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January 28, 2025

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: […]

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December 21, 2024

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 […]

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October 7, 2024

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 […]

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October 2, 2024

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 […]

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July 4, 2024

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 […]

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April 2, 2024

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 […]

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January 31, 2024

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 […]

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November 6, 2023

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 […]

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April 17, 2023

Chilkat v9.5.0.94 Release Notes

Previous Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-93-release-notes/ Next Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-95-release-notes/ Chilkat v9.5.0.94 Release Notes FTP2: Fixed problems with some FileZilla FTP servers requiring TLS 1.3 session resumption for the data connections. SFTP: Fixed problem where Chilkat may not have honored the max_packet_size limit imposed by some servers for SFTP uploads. PDF: Fixed problems when signing PDF’s for ICP Brasil (https://verificador.iti.br/) The ICP Brasil validator […]

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October 11, 2022

Chilkat v9.5.0.92 Release Notes

Previous Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-91-release-notes/ Next Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-93-release-notes/ Chilkat v9.5.0.92 Release Notes PDF: Fixed some issues with LTV signatures, where Acrobat DC did not consider the signed PDF Long Term Validation enabled. XMLDsig: Added the ability to produce and validate ZATCA compatible XML signatures. Http: Added the ReceivedCertReq boolean property. It is set to true (non-zero) if the server sent a CertificateRequest […]

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