Pragma Telnet Server Version 2000 Release Notes

The following is installed with the Pragma Telnet Server and the information on this page is also available in the "readme.txt" file. These are notes on the fixes and enhancements that have been added to Pragma Telnet Server 2000 since it's initial release.

Highlights on what's new in this release:

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Release Date: 01/30/08

Enhancements:

Fixes:

- PROB: intermittent hang when running automated scripts
- PROB: fails to connect to Solaris servers

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----------------------- Build 15 Start -------------------------------

Release Date: 08/22/07

Enhancements:

- None.

Fixes:

- FIX: Server Heartbeat displaying extra characters
- FIX: Group Management allows more groups

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----------------------- Build 14 Start -------------------------------

Release Date 12/15/06

Enhancements:

- Environment variables can be used in setting home directory

Fixes:

- PROB: attribute changes not always detected
- PRB: Session limit reached when there are not enough active sessions to reach the limit
- FIX: Improved key generation for writing to user shell
- FIX: Handle leak in InetD when resources limit new connection

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----------------------- Build 13 Start -------------------------------

Release Date: 03/31/06

Enhancements:

- username added to error message for failed logon due to security restrictions

Fixes:

- PROB: reconnect session not working
- FIX: Scrolling in console application in Advanced Console mode
- FIX: double display in Advanced Console mode
- FIX: Session hanging if cancelled during remote printing
- PROB: members of domain sub groups not always recognized as valid user,   when using "Allow Only COnfigured Groups"

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----------------------- Build 12 Start -------------------------------

Release Date: 10/07/05

Enhancements:

- Full Console Mode Automatic Application Wrap uses Advanced Console technology

Fixes:

- PROB: Cursor left at end of screen after redraw
- PROB: Installation on certain machines always fails due to CPU licensing
- PROB: lines not highlighted in Full Console monochrome session
- PROB: reconnection or viewing of large screens does not initialize to full screen
- PROB: garbage data sent to client if unknown terminal emulation negotiated
- FIX: Advanced console works correctly in CYGWIN Windows environment
- FIX: Original console returns after exiting certain wrapped applications

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----------------------- Build 11 Start -------------------------------

Release Date: 06/07/05

Enhancements:

- Sessions can be limited by username
- Idle Session Timeout, Server to Client Heartbeat and PacketSize can be turned on and off
- New Advanced Console Mode available in the Advanced license
- New option to stop system beep from passing to client
- Increase security on full console sessions

Fixes:

- PROB: Shift modifier not detected by server in 16 bit application
- PROB: Print dialog clears system local port monitor
- PROB: telnet client run in gateway mode loses some of the input
- PROB: session hangs if client closed during password change

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----------------------- Build 10 Start -------------------------------

Release Date: 08/12/04

Enhancements:

- NO enhancements made for this build.

Fixes:

- FIX: configuration by group
- PROB: Control modifier not detected by server

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----------------------- Build 9 Start -------------------------------

Release Date 08/12/04

Enhancements:

Fixes:

- FIX: 'CERT Advisory CA-2001-21 Buffer Overflow vulnerability
- FIX: InetD Registry Handle leak
- FIX: Stream Mode echo occurrences
- PROB: Stream Mode sessions cannot be viewed
- PROB: Network error events using wrong error code
- FIX: Non-English locales generate correct key codes

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----------------------- Build 8 Start -------------------------------

Release Date 06/14/04

Enhancements:

- NO enhancements made for this build.

Fixes:

- PROB: Shortcuts for Pragma TelnetServer under Windows Programs were mislabeled.

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----------------------- Build 7 Start -------------------------------

Release Date 06/14/04

Enhancements:

- Added FortressCL (GUI SSH-Telnet Client) and FortressFX (GUI SFTP Client) with this build (Build 7) of Pragma Telnet Server

Fixes:

- PROB: PragmaManager doesn't configure Auto Logon correctly.
- PROB: InetD Service cause high CPU usage when fields missing from registry.
-PROB: Auto Logon password could not contain non-alphanumeric characters

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Release Date 04/28/04

Enhancements:

- Added option to close or keep cmd.exe shell open after running startup program.
- Event messages now include IP address of remote client and user friendly message. 
- NTLM support added to User Management command line client, telmc.
- Reconnection to existing session.
- Added setting to fill screen when application uses NULL for empty space.
Space is default value, but can be changed by adding string value "NullFillChar" under the user key in the registry:
      HKLM\SOFTWARE\PragmaSystems\TelnetD\Users.
- Added option so that Stream Mode echo wrap can be turned off. To turn off Stream Mode echo wrap, add a registry string value "AdvancedStreamEcho" under the user configuration and set the value to "no". 
- New configuration program with improved user interface.
- New Session Manager program with NTLM support and new interface.

Fixes:

- PROB: NTLM authentication intermittently fails.
- PROB: DOS applications that fill with NULL characters cause bad client formatting added a configurable option NullFillChar to overwrite any NULL cell.
 
- PROB: Auto Wrap Application feature causes non-wrap applications to fail.
- PROB: Installation on Win2003 with Terminal Services fails.

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----------------------- Build 4 Start -------------------------------

Release Date: 10/30/03

Enhancements:

- application wrap is automatically enabled
- beep now wrapped with application, allowing system Beeps to go to client
NOTE: beepenabled no longer required
NOTE: to allow a screen draw beep to go through to the client add the code to an application DWORD Mode;
HANDLE hOutput = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE); GetConsoleMode( hOutput, &Mode );
Mode &= ~ENABLE_PROCESSED_OUTPUT;
SetConsoleMode( hOutput, Mode );
- NTLM support

Fixes:

PROB: Stream Mode local echo gets out of sync carriage returns with heavy load
- Configuration dialog problems with Group Management and Printing Support - PROB: Failed viewed session hangs client output

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----------------------- Build 3 Start -------------------------------

Release Date 05/16/03

Enhancements:

-InetD detects physical processor count for licensing
- Stream Mode sessions can be viewed from Pragma Session Manager
- Full Active Directory support, including native mode
- Added feature to Record print jobs to Event Log

ATTENTION Windows NT Users: Please download Microsoft Active Directory Extensions by clicking here.

Fixes:

- Stream Mode local echo echoes displayed character not client entry
- Registration key entry trims white spaces
- User variables overwrite existing system variables
- Encrypted connection between XP/2003 and NT/2000 systems

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----------------------- Build 2 -------------------------------

Release Date 12/19/02

Enhancements:

- Allows empty greeting message
- More user friendly InetD Service Configuration
- Added ability to turn off status messages
- Added F13-F20 key support

Fixes:

PRB: Server window doesn't match client window size when using Optimized Screen Scraper

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Release Date 10/25/02

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