Version 7.2.0

CrushFTP 6.5.0 is no longer receiving enhancements. Consider upgrading to CrushFTP v7, which is a paid upgrade ($20 to $50 cost range.)

CrushFTP v7 was released in February 2014 with major improvements all around! New dashboard, faster performance, job scheduler, and many other features and improvements. Visit www.CrushFTP.com to find out more!

Upgrading is not automated, but it is easy: http://www.crushftp.com/crush7wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=CrushFTPUpgrade

CrushFTP v7 New:
Dashboard for server administrators
Role based administration so you can delegate some administration tasks to users.
Job scheduler (Enterprise only), and events have a new Task designer interface that greatly simplifies creating task flows, and monitoring in realtime the progress of a Task.
MP4 streaming playback in WebInterface with ability to skip to any point in the file.
SSL Certificate manager to simplify using existing certificates, and requesting new ones.
Automatic port forwarding using UPNP and PMP to simplify router configurations.
Built in self diagnostics and testing for server ports to quickly verify outside connectivity is working, and get meaningful suggestions for the issue.
Quick find system to search for a parameter, setting, user, etc. quickly with a hot key.
OS X journaling tool improvement for CrushSync tracking in realtime the changes being made so they can be synchronized.
Users sharing files can automate the attaching of the file into the email.
Full file indexing can be enabled to allowing searching file contents.
Limited user admin can make and manage their own sub groups.
Session replicated and clustered servers have their settings saved between multiple servers, and user manager changes sync also.
Outgoing connections through the VFS or Jobs/Tasks can be routed out through a DMZ server instance.
Shares can have limitations put on the usage of the expiring link allowing a limited number of uses.
Better log grouping for HTTP sessions that may span multiple different sockets.
Internal shares can automatically issue an email to the recipient, or attach the file.
Individual accounts can be disabled after too many attempted logins, or a general IP can just be banned from trying anything.
Zip files can be opened, and navigated through all protocols, and individual files can be downloaded from inside of them.
GDrive integration where the back end file system can be a Google drive.
CrushLDAPGroup can honor ACL permissions assigned in NTFS for authenticated users.
Hashed password stored in CrushFTP can have a salt applied to make them more unique.
Tasks can survive server restarts, resume where they left off.
Tasks can be clustered where multiple servers can take over the same tasks if one server goes down.
Supports acting as a Socks proxy, and HTTP Forwarding proxy server.
Jump task items have more controls on the logic (Enterprise only)

CrushFTP 6.5 - 04/15/2014

Changes:
Faster dir listings
Folder monitor has more controls on filtering items
Added support for MD5 hash in email events
Jobs can be scheduled for multiple times in a daily schedule
Changed syslog provider
DMZ can display image previews
DMZ connection was rewritten for stability and simplicity, no longer uses JGroups
Replication between internal servers no longer uses JGroups
Changed signing method for applets and JNLP for new java requirements
Improved inherited item population with expiration dates
Supports multiple TLS versions
Improved AS2 logging
ServerBeat can issue POST command after becoming master
Adds a thread debug button to track debug scenarios
Adds more password algorithms for SMTP servers
Faster logins when there are lots of temp accounts
Reports quota and space errors to web browser clients

Fixes:
FTP command MFMT bug fix for UTC format
tracking of decrypted file size
cached file size reported after upload
password expiration and changing when going through DMZ
forwarding proxy bug
ServerBeat (VIP) bug fix when IP gets disabled
branding issues with CrushFTPDrive and CrushSync
Specific file size and timing could cause HTTP upload to fail
IE11 fix for it hiding its user agent
Oracle DB user manager event name
CrushSync copy/paste bug
Block invalid download requests from HTTP client
Some user events could be lost in a particular scenario

