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Syncplify Devs
June 18, 2023

Syncplify Server! v6.1.12 released

Importance of this update: MINOR
Fixed
  • Fixed first activation of 2FA for additional SuperAdmin accounts from within the SuperAdmin account that creates them (self-enrollment already worked as expected)

Upgrading from v6.x.y is a simple and fairly automatic process: simply download the latest version from the official download page, and install it over the existing version, all of your settings and license will be kept.

If, instead, you’re upgrading from an older (v4/v5) version, you find the upgrade instructions in our knowledge base.

Thank you all for trusting our software with your secure file transfers!

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Syncplify Devs
June 15, 2023

Syncplify Server! v6.1.11 released 🚨

Importance of this update: VERY HIGH
Fixed
  • Editing of bindings for HA (high-availability) deployments now works as expected even when one of the nodes was not initialized in the first place
New
  • The new SNI implementation that was introduced about a month ago in the Web/REST service has now been extended and incorporated into the “worker” service as well; this makes certificate management far easier, and comes with the additional advantage of not having to restart the system service(s) anymore when you update/change your X.509 certificate(s)

Upgrading from v6.x.y is a simple and fairly automatic process: simply download the latest version from the official download page, and install it over the existing version, all of your settings and license will be kept.

If, instead, you’re upgrading from an older (v4/v5) version, you find the upgrade instructions in our knowledge base.

Thank you all for trusting our software with your secure file transfers!

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Syncplify Devs
June 13, 2023

False-positives on VirusTotal

One-liner: yes, those are false-positives, and our software is 100% safe and virus-free!

Some users have reported that when they scan our Syncplify Server! installer with multiple engines using VirusTotal, they occasionally receive one or two warning (out of 70+ antivirus engines that VirusTotal employs).

It was out duty to investigate.

First and foremost, let us confirm, for everyone’s peace of mind, that our software is absolutely virus-free and safe to use, so those are so-called “false positives”.

Why is it happening? We narrowed it down to the fact that in order to run our software as a Windows system service, we take advantage of a little piece of 3rd-party software called NSSM.

NSSM is a tiny piece of software that allows any console (stdin/stdout) application to be executed as a system service in Windows. This was not developed by Syncplify, but we adopted it because of the great flexibility and reliability it offers. Sadly, we learned that some antivirus engines flag this little executable as suspicious (it not flat-out as malware).

We are, therefore, hard at work to drop the need for NSSM, and turn the Windows version of our software into a set of native system services, thus bypassing the issue entirely.

As always, thank you for your trust and for your patience.

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Syncplify Devs
June 9, 2023

Syncplify Server! v6.1.10 released 🔥

Importance of this update: HIGH
Fixed
  • The Zip function in our scripting engine now can correctly create encrypted zip archives that are compatible with both Windows and Linux OSs
  • Editing of bindings for HA (high-availability) deployments now works as expected
  • An occasional false-positive in closing idle sessions has been eliminated
New
  • Added more debug and trace logging for quota management
  • JWT (auth token) management in WebClient! has been completely redesigned for better security and broader client support
  • Multiple WebClient! shared objects (files/directories) can now be accessed concurrently in different tabs/windows in the same browser process
  • Added support for “subject alternative names” in our SNI implementation
  • Added a ton of trace-level logging for LDAP queries

Upgrading from v6.x.y is a simple and fairly automatic process: simply download the latest version from the official download page, and install it over the existing version, all of your settings and license will be kept.

If, instead, you’re upgrading from an older (v4/v5) version, you find the upgrade instructions in our knowledge base.

Thank you all for trusting our software with your secure file transfers!

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Syncplify Devs
June 1, 2023

Syncplify Server! v6.1.9 released

Importance of this update: NORMAL
Fixed
  • The Zip function in the scripting language now correctly supports Windows and Linux compatible encrypted zip archives
  • Several minor glitches in the UIs (SuperAdmin and Admin) have been fixed, if you experienced some issues with the UIs this is definitely an update you want to perform

Upgrading from v6.x.y is a simple and fairly automatic process: simply download the latest version from the official download page, and install it over the existing version, all of your settings and license will be kept.

