# 2018-11-19	Version 2.0.0-rc4

FreeRDP 2.0.0-rc4 is the fifth release candidate for 2.0.0. Although it mainly

addresses security and stability there are some new features as well.

Noteworthy features and improvements:

* fix multiple reported CVEs (#5031)

* gateway: multiple fixes and improvements (#3600, #4787, #4902, #4964, #4947,

  #4952, #4938)

* client/X11: support for rail (remote app) icons was added (#5012)

* licensing: the licensing code was re-worked. Per-device licenses

  are now saved on the client and used on re-connect.

	WARNING: this is a change in FreeRDP behavior regarding licensing. If the old

	behavior is required, or no licenses should be saved use the

	new command line option +old-license (#4979)

* improve order handling - only orders that were enabled

  during capability exchange are accepted (#4926).

	WARNING and NOTE: some servers do improperly send orders that weren't negotiated,

	for such cases the new command line option /relax-order-checks was added to

	disable the strict order checking. If connecting to xrdp the options

	/relax-order-checks *and* +glyph-cache are required.

* /smartcard has now support for substring filters (#4840)

  for details see https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki/smartcard-logon

* add support to set tls security level (for openssl >= 1.1.0)

  - default level is set to 1

  - the new command line option /tls-seclevel:[LEVEL] allows to set

	  a different level if required

* add new command line option /smartcard-logon to allow

  smartcard login (currently only with RDP security) (#4842)

* new command line option: /window-position to allow positioning

  the window on startup (#5018)

* client/X11: set window title before mapping (#5023)

* rdpsnd/audin (mostly server side) add support for audio re-sampling using soxr or ffmpeg

* client/Android: add Japanese translation (#4906)

* client/Android: add Korean translation (#5029)

For a complete and detailed change log since the last release candidate run:

git log 2.0.0-rc3..2.0.0-rc4

# 2018-08-01	Version 2.0.0-rc3

FreeRDP 2.0.0-rc3 is the fourth release candidate for 2.0.0.

For a complete and detailed change log since the last release candidate run:

git log 2.0.0-rc2..2.0.0-rc3

Noteworthy features and improvements:

* Updated and improved sound and microphone redirection format support (AAC)

* Improved reliability of reconnect and redirection support

* Fixed memory leaks with +async-update

* Improved connection error reporting

* Improved gateway support (various fixes for HTTP and RDG)

* SOCKS proxy support (all clients)

* More reliable resolution switching with /dynamic-resolution (MS-RDPEVOR) (xfreerdp)

Fixed github issues (excerpt):

* #1924, #4132, #4511 Fixed redirection

* #4165 AAC and MP3 codec support for sound and microphone redirection

* #4222 Gateway connections prefer IP to hostname

* #4550 Fixed issues with +async-update

* #4634 Comment support in known_hosts file

* #4684 /drive and +drives don't work togehter

* #4735 Automatically reconnect if connection timed out waiting for user interaction

See https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/milestone/9 for a complete list.

# 2017-11-28	Version 2.0.0-rc2

FreeRDP 2.0.0-rc2 is the third release candidate for 2.0.0.

For a complete and detailed change log since the last release candidate run:

git log 2.0.0-rc1..2.0.0-rc2

Noteworthy features and improvements:

* IMPORTANT: add support CredSSP v6 - this fixes KB4088776 see #4449, #4488

* basic support for the "Video Optimized Remoting Virtual Channel Extension" (MS-RDPEVOR) was added

* many smart card related fixes and cleanups #4312

* fix ccache support

* fix OpenSSL 1.1.0 detection on Windows

* fix IPv6 handling on Windows

* add support for memory and thread sanitizer

* support for dynamic resloution changes was added in xfreerdp #4313

* support for gateway access token (command line option /gat) was added

* initial support for travis-ci.org was added

* SSE optimization version of RGB to AVC444 frame split was added

* build: -msse2/-msse3 are not enabled globally anymore

Fixed github issues (excerpt):

* #4227 Convert settings->Password to binary blob

* #4231 freerdp-2.0.0_rc0: 5 tests failed out of 184 on ppc

* #4276 Big endian fixes

* #4291 xfreerdp “Segmentation fault” when connecting to freerdp-shadow-cli

* #4293 [X11] shadow server memory corruption with /monitors:2 #4293

* #4296 drive redirection - raise an error if the directory can't be founde

* #4306 Cannot connect to shadow server with NLA auth: SEC_E_OUT_OF_SEQUENCE

* #4447 Apple rpath namespace fixes

* #4457 Fix /size: /w: /h: with /monitors: (Fix custom sizes)

* #4527 pre-connection blob (pcb) support in .rdp files

* #4552 Fix Windows 10 cursors drawing as black

* smartcard related: #3521, #3431, #3474, #3488, #775, #1424

See https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/milestone/8 for a complete list.

