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Release date: June 7, 1999
- Fixed crash at end of Scp file transfers on Macs running System
7.x.
- No more "Junk data" log messages on host computer after completed Scp
operations. This bug was probably also responsible for the infinite
error messages bug when running out of disk space while receiving a
file.
- A bug causing a lockup when connecting to a non-SSHd port is fixed.
NiftyTelnet 1.1 SSH used to sit in an infinite loop waiting for a
response message which never arrived.
- Scp now handles file names containing space characters better than
before.
- Scp preserves file name extensions when truncating names longer than
31 characters. This makes it easier for Internet Config to determine
the best file type and creator for received files.
- Provided additional control over what transfer mode (text/binary) is
used for Scp.
- Improvements to the way memory buffers are used. NiftyTelnet 1.1 SSH
will now use temporary memory if needed for large transfers which
means that the default memory partition should be sufficient for all
but the most extreme cases.
- Added some code to prevent annoying white flicker when updating
windows with non-white background.
- VT100 graphics characters are now shown no matter which font is used.
- Printing! This includes print screen, print selection, and remote
printing (activated by VT100 escape sequences). Located in the Page
Setup window are settings for font, font size and margins. When
capturing print data the startup disk is used for spooling to avoid
running out of memory.
- Rewrote parts of the connection process to retry authentication if the
first attempt fails. Note that the user name field is locked since the
name has already been sent to the host and cannot be changed at that
time.
- Complete rewrite of font scanning. The previous code inherited from
NiftyTelnet was broken and very slow on Macs with Adobe Type Reunion
and a large number of fonts installed. (I don't remember if this fix
was included in the public r3 beta, but probably not.)
- Passwords are now sent using ISO 8859-1 encoding. (Thanks to my
brother Daniel for reporting this bug!)
- Updated error message for failed RSA authentication attempts.
- RSA passphrases may be cached in RAM until the application quits or
they are purged automatically (which happens after a number of hours).
- The Meta key, which used to be hardwired to Control+Command, is now
customizable. Note that selecting Command only will disable menu
shortcuts, and using Option only will make a special characters
inaccessible from the keyboard.
- Added a setting for sending escape sequences for Insert, Delete, Home,
End, Page Up and Page Down keys. By combining with any of Control,
Option or Shift keys the behavior opposite to the selected setting can
be accessed.
- Finder aliases for the Preferences file, the Known Hosts file and RSA
private key files are now resolved correctly.
- Interpretation of "meta characters" is avoided when placing shortcut
names into menus. Previously characters such as ( and - caused menu
items to be disabled or missing.
- Added clickable URL to the About window.
NiftyTelnet 1.1 SSH r3 beta
- First implementation of Scp.
- RSA authentication.
- Some screen updating problems fixed, particularly scrollbars which
were not redrawn correctly, and areas behind dialog windows.
- Disabled any command key shortcuts except Command-A and Command-. in
password fields.
- Integrated patch for launching on PowerMac computers using MacTCP.
- Fixed so forward delete key works in dialog boxes.
Release date: November 17, 1998
- Fixed a crashing bug in the internal buffering of network data. This
would mainly cause trouble when pasting or dragging large amounts of
text into a terminal window.
- Entering passwords longer than 16 characters should no longer crash
the application. The maximum password length has been increased to
around 250.
- Double-clicking the "NiftyTelnet SSH Known Hosts" file is no longer
causing a crash. Instead an error message tells the user to open the
file in a text editor.
- Command-. now works as a shortcut for the Cancel button in the
password authentication dialog even when the password text field is
the current input field.
- The about box and documentation have been updated on the RSA patent
restrictions. As far as I know only U.S. users are affected, not all
North American users as previously stated.
- Added a warning to the documentation about the lack of old-style
telnet encryption in this application. Users in need of this feature
should get the US-only release of NiftyTelnet 1.1.
Release date: August 20, 1998
- Changed the way disconnect and exit confirmation messages are sent to
the server to be more in line with the protocol specification.
- Added the CORE SDI crc32 attack detection patch.
- Disabled the Arcfour cipher since it's no longer considered secure
when used in the SSH 1.x protocol. It may return later on if SSH 2.0
protocol support is added.
- Merged the PPC and 68K applications into a single fat binary.
- Set the Known Hosts file type to TEXT and changed the line breaks to
Mac standard.
- More error checking for out of memory conditions.
- Moved a handful of hardcoded strings into the resource fork to ease
localization.
NiftyTelnet 1.1 SSH r1 beta 1
- First "public" release. Very limited distribution.
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