CrushFTP 6.4 - 10/21/2013

New:
iOS can stream videos from WebInterface
Java 7 support for OSX (already supported everywhere else)
Content restrictions on specific byte sequences in uploads
Added HTLM5 player support for movie files, and audio files if the browser supports it.
Keeps jars from being in use allowing for easier updates
CrushTask can generate share links on demand.
High Availability added for enterprise licenses (session replication, ServerBeat VIP, and DMZ mode)
HTTP session replication for enterprise users across multiple servers.
ZIP64 can be used on demand
DMZ keystore info only needs to be on internal server now
DMZ changed to use JGroups libraries
DMZ preference changes replicates to all internal servers
SQL mode handles all VFS properties now
Find task no longer generates job entry if its the first task item, and fails for no times found
Supports multiple bind IPs for tunnels to utilize multiple internet connections for a single tunnel distributing load.
Tunnel speed and efficiency improvements
CrushTunnel can now use a static number of channels without expanding or collapsing.
CrushFTPDrive can be instantiated in a headless Linux server
Failing logins can trigger an error event
Faster server update system
Improved file listing speed
Added Browse... button to many areas of the Virtual File System (VFS) and Tasks to help in entering URLs
Added more customizations for Manage Share in WebInterface.
Added customizations to only allow cut/copy of files, not folders.
Search results now shows the parent path info for the item.
Added customization to hide/show path column in tree view
Search panel can have defaults configured
Added stat support for MFMT
Added support for @ sign in usernames in URL format
Added additional FTP server compatibility (windows servers faking Unix)
DMZ scenario passes along real client issue to internal server
Improved popup dialogs on initial install of CrushFTPDrive
Supports additional variables in CrushTask
CrushTask Find can now ignore folders.
CrushTask can now do MD5 hashes and random id generators.
CrushTask can start and stop a tunnel.
CrushTask Wait can handle workflow, approvals and conditionals.
CrushTask Find/AS2 can have a max item count to process.
CrushTask Copy is more efficient when copying many files
CrushTask HTTP calls can be grouped now
CrushLDAPGroup can validate a token against a token server
CrushLDAPGroup can replace some variables in the URL
CrushSync uses built in sys tray on windows now
CrushSync includes upload, and delete feature
CrushSync can replace invalid characters before synching. (OSX synching to windows server)
CrushSync can handle larger slow running file listings
Calculation of transfer statistics change to username instead of ip
Simplified plugin loading
Added import method for vsftpd
selfRegistration user inherits from parent user now
Updated windows wrapper configuration to use new jar loading system
Expiring VFS can execute a task for cleanup
Limited admin can access email templates in User Manager
Allow for extra server customizations with a server_messages.xml file.
Can ignore web items when generating a new shared temp account
Custom share subject line can include info from body
XMD5 FTP command
Merges linked VFS across inherited users
Kicking a HTTP session forces them to login again
Can act as a learning proxy
Simplified syslog configuration
DMZ service can be installed from command line
Added SHA512 hashing for passwords
Changes to a user, or inherited user updates logged in users
Added CC and BCC on email templates
Supports multiple checkbox results in custom forms
Supports NLST as LIST for bad clients
Banned IP HTTP user gets more informative message.
Plugins can access the HTTP headers used from client
Supports alternative names for uploaded files in iOS safari
Supports ignoring expired client certificate.
Allow direct linking to a file with login to force redirect, or serve the file.
Max login time will affect HTTP sessions too now.
Added support for RENAME with overwrite for FTP.
CrushSync interface can be localized
Added date time validation in custom forms
User Manager batch update can be applied only to selected users
Filter in WebInterface can be filtered negatively with a ! symbol.
Search can only search keywords
Added DND upload support for IE10 since it started supporting it.
Filter can do a file search instead of current dir filter
View selector can be hidden
Upload window can be hidden after upload

