Private Shell version history

Version 3.3 [August 17, 2014]

• IPv6 support

Version 3.2 [April 26, 2013]

• Disconnect confirmation setting on exit
• Customizable window title
• Fixed terminal window freezing on large amounts of data received on very fast networks

Version 3.1 [June 27, 2012]

• Added terminal color schemes
• Improvements and bugfixes

Version 3.0 [October 18, 2010]

• Scripting added
• SOCKS5 proxy support added
• Many minor bugfixes (including double-byte symbols, etc.)

Version 2.2 [September 28, 2007]

• Private Shell supports double-wide symbols.
• Added rectangular selection to the terminal (hold Alt while selecting).
• scp.exe can copy files with spaces in their names
• Screen buffer content is preserved when shrinking the buffer and then enlarging it back.
• Wrapped lines can be copied to the clipboard without breaking them.
• Shift-Up/Down scrolls terminal by one line, Shift-Page Up/Page down scrolls terminal by one page.
• Double click in terminal selects entire word (it is possible to specify additional characters that will be considered by Private Shell as a part of a word).
• Added option that restricts SFTP client to the home directory only.
• Environment variables can be used in the pshell.ini file (%VARIABLE%).
• Remote folders are sorted by name in the tree view.
• Shift-click extends the selection.
• Added copy-on-select feature.
• Private Shell can clear selection if it contents is changed.
• Fixed 100% CPU usage issue when connecting to a communication device.
• Fixed: Private Shell did not save tunnels when profiles were stored as files.
• Private Shell warns if Scroll Lock mode is on.
• SFTP GUI client can create remote directories.
• It is possible to set print margins when printing terminal contents.

Version 2.1 [September 22, 2005]

• Private Shell can be used as a terminal to connect to a computer serial port.
• Added local file browser pane to the SFTP client.
• Added disconnect confirmation.
• Master password can be reset.
• Major part of the Private Shell settings can be locked by administrator through the .ini file.
• SFTP client may not show hidden files.
• Profile management improved.
• Minor GUI improvements.

Version 2.0 [May 20, 2005]

• Added support of the "Keyboard-interactive" authentication method.
• Added Telnet protocol support.
• Custom keyboard mapping can distinguish application and normal modes of the cursor keys and numpad.
• Added remote printing support.
• Major GUI improvements.

Version 1.9 [January 27, 2005]

• Security tokens support
• Server passwords can be saved in profiles
• Added text search in terminal buffer
• SCP progress bar indicator
• UI improvemets
• Minor bugfixes

Version 1.8 [October 21, 2004]

• Added SSH Keepalive feature to keep connection alive that works much better than TCP keepalives
• Private Shell uses configuration file ("PShell.ini") to store some its settings (paths to user/host keys etc)
• Settings export and import
• Bell (ASCII 7) processing
• Context right mouse button menu
• File attributes dialog in SFTP
• SFTP UI improovements
• Fixed SSH.COM server rekey bug
• Fixed minor bugs

Version 1.7 [April 21, 2004]

• Added X11 tunneling (for both SSH1 and SSH2 protocols)
• Added advanced reconnect options
• Fixed possible Private Shell hangup due to connection break
• Improved SSH channel coding (removed possible slightly oversized data packets)

Version 1.6 [January 08, 2004]

• Private Shell Autoconfiguration Wizard. Set up the ssh client quickly and easily.

Version 1.5 [November 28, 2003]

• Added multiple terminal types support (xterm, vt100, vt102, vt220, vt320, vt420).
• Added 16-color attributes.
• "TCP keepalives" and "Auto reconnect" options are saved properly to profile now.
• Disconnecting on tunneling-only connections is now detected correctly.
• Fixed: scp.exe (secure copy command line utility) could not rewrite existing file on remote server.
• Fixed: scp.exe incorrectly stored files with ":" in their name on windows-machines.
• Fixed: text disappeared in the terminal when adjusting its size.
• Fixed: instant terminal color change when selecting another profile.
• Lots of small improvements.

Version 1.4 [November 05, 2003]

• Added the keyboard mapping feature.
• Added the printing support.
• SCP now supports national and some special symbols in remote file names.
• Minor GUI improvements.

Version 1.3 [October 07, 2003]

• Added the command-line secure copy utility (scp.exe)
• Fixed the bug with displaying files in the Secure FTP client with the size of about 10 GBytes
• Fixed the file list view overlap in the Small Icon mode
• Secure FTP GUI improved

Version 1.2 [September 23, 2003]

• SecureFTP (SFTP) client with Explorer-style user interface
• Fixed the "Upload public key" problem
• Added host name to the window title for easy navigation between connections

Version 1.0.2 (minor update)

• Command line version displays a password prompt to STDERR, so it is visible when ssh.exe is being used by another application (such as CVS)
• Fixed the black color problem in Terminal settings (appeared rarely)
• Fixed the bug when only the first tunnel in the list worked.

Version 1.0.1 [May 09, 2003]

• "Cancel" button works any time while logging in
• User keys can be turned on/off for a specific profile
• Disconnect message contains the last server reply (if any)
• Private Shell Agent: the "Exit" button title changed to "Unload Agent"
• Minor fixes

Version 1.0 Beta [April 05, 2003]

• It is the first release available for the public. So no "what's new" updates are available.