VNC® Free Edition 4.1 - release notes

VNC Free Edition 4.1.3

General Changes

  • Update to VNC Viewer only. Patches a possible security vulnerability only present in the listening viewer. VNC Server is not compromised.

VNC Free Edition 4.1.2

General Changes

  • FIXED: Security vulnerability.

VNC Free Edition 4.1.1

General Features and Improvements from VNC Free Edition 4.1

  • Western-European accented characters are now supported in clipboard data, using ISO Latin 1.

VNC for Windows Changes

  • FIXED: Viewer window placement and multi-monitor handling issues.
  • FIXED: Server tray icon tooltip text missing or out of date.
  • FIXED: Server failing to respect the Disable local inputs setting.
  • FIXED: Server always enabling Active Desktop on disconnect.
  • FIXED: Installer requiring reboot when replacing an active installation.

VNC for Unix Changes

  • Improved the vncviewer, vncconfig and x0vncserver event loops.
  • Enabled the XInputExtension in Xvnc by default.
  • FIXED: vnc.so module for XFree86 failing to load due to missing dependencies.

VNC Free Edition 4.1

General Features and Improvements from VNC Free Edition 4.0

  • Increased ZRLE maximum buffer size to cope with larger desktops.
  • Maximum clipboard buffer size is now configurable.
  • "file" log target now moves existing log file out of the way.
  • Improved anti-brute-force measures.
  • Improved internal interfaces and code layout.
  • Added support for "?" (Query) action in the Hosts (Access Control) parameter.
  • FIXED: Timeout issues when IdleTimeout set to zero.
  • FIXED: Incorrect handling of desktop resize during viewer initialisation.

VNC for Windows Changes

  • Added QueryOnlyIfLoggedOn, to allow unprompted connections to unused machines.
  • Added DeviceName parameter, allowing a single monitor's content to be displayed.
  • VNC Viewer now supports AutoReconnect in case of session errors.
  • VNC Viewer supports direct pass-through of "special" keys to server.
  • VNC Viewer connection attempts may be cancelled via the Connecting dialog.
  • Better support for building with/without Platform SDKs installed.
  • Improved VNC Hooks and polling implementations.
  • FIXED: VNC Viewer window and Options dialog placement issues.
  • FIXED: Excessive numbers of connections could cause service to abort.

VNC for Unix Changes

  • Added back-store support to Xvnc and enabled it by default.
  • Added QueryConnect support in module, Xvnc and x0vncserver.
  • FIXED: X11 timer problem that could cause update-on-mouse-move behaviour.
  • FIXED: Colormap lookup issue for non-default TrueColor visuals.
  • FIXED: Handling of empty cursors on colormapped displays.
  • FIXED: Handling of -passwd option by vncviewer.

VNC Viewer for Java Changes

  • Java archive is now signed for use with Sun Java Runtime Environment.
  • Added support for automatic synchronisation with local clipboard.

Please see the VNC Free Edition 4.0 release notes for details of the differences between the VNC Free Edition 4.x series and the older VNC Free Edition 3.x series software.

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