Fixes:
CrushFTPDrive localization bug
S3 protocol fixes for bad bucket names
CrushSync disconnect bug
Java applet downloader fix for bad filenames
Java applet library fix for applet and new java versions
Chunked/unchunked stream switching
Default ftps port bug
Better error message on sftp client connection failures
Compatibility for CrushFTPDrive and some MS products
Missing parent folder on advanced downloads
Bug in UTF8 characters and advanced download
Long timeout for FTP listings that take a long time to respond
Bad characters in advanced upload mode
SFTP client connections not getting a dir listing
UTF8 encoding for SFTP client connections
UNC path fixes for CrushTask
moving file across different protocols in CrushTask
CrushTask SQL variables.
Memory leak on CrushTask SQL
CrushTask PGP decrypt fixes for nameless files
CrushTask SFTP private keys authentication.
CrushLDAPGroup limiting to specific port
MagicDirectory random mode and days/hours variable replacement
CrushSync sync issues on windows
CrushSync password change exiting the app
CrushSync download path fix
CrushSync library bug with new java version
Dimmed empty folder issue.
Email template ignored for User Manager send password
CrushSync tracks copy/paste in WebInterface
Memory leak fixes in SQL mode
DMZ socket utilization
SyncDB creation
Search not showing results for items that can't be downloaded
Multiple VFS linking issue
Upload forms report readability
Reverse proxy fixes for spaces in path
Plugin template inheritance issue with customizations
SSL keystore loaded with wrong password
Testing certificate can report failures
Start / stop deamon buttons on OSX
ProFTPD import bug
ServerBeat VIP reliability issues
MD5 calculations on transfers not logged properly
Publish/share feature in DMZ mode
WebInterface search for exact name
Expiration fixes for User Manager fields
FTP ASCII mode speed
Log rolling bug when prefs.xml file edited directly
Windows WebDAV client fix
Quota alerts had old info
Configuring expiration date orphaned share admin user
Monthly report schedules for days 1-9
Max packet length for SFTP
DMZ login delay when DMZ was idle for a period
Active mode FTP source port uses port -1 unless overridden
OPTIONS command missing some headers
Searching sub folders and handling duplicate search result names
Expiration date being lost form plugins
Viewing preview of filenames containing a plus sign in their name
SSHFS compatibility changes for CrushFTP SFTP
Caching issue with custom.js
DMZ restart not reconnecting issue
Password encryption with certain special characters
Events panel display issue
Custom upload form in WebInterface when uploading.
Reports panel in admin missing some parameters.
Java detection issues in WebInterface for loading the applet.
QuickShare auto email not working
Duplicating user in User Manager
Auto start upload not working when overwrite file occurs
Scrolling jump issues in WebInterface when expanding folders
Empty list issues with different config parameters not allowing empty to be saved
Reverse proxy settings not saving
Preview config in prefs not saving size info correctly.

CrushFTP 6.3 - 4/3/2013
New:

CrushFTPDrive - enterprise only feature allowing direct high speed file access in the OS to CrushFTP as a network drive.
Added multiple VFS configurations per user. Single user can have many VFS's configured now.
Added VFS expiration option.
Added support for multiple VFS items acting as one in a merged scenario. Upload once, write multiple.
Added ability to log to SQL server as well as to a file.
User Manager individual item panels can be made sticky to always display even if not configured.
Added support for folder icon previews to see preview of images inside of it.
Custom forms can handle cascading to show specific fields depending on drop down selections.
Added email templates for user manager so you can quickly choose a form email for new accounts.
Added custom themes in the User Manager for the WebInterface.
Improved logging data from client protocols.
DMZ server mode performance improvements
DMZ server mode reliability improvements
Dynamic tunnel creation and start/stop and demand
Improved Jobs tab log handling to be much faster.
CrushSync can change admin user/pass info from systray.
Supports variables in Event paths configuration
Improved logging to log similar chunks together.
Added MD4 hashing support on passwords.
Added support for changing passwords with SFTP.
Added support for MD5Crypt passwords.
Fixed content-length bug preventing Chrome from some video playback.
Added start/stop buttons for service/daemon on GUI.
Tracks new empty folders for syncs.
Changes to a user take effect immediately to the logged in user.
Added support for third party restart script after an update is applied.
Fix for TLS 1.1 and 1.2 protocol being enabled.
Home folder automatic creation supports variables now.
Added support for log viewer to open other log files and monitor in realtime.
Added support for miniURLs in DMZ server mode
When an account expires, custom actions can be taken to delete the account, delete the VFS, send emails, etc.
Use default keystore if specified keystore can't be loaded.
Added support for linked VFS's from roles on LDAP Auth only logins.
Added support for groups and inheritance to pass on their expiration information to individual users.

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Bug Fixes:

Fixed UI configurations on SFTP outgoing connections.
Path fixes for # signs and other URL unsafe characters.
Fixed client date parsing for some FTP servers
Fix for resume with advanced download/upload
S3 listing fixes for dates, and with failed prior transfers
Fixed bug in CrushTask emails
Fixed bug in PGP key loading, and allow for loading form remote locations.
Fixed SSH private/public keys for outgoing client connections.
Fixed UNC path issue for CrushTask
Fixed HTML emails to have proper tags.
SMTP emails used 'mixed' multipart to support text and attachments.
Fixed SCP upload of zipstream data.
Fixed bug in preview thumbnail generation with empty folders.
Fixed bug where Manage Shares was missing items.
Fixed bug with events and custom form 'label' values.
Fixed bug for alternate duration information from pcastaction on OS X 10.7
Fixed bug with multi channel SFTP connections and idle timeouts for entire socket
Fixed magicdir email getting lost for events.
Fix for WebDAV 'LOCK' request with no XML body
Fix for tunnels connections missing HTTP cookies.
Fix for AS2 message MDN filenames.
Fix for email event not updating variables.
Fix for AS2 loosing header info for events
Fixed memory leak with user's being loaded from SQL table.
Fixed UI on how passwords are erased and re-encrypted.
Fixed UI bug with filtering in logging panel.
Fixed WebInterface UI tree expansion of dirs with a name starting with a dot.
Fixed User Manager UI bug with renaming VFS items.
Fixed estimated time remaining to calculate in hours and minutes for large transfers.
Fixed UI bug in User Manager for filtering customizations.
Fixed WebInterface download for iOS to try and open the item.
Fixed UI issues with Opera/IE10.
Fixed bug with the Sharing email body text.
Added additional localization variable items for people writing custom translations.

CrushFTP 6.2 - 2/1/2013
New:

