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SSH Server for Windows - March 24, 2025

Version 8.16.0029

Release Version 8.16.0029, March 21, 2025 - Feature Release

GSW_SSHD.exe is now updated to 64-bit.
GSW_SSHD.exe and Desktop Client "gs_ssh.exe" are updated to use OpenSSL3.

Defect Resolutions:

Rare crash condition.

Status: Fixed

SSH Server for Windows - March 04, 2024

Version 8.15.0035

Release Version 8.15.0035, February 29, 2024 - Feature Release

Georgia SoftWorks Desktop SSH client now supports delegation of Kerberos credentials. This includes the ability to connect network shares without having to re-enter username and password inside of the SSH Session. This is commonly refered to Single Sign-on. Specifiy -md instead of -m to enable the feature, for example gs_ssh -md host.example.com

Defect Resolutions:

Registration Utility Unable to read HASP key data fields introduced in v8.15.0034.

Status: Fixed

SSH Server for Windows

Version 8.15.0034

Release Version 8.15.0034, February 12, 2024 - Feature Release

GSW SSH Shield now supports ED25519 Twisted Edwards Curve host keys.
GSW SSH Shield now supports the ED25519 Twisted Edwards Curve public key authentication.

Defect Resolutions:

GSW SSH Shield now supports the Strict Key Exchange protocol extension to prevent the CVE-2023-48795 "Terrapin" Attack.

Status: Fixed

SSH Server for Windows - March 01, 2023

Version 8.14.0015

Release Version 8.14.0015, February 24, 2023 - Maintenance Release

Defect Resolutions:

GSW SSH Shield was limiting the number of sessions to ~4500. Memory allocation corrected

Status: Fixed

Exception in MS Windows DLL providing GSSAPI support could crash the GSW SSHD Service. Observed when connecting with PuTTY

Status: Fixed

SSH Server for Windows - December 29, 2022

Version 8.12.0017

Release Version 8.12.0017, December 23, 2022 - Feature Release

UTS and GSW ConnectBot now support surrogate characters. This includes support for Vietnamese characters and Emojis
GSW UTS reports all Event Log events to Dashalytics (if configured)
Dashalytics Enhancements Added
Miscellaneous cleanup and improvements

SSH Server for Windows - December 28, 2021

Version 8.11.0012

Release Version 8.11.0012, December 29, 2021 - Feature Release

GSSAPI is disabled by default in the registry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Georgia SoftWorks\GSW_SSHD\Parameters\bEnableLogonGSSAPI is now set to 0x00. Set to 0x01 to enable.
SSH Shield (sshshld.exe) install will use minimum version UTS 8.11.0012 as a prerequisite.
Supported Windows OS's updated to include Server 2022 and Windows 11
Documentation updates

SSH Server for Windows - November 10, 2020

Version 8.10.0005

Maintenance Release

Defect Resolutions:

 Scanned data is not echoed to the screen immediately but instead 
 is displayed with a delay of 0.5 to 1.5 seconds

Status: Fixed

SSH Server for Windows - October 05, 2020

Version 8.10.0004

Maintenance Release

When the gsw-ssh-server.exe is installed, the UTS version 8.10.0004 is also installed if not already installed.

SSH Server for Windows - November 08, 2019

Version 8.09.0004

Feature Release

Features:

 GSW SSH Server now supports 4999 connections.

 Enhanced support for port forwarding. Both for local and 
 remote forwarding. Increased performance and stability.

Defect Resolutions:

 SSH Server install could fail if Georgia SoftWorks License
 and Deployment Server is running.

Status: Fixed

 Possible credential conflict with GSSAPI logon 
 When SSH Server and client GSSAPI configuration conflicted
 incorrect credentials could be used.

Status: Fixed

SSH Server for Windows - February 28, 2017

Version 8.08.0002

Release Version 8.08.0002 Feb 10, 2017 - Feature Release

Features:

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 Windows Server 2016 support
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 Public key authenticaion for GSW mobile ssh clients

 Failed SSH logon data logged for technical support team

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 Documentation and copyright updates
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SSH Server for Windows - February 04, 2015

Version 8.07.0002

Release Version 8.07.0002 Feb 26, 2016 - Feature Release

Features:

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 Windows 10 support
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 Significant performance enhancements when transferring large 
 amounts of data

 Performance optimizations for GSW desktop ssh client

New configuration parameters added for selection of - ciphers - host key algorithms
- key exchange algorithms
  - hmacs
  - and more. See SSH Users Guide for complete details

 SFTP server capability added (SSH File Transfer Protocol)

 SCP support added (Secure Copy Protocol)

 Remote command execution "exec" support added as 
 specified in the SSH Connection Protocol

 Host Fingerprints.txt file format modification
 Changed format to contain both SHA1 and MD5 hashes

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 Documentation and copyright updates
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SSH Server for Windows - May 23, 2014

Version 8.05.0028

Maintenance Release

Defect Resolutions:

GSW UTS Fixed GSSAPI authentication problems affecting NTLM and Kerberos logons.

Status: Fixed

SSH Server for WIndows - February 04, 2015

Version 8.06.0001

Maintenance Release

Features:

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 Documentation and copyright updates
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 Software optimizations
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Defect Resolutions:

GSW UTS (SSHShield) Unterminated/stalled connections when server side sends a lot of data and immediately closes the connection. This would more often manifest itself when slow connection, slow client computer, or a slow client software is used. Client software would become unresponsive when the error occurs.

Status: Fixed