We have released Build 0806 for Xshell on November 09, 2015. To update click the Help tab in the file menu and select Check for Updates. The full updates notes can be found below: Xshell 5 Build 0806, November 09, 2015 ADD: Flash Taskbar bell option ADD: Support for Xmodem, Ymodem ADD: Status bar now displays session description ADD: Compose bar now contains visual icons to indicate where strings are being sent ADD: Xshell now allows for copying rich text format…
We’re happy to announce that we have added the aes128-gcm and aes256-gcm Ciphers to the latest build of Xshell. So if you’re server requires either of these encryption types, you can now access those servers with Xshell. Note: Users updating to Xshell Build 0788 and Xmanager Enterprise Build 0769 from previous Builds will need to manually add these two Ciphers into the Cipher list. You can access these Ciphers through the Security category within sessions properties. Click the Edit button next to the drop…
When copying columns from the split window of vim, screen, or tmux, the copied data has trailing empty spaces at the end of lines. When the column is pasted, the trailing empty spaces are pasted as well. Let’s try copying the left column from the split window of vim: Pasting this to Notepad produces: When highlighting the pasted text, the empty spaces at the end of lines are clearly included. This can be frustrating when attempting to manipulate the text as you’ll…
With our latest update, Xmanager Enterprise Build 0769 and Xshell build 0788, we’ve included Nagle’s Algorithm for user who have network congestion issues. In TCP/IP networks, applications often transmit data in 1 byte size. Now let’s say you need to send 10 bytes of data considering this 1 byte/packet transmission rate. You will have to send 10 separate packets each containing a header several times bigger than the actual required information. This can lead to network congestion and deterioration. By…
We have released Build 0788 for Xshell on October 08, 2015. To update click the Help tab in the file menu and select Check for Updates. The full updates notes can be found below: Xshell 5 Build 0788, October 08, 2015 ADD: Ability to full screen only the selected tab from within a multi-tabbed environment ADD: aes256-gcm, aes128-gcm ciphers added ADD: Avoid accidental exit ADD: Bell Options(for more usages just type set command in the Local shell) ADD: Non Xftp users…
We have released Build 0752 for Xshell on September 07, 2015. To update click the Help tab in the file menu and select Check for Updates. The full updates notes can be found below: Xshell 5 Build 0752, Septemeber 07, 2015 ADD: Arcfour128, Arcfour256 Cipher Algorithm added ADD: Support for encrypt-then-mac (EtM) MAC modes ADD: Added the option to include new line character when selecting the entire last line ADD: Script to change tab names MOD: Reset screenlock when the program…
We have released Build 0729 and 0744 for Xshell on August 20, 2015 and August 26, 2015 respectively. To update click the Help tab in the file menu and select Check for Updates. The full updates notes can be found below: Xshell 5 Build 0729, August 20, 2015 ADD: https added as URL delimiter ADD: Interrupt with Ctrl-C in local shell ADD: Security module core updated to the latest OpenSSL 1.0.1p MOD: How terminal color is inverted when making selection with…
When handling a large amount of sessions, it is important to organize your sessions to improve work efficiency. Xshell gives you many options. You can create tab groups, move or resize tabs, have multiple windows, and more. Sometimes, you may find it beneficial to open a new session as a new tab within the same window or open it in an entirely new window. The following blog article will explain how you can do both. To open a new session…
If you need to simultaneously login to multiple hosts via SSH that share the same password, but you rather not save said password in the session files, you can use change the Authentication Prompt to use the terminal based input instead of using a pop up dialog box. By doing so, you can redirect password to all open sessions and do not have to input them for each session you open. Here is how it works. Once you change the Authentication Prompt option (Tools > Options…
One of our long time Xshell users recently requested a new feature on our Xshell Forums. The user noticed that a triple-click select would capture the entire line except the new line character. This caused workflow stutters when re-adding lines from the scroll buffer or when copy and pasting. With Xshell Build 0697 and Xmanager Enterprise Build 0687 we’ve modified the triple-click select to include the LF. Let’s take a quick visual look at the differences. Below is a triple-click select pre Xshell…
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