Added support to update user manager users in batch mode.
CrushSync redesigned with web based install, management, and monitoring
CrushSync can now start synchronizing while a file is still being updated.
CrushSync uses a more straight forward file synchronization mode using less DB interaction.
CrushSync can be scheduled to run at specific times only.
Added support for CUT/COPY/PASTE working with the VFS and not just local files.
Session information is preserved through server restarts.
Job history information is preserved through server restarts.
Added support for looking up user emails from a group. {groupname}@G.{UserConnectionGroup}
Added support for multiple reverse proxy servers.
Tunnel can handle much faster throughput speeds over 1Gbit.
CrushTask - WriteFile - Added find/replace for altering an existing file.
CrushTask - SQL - Added support to do queries to SQL, inserting rows, selecting rows, using information about files.
CrushTask - FileParser - New feature to read CSV (delimited) or fixed text files, parsing results into items that can be used for other actions like SQL inserts.
CrushTask - Find - Support finding items that have been deleted by comparing to last cache.
Added TempAccounts admin controls.
Linked VFS support is much more advanced to handle complex scenarios.
Added re-captcha support to WebInterface login page. (Requires google re-captcha account to use it.)
Added support for viewing EXIF info and changing EXIF values on images.
Automatic user refresh on logged in users when a save is done in the user manager. No need to logout.
New log viewer in admin lets you view the entire log, search, filter, color tags, realtime scrolling, and more.
Added ability to have a list of results for custom form fields to assist users in entering correct data.
Added ability to have uploads auto start, and restrict to specific file extensions
Added QuickShare feature for after an upload is completed.
Enhanced download basket giving more controls to review the items in the basket.
Added HTML editor for share email body.
CrushLDAPGroup allows specifying roles and template users to use for the role
VFS handles SSH key authentication when connecting outbound to remote servers
VFS handles client cert auth for FTPES authentication when connecting outbound to remote servers
OS X Advanced mode upload has a better file chooser.
VFS is more robust at handling bad FTP servers on outbound connections.
VFS has additional logging capabilities for tracking actions.
DMZ mode now uses socket pooling for better efficiency
MagicDirectory supports creating random usernames as well as passwords.
MagicDirectory can now handle a 'days' notation for expiration.
CrushTask - PopImap - support folder structures
CrushTask - Copy - Added copying a file with a unique name.
CrushTask - Copy - Supports ASCII mode when doing a FTP copy.
CrushTask - Copy - Added support for very limited 'simple' mode for bad FTP servers.
CrushTask - Added unique guid value as a variable.
Self registration now honors password rules.
AS2 MDN responses are now written to a file.
Removes 'Shares' folder when last share is removed from a user.
Added variable for events tracking success and failure for transfers.
Added support to encrypt and decrypt items from the WebInterface.
Automatically fixes emails to be HTML mode if the SMTP server is set to HTML and email was plain text.
Update mechanism is faster.
Added multithreaded listing for large folders and FTP protocol.
Generates exif data for previews using exiftool.
Compression fixes for large zip files (greater than 4GB).
HTTP uploads failures errors are displayed in browser now.
Faster PGP encryption and decryption.
Less verbose HTTP headers in logging.
Added ability to log individual user session logs to disk.
Discards CRLF HTTP injection.
Added FileZilla user import process.
Added ability for FolderMonitor to execute a scheduled job if it finds an old file.
Preserves OS X Info.plist file during CrushFTP updates.
Improved AS2 compatibility with more servers.
Added support to download multiple preview thumbnails as a zip file.
Added support for reading giant ACII mode files with only one line.
Added unsafe filename characters for uploads.
Enhanced objects plugins can work with.
Added speeds to UploadDownloadSummary report.
User hammering Alert emails have more data available now.
Automatically starts using new SSL cert if cert it changed.
Added password rules to login.html file and resetting the password with the randomly generated one.
Added support for windows ACL permission lookups on files for some plugins.
Added preference for where preview thumbnails are stored.
Added support to limit the TLS version that is used to avoid BEAST attack. (Or just use Java 7)
Increased PASV port timeout for slow clients.
Allows browser to save login credentials on login page.
Improved advanced upload mode in WebInterface.
Added media preview for WebInterface slideshows.
Added control to rotate previews in browser.
Added support to show custom HTML file instead of directory listings.
Improved log viewer in User Info panel of WebInterface.

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Bug Fixes:

Fixed reverse HTTPS tunnels not working
Fixed deleting and creating internal shares.
Fixed bug in detecting insufficient privs on Windows for installing service.
Fixed UTF8 mode for SMTP email subjects.
Fixed bad SITE commands not getting error response.
Fixed bug loosing inheritance when saving with SQL DB.
Fixed bug not setting OS folder privs when expanding a zip.
Fixed bug loosing user_email variable from plugin users.
Fixed bug with command lien generation of users.
Fixed bug sending emails through exchange servers.
Fixed bad URLs in the VFS coming from older CrushFTP versions.
Fixed recursive event processing
Updated SFTP library for bug fixes and security fixes.
Fixed bug loosing keywords and thumbnails on rename.
Fixed LimitedAdmin user manager error messages.
Fixed bugs in upload form values not being accessible.
Fixed bug logging some plain text passwords in CrushSync mode.
Fixed DMZ socket timeout issues.
Fixed rename when only changing filename case.
Fixed bugs when using a DB for the search index.
Fixed bug in looking up the local LAN IP on some systems.
Fixed bugs with selfRegistration process
Fixed bugs for ExportUsers report stopping on a bad username.
Fixed bug in IP banning causing all IPs to be banned.
Fixed bug in creating home folders.
Fixed quota alerts for when quota is exceeded.
Fixed alerts missing user_info for variables in email.
Fixed duplicate entries in FTP STAT command.
Fixed folder path matching in events.
Fixed DMZ and CrushSync mode.
HomeDirectory has a fix for being used as an event.
CrushTask - Find - bug fixes.
CrushTask - Unzip - fix for unzipping in parent folder.
CrushTask - Jump - fix for not passing error information
CrushTask - Preview - Ignore disabled preview configs
CrushTask - PGP - Fixed decryption bug.
CrushTask - Find - Fixed bug when iterating through directories
CrushTask - Execute - Avoid deadlock on process that doesn't end.
Fixed admin theme switcher not functioning.
Fixed bugs in WebInterface slideshows.
Fixed bugs with IE10 compatibility.
Fixed many bugs with User Info panel on WebInterface.
Fixed data validation on some User Manager fields.

