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-- name       : ReleaseNews.txt
-- project    : BoarderZone: Development Environment
-- created    : Leon Poyyayil - 2008-04-09
-- language   : English
-- environment: the human readers mind ... ;-)
-- copyright  : (c) 1990-2024 by Leon Poyyayil (private), Switzerland
-- license    : this is free software licensed under the GPL. see COPYING
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This file contains a description of the major changes between builds of the
BoarderZone.net applications which are relevant to end users.
See BuildNews.txt for a more detailed description of these changes and bug-fixes.
See doc/BuildVersioning.txt for a more detailed description of how to read it.


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version: 0.21.832
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2024-01-02 18:43:31
status:  release
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- developmental changes only


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version: 0.21.831
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2024-01-02 06:53:33
status:  release
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- FileChecker: extended with new options to support:
  - patching file headers with last modified timestamp
  - ignoring certain directories
  - supressing output of empty directories
  - customizing indentation and EOL of output catalog files


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version: 0.21.830
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2023-10-25 05:18:38
status:  release
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- bug-fixes
- AcmeClient: added support for configuring a custom TLS TrustStore
- FileChecker: added new option to suppress progress output
- FileHandler plugins:
  - HtmlViewer: added support for display of (simple) markdown files
  - HttpClient: added support for displaying TLS server certificate info
  - JceCertViewer (and all which make use of it):
    - added display of MS SID in certificate details tab
  - JceKeyStoreEditor & JceKeyStoreViewer:
    - added support for BCFKS format: BouncyCastle FIPS KeyStore
    - added info label which shows the keystore type and provider info
  - TextEditor: added support for Unicode Byte-Order-Mark control toggle button
  - XmlEditor: added support for Unicode Byte-Order-Mark control toggle button


=============================================================================
version: 0.21.829
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2022-12-30 14:14:49
status:  release
----------------------------
- bug-fixes


=============================================================================
version: 0.21.828
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2022-11-01 18:07:43
status:  release
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- FileHandler plugins:
  - JceKeyStoreEditor: added support for more standardized key lengths in
    key pair generation wizard:
    - RSA: 3072, 8192
    - EC: 112, 224, 521
  - ProcessRunner: added convenience button to press CTRL-C and others


=============================================================================
version: 0.21.827
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2022-08-09 13:54:52
status:  release
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- bug-fixes
- general ASN.1: added more OID mappings for well known extended key usages
- KeyStoreTool:
  - added support for displaying the SHA-256 fingerprint of entries
  - added display of validity duration in verbose mode
- FileHandler plugins:
  - JceCertViewer (and all which make use of it):
    - added display of validity duration in details tab
  - JceKeyStoreEditor:
    - added display of resulting validity duration in issuance wizard step
    - added support for wildcard DNS SANs in CSR and certificate creation


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version: 0.21.826
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2022-07-31 20:26:31
status:  release
----------------------------
- bug-fixes
- FileHandler plugins:
  - JceCertViewer (and all which make use of it):
    - new buttons for copying the subject/issuer DNs in the overview tab
  - JceKeyStoreEditor:
    - added support for own extensions in wizard upon PKCS#10 creation
  - MSCertTemplateEditor:
    - updated flag descriptions to cover latest changes in MS specification
    - added support for editing the hash algorithm OID
    - added support for the new MS CA Security Extension with ObjectSID content
      (=> usable in all places where certificate extensions are handled)
  - ProcessRunner: added convenience button to press ENTER
  - TextLineViewer: changed to use UTF-8 as default encoding when no BOM is present


=============================================================================
version: 0.21.825
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2022-07-20 14:13:19
status:  release
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- bug-fixes
- log4j update
- FileHandler plugins:
  - MSCertTemplateEditor:
    - extended to show many more flag meanings
    - added new tab to modify the fields related to RA requirements
    - made layout of general tab more compact


=============================================================================
version: 0.21.824
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2022-01-02 19:42:49
status:  release
----------------------------
- developmental changes only


=============================================================================
version: 0.21.823
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2021-12-14 18:45:13
status:  release
----------------------------
- bug-fixes
- migrated to servlet API 3.1
- added protection against Log4Shell vulnerability


=============================================================================
version: 0.21.822
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2021-10-07 18:05:53
status:  release
----------------------------
- bug-fixes
- all GUI applications:
  - SystemInformation dialog: added display of local IP address(es)
- FileBrowser:
  - added support for encoding files to raw deflate
  - SystemInformation: added display of IP addresses
- FileHandler plugins:
  - PackViewer: added support for decoding raw deflate encoded files
  - ProcessRunner: added support for OS- and host-specific start definition files


=============================================================================
version: 0.21.821
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2021-06-30 00:13:47
status:  release
----------------------------
- bug-fixes
- FileHandler plugins:
  - CborXmlEditor: new plugin to edit CBOR data as XML
  - JceKeyStoreViewer: added support for loading the contents of ICAO
    MasterList files which contain Country Signing CA certificates
  - JceKeyStoreEditor: use PKCS#10 extensions in certificate issuance wizard
  - JsonEditor: new plugin for specialized JSON editing capabilities
  - PKCS10Viewer: added tab with extension request details


=============================================================================
version: 0.21.820
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2021-06-21 02:28:40
status:  developmental
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- starting with this release a JDK 1.8 compatible JVM is required for execution
- AcmeClient: migrated to latest version of ACME library to support v2 protocol
- FileBrowser:
  - added support for encoding files to Base45 and raw ZLib
- FileHandler plugins:
  - JceCertViewer: added new tab with certificate extensions
  - JceKeyStoreEditor:
    - added new tab with certificate extensions
    - added support for SAN variants UPN and DC-GUID in wizard
    - added new wizard step to enter custom extensions
  - JceKeyStoreViewer: added new tab with certificate extensions
  - MSCertTplEditor: new file handler to edit MS certificate template XML files
  - PackViewer: added support for decoding Base45 and raw ZLib encoded files


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