Plod

• Added SSL v3 (TLS) support
• Added SSL site-to-site (SSCN) transfers
• Added SSL "strong" keys up to 4096 bits
• Added SSL use of windows trusted root CA store
• Added extra password storage, removal, and encryption policies
• Optimized site export to not export passwords in plaintext
• Added optional prompt for SSH2 secret key passwords
• Added host type selections when creating an SSH2 connection
• Connect & Transfer
• Added separate connection socket timeout setting
• Added data port range limiter
• Added option to auto-detect windows proxy settings Note: This is only available for Windows XP SP1, W2K Pro SP3, W2K Server SP3, W2K Server 2003 using WinHTTP dll. If that fails, WinInet dll is queried, which is supported by XP, 2K PRO, NT4, ME, 98, and 95.
• Added NAT auto-detect (port mapping using UPnP) Note: Attempts to use the UPnP NAT interface that is available as a COM object in XP.
• Added option to set the storage location for the Site Manager
• Update the import utility include support for the latest Site Manager files
• Optimized first start routine to auto-detect previous Site Manager(s)
• Added On Startup event to auto-connect to last connected to site
• Optimized add/retrieve bookmark logic (including new bookmark icons in local and remote panes)
• Added new After Transfer events (disconnect, disconnect and close program, shutdown, etc.)

Manage

• Added full macro/script recording and playback
  Note: Powerful tool to capture most session functions and properties to a Visual Basic scripting file (.vbs). Once captured, you can edit or play back the file to automate complex sessions.
• Optimized integrated editor to display using full screen mode (switches back to normal view on document close)
• Optimized integration / change awareness of external editors, such as CuteHTML Pro
  Note: CuteFTP will launch a temporary copy of the remote document in the editor and then monitor the file for changes. Once you save your changes in the editor, CuteFTP will uploaded the modified file to your server.
• Miscellaneous

Optimizations

• Optimized application startup time (delay loads most components for faster startup)
• Added auto-complete capability to the local path dropdown box
• Verified compliance with Windows 2003 and IIS 6
• Updated OpenSSL Libraries to version 0.9.7c
• Updated ZLIB Libraries to version 1.2.1
• Added option for folder monitor to auto-detect change
  Note: Auto-polling for changes may fail if the monitored folder is located on a mapped network drive (WinME FAT, Novell, *nix, etc)
• Optimized internal connection retry logic
• Optimized the "use control channel for transfers" option. It is no longer based on size
• Added the ability to reset queue items
• Optimized multi-part transfers so that they auto-adjust down to threads available
• Optimized transfers to UNIX hosts so that they are now case sensitive
• Optimized various editor functions including the ability to save remote documents locally
• Optimized cached data location so that it is now stored in system default app data folder rather than the local app data folder
  Optimized the registration process

Interface

• Optimized the overwrite logic, dialogs and prompts
• Separated resources strings for simplified localization
  Note: Check our site for details on localization efforts. This will follow shortly after v6 release.
• Added the option to ignore zero byte files during an overwrite sequence
• Optimized log auto-scroll restoration based on focus change
• Added long (internal) data types for multi-gigabyte file support
• Optimized internal logic to apply user-initiated changes to connection limits even when during
• Optimized internal logic to gracefully break active transfers (send ABOR prior to breaking the socket)
• Optimized all menus, dialogs, shortcut keys, tooltips and more
• Optimized icons so that high-color versions are now available in non-XP operating systems
• Optimized icons so that both large (24x24) and small (16x16) versions are available
• Corrected many problems and defects reported by our users (not listed)