If, instead, you’re upgrading from an older (v4/v5) version, you find the upgrade instructions in our knowledge base.

Thank you all for trusting our software with your secure file transfers!

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Syncplify Devs
May 18, 2023

Syncplify Server! v6.1.8 released

Importance of this update: MINOR
Fixed
  • Fixed behavior of ImportFile and ExportFile VFS methods in the scripting engine
New
  • Added HashFile function to the scripting engine to compute hash codes of local files
  • Added optional password parameter to the Zip function in the scripting engine: if not empty, the created zip archive will be encrypted
  • Added the possibility to edit the notes for each item in the Safe-List and Allow-List

Upgrading from v6.x.y is a simple and fairly automatic process: simply download the latest version from the official download page, and install it over the existing version, all of your settings and license will be kept.

If, instead, you’re upgrading from an older (v4/v5) version, you find the upgrade instructions in our knowledge base.

Thank you all for trusting our software with your secure file transfers!

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Syncplify Devs
May 16, 2023

Syncplify Server! v6.1.7 released

Importance of this update: NORMAL
Fixed
  • Label in the Admin UI indicating the “total number of sessions” since last restart and overall
  • The aes256-cbc algorithm in the SSH/SFTP configuration is now correctly persisted when added to the list of active encryption algorithms
  • Corrected an Admin UI glitch that was introduced in v6.1.4 and prevented adding “permission override” items to existing user accounts
New
  • Added the ability to use markdown in Admin UI and WebClient! disclaimers
  • Added the ability to specify a custom title to be displayed just above the disclaimer in WebClient!’s login page

Upgrading from v6.x.y is a simple and fairly automatic process: simply download the latest version from the official download page, and install it over the existing version, all of your settings and license will be kept.

If, instead, you’re upgrading from an older (v4/v5) version, you find the upgrade instructions in our knowledge base.

Thank you all for trusting our software with your secure file transfers!

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Syncplify Devs
May 12, 2023

Syncplify Server! v6.1.5 released

Importance of this update: NORMAL
Fixed
  • Fixed the virtual site’s (WebClient!) trusted proxies list behavior in the Admin UI
  • Scripting engine: the CopyFile() function now auto-adjusts the timestamp of the target file once the copy has been successfully completed
  • Fixed validation rules during password self-change in WebClient!
New
  • Added automatic safety backup of the entire configuration (max once per hour, max 42 in total with auto-rollover) every time a change is detected: easier to roll back if you configure yourself in a corner
  • Added ToDate() function to the scripting engine to convert Go’s time.Time type to a standard JavaScript Date() object
  • Added StatFileSystemObject() function to the scripting engine to extract the “stat” record of directories and files on any local file system
  • Added ReadFileAsHex() function to the scripting engine that reads the specified portion of a file and returns it as a hex (base-16) encoded string

Upgrading from v6.x.y is a simple and fairly automatic process: simply download the latest version from the official download page, and install it over the existing version, all of your settings and license will be kept.

If, instead, you’re upgrading from an older (v4/v5) version, you find the upgrade instructions in our knowledge base.

Thank you all for trusting our software with your secure file transfers!

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Syncplify Devs
May 4, 2023

Syncplify Server! v6.1.4 released 🚨

Importance of this update: EXTREME
Fixed
  • Service detection under Linux now works as expected: resolves all the “exit code 4” errors during Virtual Site creation
  • Correctly initialized all functions/methods in the scripting engine
  • Fixed a possible (though very rare) goroutine leak in the scripting engine
Improved
  • Added user account statistics to the Admin UI
  • Changing (adding/deleting) certificates from the Certificates page in the SuperAdmin UI no longer requires a restart of the system service (all changes are applied live at run-time)
  • Upgraded back-end SyngoDB to v4.7.1 (new and much stringer DB locking mechanism)

Upgrading from v6.x.y is a simple and fairly automatic process: simply download the latest version from the official download page, and install it over the existing version, all of your settings and license will be kept.

If, instead, you’re upgrading from an older (v4/v5) version, you find the upgrade instructions in our knowledge base.

Thank you all for trusting our software with your secure file transfers!

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