We are delighted to announce the immediate availability of version 2.7 of the core Aspera fasp™ file transfer products and SDK.
This release provides major new functionality within Aspera Enterprise Server, Connect Server, Point-to-Point, Client, and the SDK, and addresses many key customer requirements. Highlights include significant advances within the fasp™ transport for virtual machine environments, massive data set sizes and unusual networks; new command line options for large scale automation; new SDK capabilities for easy, scalable monitoring of transfer endpoints within third-party applications; many new server and client capabilities for robust configuration, automation, and management; and significant enhancements and bug fixes for maximum security.
fasp™ 2.7 downloads are available today for Linux 32/64, Mac OS X (Intel), Windows and Isilon OneFS:
Aspera Enterprise Server
Aspera Enteprise Server for Isilon
Aspera Connect Server
Aspera Connect Server for Isilon
Aspera Point-to-point
Aspera Client
fasp™ SDK
Downloads for additional platforms will be made available in upcoming weeks.
For assistance in upgrading your Aspera software to version 2.7, please contact support@asperasoft.com.
Please note: 2.7 using the same license you have been using since version 2.5. If you are upgrading from version 2.2 or earlier please contact sales or support for license assistance.
New Features in version 2.7
fasp™ Transport
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Support for transfers of unlimited size (individual sessions previously limited to 6 Terabytes)
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Enhanced rate control optimized for virtual machine hardware
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Partially transferred files identifiable by name, with configurable suffix
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Faster performance for very small files (100 KB or smaller)
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Fine tuning configuration of rate control for networks with legacy or atypical queue behavior
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Built-in performance testing modes
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Support for preserving file ownership (Posix systems) and full symlink transfer support (follow, copy, skip)
Command line (ascp)
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Options for specifying sources or all arguments in text files for easy automation of transfers with many source files
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Source base option to allow preservation of all or portions of the directory structure for individually specified source paths
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Option for automatic acceptance of the server host key to ease automation
Web services and faspmanager™ SDK
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New SOAP API (in asperacentral) for querying and filtering individual and aggregate transfer status
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Persistent data store of transfer history, providing high availability for node monitoring
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“Soft close” option allowing applications to report job size and ETA even when using persistent sessions
Connect server
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New create folder capability
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Change login user improved for all major browsers (formerly “experimental”)
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Customizable header and footer now also on Windows
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Support for Windows network shares in user docroots
Security
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Main executables hardened with buffer overflow stack protection
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Aspera shell hardened for no-shell capabilities
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UI feedback to ensure Aspera shell is configured
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Connect server hardened against cross site scripting attacks
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Automatic client fallback to port TCP/33001 if TCP/22 is not available, allowing server owners to move the SSHD server to port TCP/33001 with minimal client impact
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UI-created private keys are saved with restricted read permissions (user only)
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Server docroot information sanitized from client logs
Server and server configuration
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New troubleshooting functions to verify and automatically correct invalid or insecure user settings
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Major improvements in configuration of Windows domain users, i.e. acceptance of all name formats, robust domain information lookup, proper inheritance of domain group settings
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File management operations in the GUI and SDK respect file and directory creation mode in aspera.conf
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Intermittent reporting of full job size problem fixed
Client and Point-to-Point GUI
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Configuration improvements for robustness
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Automatically falls back the SSH connection to TCP/ 33001 if connection fails on TCP/22
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Detect configuration changes and automatically create backups, to prevent overwriting of configuration when multiple admins log in to the same Windows system.
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Maintain multiple backups of the configuration for easy restoration.
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New import and export feature for backups and migrations
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New export of private key file
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Pre-population of new installations with demo site
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File browser improvements
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File details sortable by column and full permission details displayed
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Group permissions properly applied in user browsing
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New directories created with proper permissions
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Decryption within the context menu fixed for unicode paths
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Transfers
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Encryption-at-rest properly supports unicode path names.
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Cookie values with unicode characters properly display in GUI and Console (UTF-8 encoding).
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Transfer rates display properly for transfer sizes > 1 TB
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Maximum transfer history is limited to manage memory usage
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Prepared for internationalization (demo languages available - French, Chinese, Japanese)
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Hot Folders
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Applies filters for pull folders
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Robustness bug fixes for pull folders
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Better error handling of errors in the configuration file, and generates backups more intelligently, to not overwrite existing backups.
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Improved monitoring and statistics, including a correction for folders with 1000+ files
