News in NetPhantom 6.7

In accordance with the long term commitment of Mindus in providing a product attuned to today's computing environment, the new NetPhantom version 6.7 focuses on server-side functions and client enhancements that support the developing innovations in Java.

The advanced development environment in NetPhantom 6.7 can now be used with production environments using previous NetPhantom 5.x versions for customers having an extended support agreement.

Below are news implemented in NetPhantom 6.70 since version 6.60 Build 6600.

Also see news in the previous versions.
 

News in Version 6.70 Build 6722

These are news since version 6.70 Build 6720:

  • Eclipse Neon 4.6.2
    NetPhantom Quick Start is now bundled with Eclipse Neon 4.6.2 for Java Developers (32-bit).
     
  • Java 8 Update 121
    NetPhantom Quick Start is bundled with Java SE Development Kit 8 Update 121 (JDK 8u121).
     

News in Version 6.70 Build 6720

These are news since version 6.70 Build 6711:

  • Eclipse Neon 4.6.0
    NetPhantom Quick Start is now bundled with Eclipse Neon 4.6.0 for Java Developers (32-bit).
     
  • Java 8 Update 102
    NetPhantom Quick Start is bundled with Java SE Development Kit 8 Update 102 (JDK 8u102).
     

News in Version 6.70 Build 6711

These are news since version 6.70 Build 6700:

  • Updated NetPhantom System Certificates
    The NetPhantom certificate has been updated (SHA-256 from Symantec) and is valid until February 2019. The Quick-Start SSL self signed certificate has also been updated.
     
  • Eclipse Mars 4.5.1
    NetPhantom Quick Start is now bundled with Eclipse Mars 4.5.1 for Java Developers (32-bit SR1).
     
  • Java 8 Update 72
    NetPhantom Quick Start is bundled with Java SE Development Kit 8 Update 72 (JDK 8u72).
     

News in Version 6.70 Build 6700

These are news since version 6.60 Build 6600:

  • Windows 10 Support
    Added support for Windows 10 for the NetPhantom Client, Editor and Server.
     
  • Eclipse Mars 4.5.0
    NetPhantom Quick Start is now bundled with Eclipse Mars 4.5.0 for Java Developers (32-bit).
     
  • Java 8 Update 51 and Java 7 Update 80
    NetPhantom Quick Start is bundled with Java SE Development Kit 8 Update 51 (JDK 8u51) and Java SE Runtime Environment 7 Update 80 (JRE 7u80).
     
  • Security enhancement for HTTPS
    The default SSL server connection is configured to disallow SSL version 3.0 and to use in preference order TLS 1.2 or 1.1 instead. This avoids the SSL version 3.0 vulnerability that allows the plaintext of secure connections to be calculated by a network attacker (a.k.a. "Poodle" vulnerability).
     
  • Enhanced security for encrypted connections
    The secure SSL connections now supports connections using SHA-2 cipher suites (using TLS version 1.2 only).
     
  • Certificate wizard now supports certificates using SHA-2 or better
    Added support for SHA-224 (only in Java 8), SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 signed certificates in the certificate wizard.
     

Previous versions

The links below indicates news implemented in the respective version: