prompt for username even with GSSAPI authentication enabled. [[bug>1349]]
 +  * Providing error details when deleting a local file fails.
 +  * Using ''printenv'' instead of ''echo'' to obtain a value of the ''LANG'' environment variable. [[bug>1354]]
 +  * Logging clear ''Authorization'' header when password logging is enabled.
 +  * Explaining that certificate cannot be verified against hostname if IP address is used to connect to the server. [[bug>1359]]
 +  * Updated to JCL library 2.7.
 +  * Using Save dialog instead of Open for selecting log file and random seed file paths.
 +  * Icon on New version message.
 +  * Minimize buttons on Console and Synchronization checklist windows enabled.
 +  * Informing the user when a connection fails because an FTP connection was attempted to an SFTP server.
 +  * Increase length limit of site note to 4000. [[bug>1372]]
 +  * Wrapping too long entries in authentication log to avoid horizontal scrollbar.
 +  * Disambiguated commands in //Once Done/Empty// menus. [[bug>1375]]
 +  * Encoding all non-ASCII characters in URLs to allow posting bug report and searching for message using web browsers that do not default to UTF-8 encoding for URLs (like Internet Explorer).
 +  * Wider menu spacing.
 +  * Bug fix: Speed limit history is not relocalized when language is changed. [[bug>490]]
 +  * Bug fix: Not showing symbolic links to directories as a difference on synchronization checklist as they are not synchronized anyway.
 +  * Bug fix: When restoring an application from minimization, progress windows did not get activated.
 +  * Bug fix: Preventing active window title flickering before opening Preferences dialog.
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when opening WebDAVS session, if SSPI initialization failed (such as when running under Wine).
 +  * Bug fix: When window is closing, its icon is hidden momentarily.
 +  * Bug fix: WebDAV redirect loop was not detected on the first redirect.
 +  * Bug fix: Error when SFTP server responds to upload (write) requests out of order. [[bug>1365]]
 +  * Bug fix: Duplicated ad-hoc session from workspace is wrongly named.
 +  * Bug fix: Cannot work with filenames starting or ending with space with FTP protocol. [[bug>26]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure or broken synchronized browsing when changing directory while another command was executing already. [[bug>1369]]
 +  * Bug fix: Showing a command of a custom command in status bar. [[bug>1370]]
 +  * Bug fix: Commander panel ratio lost after swapping panels.
 +  * Bug fix: Minimize buttons on Login and Find windows did not minimize the application.
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when closing window while some command was executing.
 +  * Bug fix: When Authentication window is resized smaller, prompts get truncated.
 +  * Bug fix: URL is generated incorrectly for a file with a space in a path. [[bug>1374]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when a local drive is removed. [[bug>1376]]
 +  * Bug fix: For a stored site with special characters, it was not possible to open/duplicate a session in a new instance, desktop shortcut had wrong name and desktop shortcuts/jump list entries were not working.
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when the current local directory is deleted while session is disconnected and synchronized browsing is enabled. [[bug>1378]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when using //Close all windows// taskbar function with opened and active internal editor. [[bug>1377]]
 +
 +===== [[5.7.7]] 5.7.7 (hotfix) =====
 +=== 2016-03-06 ===
 +(*  * Translation completed: Arabic.*)
 +  * TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1s.
 +  * Upgraded private key tools (PuTTYgen and Pageant) to 0.67.
 +  * Dual code signing binaries with both SHA-1 and SHA-256.
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when Progress window closes (transfer finishes) while //Once done// drop down menu is opened. [[bug>1379]]
 +  * Bug fix: Too long automatic bug reports were rejected.
 +  * Bug fix: File masks with time constraints do not work with remote WebDAV files. [[bug>1389]]
 +  * Bug fix: Installation fails when there is no user //Start// menu. [[bug>1398]]
===== [[5.7.6]] 5.7.6 ===== ===== [[5.7.6]] 5.7.6 =====

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