# 2017-11-28	Version 2.0.0-rc1

FreeRDP 2.0.0-rc1 is the second release candidate for 2.0.0.

For a complete and detailed change log since the last release candidate run:

git log 2.0.0-rc0..master

Noteworthy features and improvements:

* support for FIPS mode was added (option +fipsmode)

* initial client side kerberos support (run cmake with WITH_GSSAPI)

* support for ssh-agent redirection (as rdp channel)

* the man page(s) and /help were updated an improved

* build: support for GNU/kFreeBSD

* add support for ICU for unicode conversion (-DWITH_ICU=ON)

* client add option to force password prompt before connection (/from-stdin[:force])

* add Samsung DeX support

* extend /size to allow width or height percentages (#4146)

* add support for "password is pin"

* clipboard is now enabled per default (use -clipboard to disable)

Fixed github issues (excerpt):

* #4281: Added option to prefer IPv6 over IPv4

* #3890: Point to OpenSSL doc for private CA

* #3378: support 31 static channels as described in the spec

* #1536: fix clipboard on mac

* #4253: Rfx decode tile width.

* #3267: fix parsing of drivestoredirect

* #4257: Proper error checks for /kbd argument

* #4249: Corruption due to recursive parser

* #4111: 15bpp color handling for brush.

* #3509: Added Ctrl+Alt+Enter description

* #3211: Return freerdp error from main.

* #3513: add better description for drive redirection

* #4199: ConvertFindDataAToW string length

* #4135: client/x11: fix colors on big endian

* #4089: fix h264 context leak when DeleteSurface

* #4117: possible segfault

* #4091: fix a regression with remote program

See https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/milestone/7 for a complete list.

2012-02-07	Version 1.0.1

FreeRDP 1.0.1 is a maintenance release to address a certain number of

issues found in 1.0.0. This release also brings corrective measures

to certificate validation which were required for inclusion in Ubuntu.

* Certificate Validation

	* Improved validation logic and robustness

	* Added validation of certificate name against hostname

* Token-based Server Redirection

	* Fixed redirection logic

	* HAProxy load-balancer support

* xfreerdp-server

	* better event handling

	* capture performance improvements

* wfreerdp

	* Fix RemoteFX support

	* Fix mingw64 compilation

* libfreerdp-core:

	* Fix severe TCP sending bug

	* Added server-side Standard RDP security

2012-01-16	Version 1.0.0

License:

FreeRDP 1.0 is the first release of FreeRDP under the Apache License 2.0.

The FreeRDP 1.x series is a rewrite, meaning there is no continuity with

the previous FreeRDP 0.x series which were released under GPLv2.

New Features:

* RemoteFX

	* Both encoder and decoder

	* SSE2 and NEON optimization

* NSCodec

* RemoteApp

	* Working, minor glitches

* Multimedia Redirection

	* ffmpeg support

* Network Level Authentication (NLA)

	* NTLMv2

* Certificate validation

* FIPS-compliant RDP security

* new build system (cmake)

* added official logo and icon

New Architecture:

* libfreerdp-core

	* core protocol

	* highly portable

	* both client and server

* libfreerdp-cache

	* caching operations

* libfreerdp-codec

	* bitmap decompression

	* codec encoding/decoding

* libfreerdp-kbd

	* keyboard mapping

* libfreerdp-channels

	* virtual channel management

	* client and server side support

* libfreerdp-gdi

	* extensively unit tested

	* portable software GDI implementation

* libfreerdp-rail

	* RemoteApp library

* libfreerdp-utils

	* shared utility library

FreeRDP Clients:

* client/X11 (xfreerdp)

	* official client

	* RemoteApp support

	* X11 GDI implementation

* client/DirectFB (dfreerdp)

	* DirectFB support

	* software-based GDI (libfreerdp-gdi)

* client/Windows (wfreerdp)

	* Native Win32 support

FreeRDP Servers (experimental):

* server/X11 (xfreerdp-server)

	* RemoteFX-only

	* no authentication

	* highly experimental

	* keyboard and mouse input supported

Virtual Channels:

* cliprdr (Clipboard Redirection)

* rail (RemoteApp)

* drdynvc (Dynamic Virtual Channels)

	* audin (Audio Input Redirection)

		* alsa support

		* pulse support

	* tsmf (Multimedia Redirection)

		* alsa support

		* pulse support

		* ffmpeg support

* rdpdr (Device Redirection)

	* disk (Disk Redirection)

	* parallel (Parallel Port Redirection)

	* serial (Serial Port Redirection)

	* printer (Printer Redirection)

		* CUPS support

	* smartcard (Smartcard Redirection)

* rdpsnd (Sound Redirection)

	* alsa support

	* pulse support