Chilkat v10.1.2 Release Notes

Previous Version: Chilkat v10.1.0 Release Notes XmlDSigGen: In v10.0.0 Chilkat started automatically using and fixing for SigningCertificateV2 for cases where the xmlns:xades=”http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#” (and also v1.4.1 and v1.4.2), which is technically correct. However many govt validators, specifically Poland, Saudia Arabia, and others, reject XML signatures using SigningCertificateV2. Chilkat backed out this “fix” and will revisit the issue in the future. UnixCompress/Tar: […]

Chilkat v10.1.0 / v10.1.1 Release Notes

Next Version: Chilkat v10.1.2 Release Notes Previous Version: Chilkat v10.0.0 Release Notes Prepare for Future Major Version Releases Global.DefaultUtf8: For programming languages where strings are null-terminated byte sequences (e.g., C, C++, Perl, Python 2.*, PHP, Ruby), set the Global.DefaultUtf8 property to true or false at the start of your application, ideally when calling UnlockBundle. The default value is currently false […]

Chilkat v10.0.1 Release Notes

Chilkat v10.0.1 is a patch for certain builds of Chilkat. Previous Version: Chilkat v10.0.0 Release Notes/ .NET Core Packages on NuGet: When v10.0.0 was released, Chilkat removed the substring “-9.5.0” from the DLLs/shared libs in the ChilkatNativeLib NuGet package.  This caused the following error because now both native and managed DLLs were named the same (ChilkatDnCore.dll).  This is now fixed […]

Chilkat v10.0.0 Release Notes

Next Version: Chilkat v10.1.0 Release Notes/ Previous Version: Chilkat v9.5.0.99 Release Notes/ Semantic Versioning: Chilkat finally moves to standard semantic versioning. See the information about Chilkat Semantic Versioning starting in v10.0.0. Apple Keychain Integration: Chilkat is fully integrated with the Apple Keychain, including HSMs (USB tokens and smartcards).  This includes both MacOS and iOS.  Documentation and examples will be forthcoming […]

Chilkat v10.0.0 ActiveX Registration and Object Creation

Chilkat adopted standard semantic versioning starting with Chilkat version 10.0.0.  See https://cknotes.com/semantic-versioning-starting-with-chilkat-10-0-0/ For this discussion, it’s important to understand the fundamentals of ActiveX registration.  To ensure a basic understanding, I recommend briefly reviewing the tutorial web pages at https://chilkatsoft.com/activex_dll_registration_tutorial.asp It should take only 10 minutes, and I promise it will save you much time and frustration. ActiveX Object Creation / […]

Semantic Versioning Starting with Chilkat 10.0.0

Starting with the v10.0.0 release (end of September 2024), Chilkat moves to standard semantic versioning.   Prior to this release, for various technical reasons, Chilkat was stuck with versions 9.5.0.xx, where only xx changed. For this first leap to semantic versioning, where the major version changes to 10 (from 9), there are no backward incompatible changes.  Going forward, when we move […]

Chilkat v9.5.0.99 Release Notes

Previous Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-98-release-notes/ Next Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v10-0-0-release-notes/ Chilkat v9.5.0.99 Release Notes Ssh, SFtp, SshTunnel: Added the SetAllowedAlgorithms method. This allows an application to explicitly set the set of allowed connection algorithms (cipher, mac, key exchange, etc.). Note: It’s best to NOT explicitly set the algorithms. Chilkat already prioritizes algorithms according to security and other factors. By explicitly setting algorithms, you may […]

Chilkat v9.5.0.98 Release Notes

Previous Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-97-release-notes/ Next Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-99-release-notes/ Chilkat v9.5.0.98 Release Notes General: Removed all internal usage of the R250 random number generation algorithm and replaced with the more cryptographically secure Fortuna algorithm. DNS: Fixed various DNS problems having to do with VPNs or other uncommon situations. Ftp2: Fixed situation where CreateRemoteDir is called, but the remote directory already exists. In this […]

Chilkat v9.5.0.97 Release Notes

Previous Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-96-release-notes/ Next Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-98-release-notes/ Chilkat v9.5.0.97 Release Notes SSH/SFTP/SshTunnel: Mitigated vulnerability to the Terrapin attack. See Chilkat v9.5.0.97 Mitigates Terrapin Attack Vulnerability CodeSign: Added the Chilkat.CodeSign class. This provides the ability (on Windows) to Authenticode sign DLLs and EXEs. It also provides the ability to validate Authenticode signed EXEs and DLLs, and to remove a signature. PDF: Added […]

Chilkat v9.5.0.96 Release Notes

Previous Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-95-release-notes/ Next Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-97-release-notes/ Chilkat v9.5.0.96 Release Notes DNS: Created a new Dns class for managing DNS nameservers to be used by Chilkat, and for doing DNS queries. It is a singleton class that allows an application to select the DNS nameservers used throughout Chilkat. The term “singleton” means that all Chilkat DNS object instances work with a […]