CrushFTP 6.1 - 7/24/2012

New:
WebInterface supports HTML5 drag and drop for file uploads. Upload interface is more streamlined now too.
Download basket has been enhanced and supports icon previews, and other actions.
VFS is much faster, more capable, SQL integration faster too
Added self registration with approval process
Added S3 protocol support
Compatible with OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion
Added support for DMZ server and managing multiple CrushFTP instances from one for Enterprise licenses
Added support for creating a ZIP in the WebInterface
File based encryption is PGP based now instead of proprietary format
Supports larger zip files sizes (ZIP64)
Added "changing all" flag for CrushTask Find task
Added newer/older condition for Find task in CrushTask
Added FindCache task type to CrushTask to prevent finding items again
Added retry support for Copy task in CrushTask
Support resuming file transfers for Copy task in CrushTask
Added streaming support for PGP task in CrushTask (not only local files)
Added streaming support for Zip/Unzip task in CrushTask (not only local files)
New protocol engine in CrushTask, faster, more lightweight.
Java applet loading warns user if Java is disabled, or not installed.
Improved update handling with automatic CrushFTP service restart
Previews handle bad files quickly now
Better thread management
Added automatic inheritance for users added to a group
Previews icons can be downloaded with right click now
Added linked VFS items to UserFolderPermissions report
Limited Admin can configure forms, and tunnels on users
Support for bad FTP servers when using CrushFTP as a proxy (OS/400)
Supports ASCII/BINARY mode for FTP proxy operations
ExportUserPass report can access more properties from a user
Supports merging / colliding VFSs from multiple users
Added ERROR event type to user manager
Creates home folders when improving users
Changed library for proxy mode doing SFTP connections.
Supports setting the email on a user when making them from the command line
Added feedback when server is decompressing a file slowly on zipped uploads
Improved internal log messages
Added max timeouts for HA proxy connections

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Fixes:
Fixes for sshfs client interacting with CrushFTP
Fixed events not being triggered
Fixed registration issues with older licenses
Fixed many issues with URL encoding of special characters in the admin UI
Fixed memory leak related to SFTP
Fixed disk space calculation for alerts
Fixed AS2 handling of MDN responses
Fixes downloading a file that is currently being uploaded into
Fixes for FTPS client SSL auth
Fixed importing older CrushFTP4 users to CrushFTP6
Fixed bug with duplicate event execution
Fixes for limited admin management
Fix for SMTP Subject not handling UTF8 chars
Fixed for folder monitor when finding empty folders
Fix for rename event
Fixed emailto: links for some versions of Outlook
Fixed bug in downloading ASCII files over FTP
Fixed bug with bad URL in sharing a copy of a folder
Fix for reverse proxy mode and unusual forwarded-for header
Fixes for tunnel closure
Fixes for in stream PGP encryption and decryption
Fixes for zip filenames in CrushTask
Fixed execute exit code handling in CrushTask
Fixed Wait task in CrushTask
Fixed many UI issues in User Manager