JBuddy Server Release Notes

Release 3.2

Build 111216 - December 16, 2011

Added JBuddy LDAP Gateway in support of LDAP and Active Directory authentication using simple LDAP bind
Added JBuddy Server DNS SRV Record support for use by JBuddy Messenger clients
Expanded and updated JBuddy Server User's Guide

Release 3.1

Build 100815- August 15, 2010

Updated MSN and AIM protocol support matching JBuddy SDK 6.3.100815

Build 100305 - March 5, 2010

Updated IM protocol support matching JBuddy SDK 6.3
Adds support for Developer installs using localhost (127.0.0.1)
Bug Fixes

Build 090401 - April 1, 2009

Added XMPP Client Gateway - to support server connections from XMPP clients
Added more secure authentication using MD5
Included 10-concurrent-user license and removed license key step of Installer

Release 3.0

July 18, 2006

Added optional public IM gateway support including AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, and Google Talk (XMPP)
Added optional enterprise IM gateway support including Lotus Sametime, Microsoft LCS, and Jabber (XMPP)
Added optional EMail gateway support for Mobile Messaging including Blackberry
Added optional InstantHelp(desk) gateway support for web based instant and live help applications
Added ability to route public or enterprise IM to email or jbuddy protocol
Added ability to route web visitor help requests to online IM reps
Added ability to login from a WAP based phone and enable or disable IM routing
Added Buddy List Admin to Web Admin Console

DB Notes:
The Database schema is new for this release and has some similarities from 2.0 but is otherwise incompatible. The new schema is available to customers upon request.

Release 2.0

Build 0913

Added Security/Encryption technology to ensure secure and private communications between clients and server
Added NickName support in the SDK and Server
Added concurrent user licensing support
Fixed international character support (UTF-8 / Unicode) in JSC protocol within the SDK and Server
Fixed Buddy Idle Time
Fixed Auto-Reply / Disclaimers
Fixed Automated Installer to install license for headless installs
Fixed Java Wrapper Service - would not start after Apple OS X Security Update 2005-007
Updated HSQLDB to hsqldb_v.1.7.2.11

Technical Notes:
Several new features and fixes require the new JBuddy 5 SDK for the complete fix.

Security/Encryption - TLS/SSL: With the new JBuddy 5 release, the JSC client can be configured to connect to the JBuddy Message Server in three ways: only secure, attempt secure first, then drop back to unencrypted (default specified in JSC.properties), and unencrypted (the only option in pre-2.0 servers). In order to enable TLS/SSL, the Server must be running on Java 5 runtime environment and the jbuddy.use_ssl=true System property must be set in the wrapper-jbuddy.conf prior to the start of the Server. Clients using pre-JBuddy 5 SDKs must upgrade to JBuddy 5 SDK to connect to TLS/SSL enabled Server.

NickName: With the new JBuddy 5 SDK, JSC Clients can now call setNickName(nickName) and have it persist to the Server DB. In order to accomodate this change the Server DB schema was modified. See DB Notes below.

Concurrent User License: In 'Demo Mode', the Server supports a default of fifty (50) concurrent connections. To go beyond the default, the Server requires a new license.lic file to be copied to the lib directory of the Server before starting the Server. This license file tells the Server what features and how many you have permission to use. This file is not editable and if it is, will result in an invalid license error and the Server will shut down.

Buddy Idle Time: The Server was corrected to store the DateTime when the client reported IDLE status instead of just the number of minutes idle (relative to what?). In order to accomodate this change the Server DB schema was modified. See DB Notes below.

DB Notes:
The following Database schema changes were made part of this release:

Altered MESSAGE_GATEWAY_USER table in DB. Added nick_name varchar not null column
Altered BUDDY table in DB. Dropped idle_time. Added idle_time_stamp

Release 1.1

Build 0215

Added support for archiving messages to the Database
Added support for searching archived messages from within Web Admin Console

Technical Notes:
Message Archival: A new DB table Messages was added to store messages as they pass throug the server. To disable message archival logging, the jbuddy.disable_message_archive=true System property must be set within wrapper-jbuddy.conf.

DB Notes:
The following Database schema changes were made part of this release:

Added MESSAGES table to the DB. See jmessageserver_schema_hsqldb.sql inside the HsqlDB directory for table details

Build 0210

Fixed client and server corruption in SDK and Server under heavy load

Technical Notes:
Corruption: DateFormatter was found to be thread-unsafe and exhibited corruption problems when used by multiple threads under a heavily loaded server. Use of DateFormatter was replaced with a synchronized subclass.

Build 0127

Added support for outgoing Disclaimers

Build 0125

Fixed File Transfer support for better NAT traversal

Technical Notes:
NAT Traversal: File Transfer for the JSC protocol uses port 1424. Either the sender or the recipient must have that port open on any firewalls between them for the file transfer to work. That said, the Server will report the external IP address of a client behind a NAT to the other client in order to attempt to setup the file transfer.

Build 0121

Added File Transfer support to SDK and Server

Release 1.0

Build 0722

Original Release of JBuddy Server.