Software Update: BulletProof FTP Server 2.21

ViVa thought it was time for a new version of BulletProof FTP Server, and GoT answered its prayers. After three quarters of a year, the program has finally been upgraded to version 2.21. The changelog indicates the following changes:

Version 2.21 BulletProof FTP Server – 09-Feb-2003

x : “Explore Folder” option in hitometer.
x : Bug in “Delete partially uploaded file” option.
x : Wrong transfer status could be reported for a resumed upload / download (also affects statistic & time left).
x : Access violation (c0000005) when running as an interactive service while logon/logoff could happen.
x : Corrected a wrong shortcut resolving when called via direct access.
x : Main window unaccessible after “go offline” from trayicon with users connected.
x : Allowed domain & allowed ip in ip access denies access.
x : Error in multi ip settings ‘list index out of bound (1)’
x : 1 byte excess per transfer reported in Quota.
x : Free File not applied to per file ratio.
x : Invalid hitometer file format could cause application to crash at loading.
x : Scheduler : long date format problem (yy/mmm/yyyy).
x : Server Activity : save ‘Speed’ column width.
x : Better Windows XP theme compatibility (“To Tray” caption button removed when used with XP theme).
x : Give & take credit access violation with alphabetical chars.
x : APPE in passive mode, two positive messages were sent.
x : SIZE command reporting invalid file size with file > 4GB.

+ : Event : OnExceedUSERPASS, works with option ‘Limit USER/PASS to xxx’.
+ : Event : OnTooManyUsersForAccount : happens when account max. users limit is reached (different from server max. limit).
+ : Event : OnLogFileRotate : when the server changes log file (useful to zip/move old log file).
+ : Event : Restrict event execution based on filemask : ‘*.exe;c:ftp*.*|c:pathapplication.bat %parameters’
(file related events, OnFileUploaded, OnFileDownloaded …)
+ : Tags : %WELCOMEUNAME merges “welcome_uname.txt” (uname = username)from server directory in the message / event.
+ : Tags : %UFILESPEED, %UFILESPEEDKB, %UFILESPEEDMB : report speed for last transfer.
+ : Tags : %SERVERSPEED, %SERVERSPEEDKB, %UFILESPEEDMB : report current server speed.
+ : Tags : %LOGFILE (current log file), %LOGFILEOLD (previous log file) to go with OnLogFileRotate events.
+ : Tags : %EVENT returns fired event name.
+ : Option : “-nouserstats” command line switch, disable saving account stats.
+ : Option : “-nousertransfers” command line switch, disable user upload & download reports (no saving to file or monitoring in server activity).
+ : Scheduler : “Reload” Accounts option.
+ : Log command lines switches sent to the application at runtime (-reload, -online …).
+ : Option : Passive IP (new option tab) : option to resolve hostname for dynamic ip connection (useful for dyndns.org-like subdomains name).
+ : Account quota menu for edit box to set quota to 1MB, 2MB … 1GB
+ : Menu option to make a temporary ban permanent.
+ : P@SW is now an alias to PASV command (workaround for some routers passive mode problem).
+ : ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ help menu pointing to http://faq.bpftpserver.com/.
+ : ‘View log file’ menu in main window menu.
+ : G6Service.exe to install & run as a service. (see “Administrative Tools” directory & Start menu shortcuts)

* : Hitometer : Changed organization of window, explorer menu is the default for list popupmenu.
* : STAT : command reports user connected to passive ip (if set) instead of local ip.
* : LIST : removing “List” right to a directory now outputs an empty list instead of “550 Permission denied.”. Better for browsers.
* : Swapped UP/DOWN value in %USPEEDLIMIT.
* : Moved “Wordwrap” menu to Setup/Log
* : Default logging to logsftp.log
* : MDTM now reports GMT time instead of local time.