VNC® Personal Edition 4.6 release notes

Introduction

Below are the release notes for version 4.6. You can also read the release notes for versions 4.5.x and earlier. There is also a list of known bugs in version 4.6.

VNC Personal Edition 4.6.3 - released 19th August 2011

  • Updated for compatibility with VNC Enterprise Edition 4.6.3.

VNC Personal Edition 4.6.2 - released 11th August 2011

  • FIXED: Connections from VNC Viewer to Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) computers running VNC Enterprise Edition now work as expected.

VNC Personal Edition 4.6.1 - released 8th March 2011

  • FIXED: Mouse movement no longer appears jerky or affects performance when connected to Windows host computers.
  • FIXED: Re-opening the Chat - VNC Server dialog now retains user names and distinguishing colors.
  • FIXED: File transfer no longer occasionally fails due to issues assigning file permissions.
  • FIXED: VNC Viewer no longer appears to offer authenticated connections to proxy servers. Note that support for proxy authentication may be the subject of a future release.
  • FIXED: Changing the color quality of a host computer desktop running VNC Server in Service Mode with the Mirror Driver enabled (the default behavior) no longer blanks, or stops updating, the display.
  • FIXED: Setting the VNC Server in Service Mode Log and LogFile parameters now successfully logs to a file in a privileged directory.

VNC Personal Edition 4.6 - released 20th December 2010

  • NEW: Full Windows 7 support.
  • NEW: Connections can be secured end-to-end using 256-bit AES encryption.
  • NEW: JPEG and JRLE encodings for the VNC Viewer preferredencoding parameter compress pictures more efficiently for improved performance over low bandwidth connections.
  • NEW: Zlib encoding for the VNC Viewer preferredencoding parameter improves the performance of connections to Mac OS X computers running Apple Remote Desktop/Remote Management.
  • NEW: Executable files are Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR)-enabled for improved security on appropriate operating systems.
  • NEW: Separate private keys are automatically generated when VNC Viewer and VNC Server start.
  • NEW: Multiple host computers can be specified at the VNC Viewer command line, and connections attempted in turn until one succeeds. Or all can be established at once using the connectinparallel parameter.
  • NEW: Alpha-blended cursors are supported.
  • NEW: VNC Server connection notification messages can be turned off.
  • NEW: VNC Server notifies when chat messages are received if the Chat - VNC Server dialog is minimized.
  • Streamlined file transfer mechanism and user interface.
  • VNC Personal Edition no longer supports Itanium processors.
  • VNC Server can now be restricted to IPv6 network addresses for the host computer by setting the InTransports parameter to just IPv6. In addition, invalid values for this parameter now prevent connections.
  • Corrupt or missing private keys can no longer be regenerated from the UI.
  • VNC Server for Windows in User Mode now displays a black screen when the host computer's desktop cannot be accessed, instead of terminating connections (for example, when a UAC prompt is displayed, or when the host computer is locked).
  • VNC Server now warns if a password specified for the VNC Password authentication mechanism is shorter than six characters.
  • Blacklisting now only affects client computers whose users fail to authenticate, enabling utilities such as ping to work.
  • Many dialogs and message windows have new and more consistent titles.
  • Printing formats have changed, and dependencies removed. This means VNC Viewer 4.6 cannot print host computer files from VNC Server 4.5 for UNIX/Linux or Mac OS X. See also the bug fix below.
  • FIXED: Printing formats have changed. This means Standalone VNC Viewer 4.6 can now print host computer files from VNC Server 4.6 for UNIX/Linux or Mac OS X (but not VNC Server 4.5).
  • FIXED: Command line parameters specified when starting VNC Viewer are now inherited (when a new connection is established using the New Connection toolbar button, for example).
  • FIXED: Command line parameters specified when starting Listening VNC Viewer are now respected.

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