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Preview version 25.1_Preview5 (2025-02-17) changelog:

  • New feature: added a new setting in SSH sessions to use an SSH proxy with netcat/socat command or port forwarding
  • Improvement: updated the embedded X server to version 21.1.15
  • Improvement: fixed an error when starting the X server on Windows versions older than Windows Vista
  • Improvement: updated OpenSSH, OpenSSL, Curl, Git and Rsync in the 32-bit and 64-bit local terminal
  • Improvement: updated the Cygwin library in the 64-bit local terminal
  • Improvement: updated man pages and adapted the "man" command to read external man pages
  • Improvement: removed the "SSH engine new/legacy" setting and always use the new SSH engine instead
  • Improvement: increased start-up speed by improving the embedded resources compression
  • Improvement: allowed password saving for SSH proxy connections
  • Improvement: added a "proxy" prefix to each log line corresponding to a proxy connection
  • Improvement: forced the SSH browser type to "SCP" for connections through CyberArk jump hosts
  • Improvement: updated the packages provided by "MobApt" to their latest version in the 64-bit local terminal
  • Improvement: switched the terminal banner format to UTF-8, to properly display international characters
  • Improvement: updated the Customizer program with a new setting to disable the deprecated 32-bit local terminal
  • Improvement: added a new option in the SSH session expert settings to set an optional certificate to use with the SSH private key
  • Improvement: added a new option in the SSH session expert settings to set an optional host CA public key
  • Improvement: when importing PuTTY sessions, the proxy settings are now also imported
  • Improvement: when importing PuTTY sessions, the certificate to use with the SSH private key and the host CA public key are also imported
  • Improvement: added a new right-click menu entry in the macros section to create a new empty macro (without recording)
  • Improvement: prevented VNC sessions from freezing when the remote server was unreachable
  • Improvement: you can now import PuTTY sessions used for Teleport jump hosts
  • Bugfix: fixed the SSH "legacy" message displayed when the server only supports some old algorithms
  • Bugfix: when dark mode was set in the Customizer, it was not possible to modify the banners colors
  • Bugfix: after having disabled the "Save Passwords" feature in the Customizer, it was not possible to change the Master Password
  • Bugfix: fixed importing PuTTY sessions containing a "percent" sign in the username field
  • Bugfix: removed an "ioctl" error message when using Rsync over SSH
  • Bugfix: if the DISPLAY variable was not set in the local terminal, the SSH command could fail when X11-forwarding was activated
  • Bugfix: after having started "TCPCapture" from the "Tools" menu, the local terminal "TCPCapture" command could not start