･ A number of anti-flooding devices. eg flood the chat too much and you will get kicked and banned automatically :)
･ Security enhancements (eg stopping people from breaking into private chats).
･ Better handling of corrupt FS paths (thanks ryan).
･ Bug fixes.
WHAT'S NEW IN 1.2.2
･ Now protects against brute force password attacks (trying hundreds of passwords until you find one that works) and connection flooders (connecting and disconnecting from the server rapidly hundreds of times). Anyone who tries these methods will be automatically banned by the server.
･ No longer allows logins via invisible accounts (makes it a little more difficult for trojan horses).
･ Demo copy no longer quits after the evaluation time. Instead, you get annoying messages but it keeps working indefinitely.
･ Protection against the "server reset" bug some people were exploiting.
･ Bug fixes.
WHAT'S NEW IN 1.2.1
･ Can now register with up to 5 trackers.
･ Support for trackers with passwords.
･ Various bug fixes.
WHAT'S NEW IN 1.2
･ Supports private chat! (requires new client)
･ Supports banning of IP addresses (requires new client). Attempts to connect to the server from banned IP addresses will be rejected.
･ Supports file/folder alias creation (requires new client).
･ Protection against scripts that login hundreds of clients in an attempt to crash the server.
･ "Log Connects to file" checkbox in Options window enables logging of connections to a text file called "Connect Log" in the same folder as the server. Information in the log is separated by tabs, so you can copy and paste it into a spreadsheet program.
･ Also a new "Log Account Changes to file" checkbox in the Options window. Logs account creation, deletion, and modification.
･ Extra info in Download and Upload logs. Delete your existing log files and the server will create new ones with column titles. Logs best viewed in a spreadsheet program.
･ "Confirm Quit" checkbox in Options window allows you to disable the "Are you sure?" message when you quit when people are online. Useful for computers that are set to auto-restart periodically or that need to auto-shutdown.
･ Improved performance, especially on servers with many clients connected, and on high-speed connections.
･ New option in Options window lets you change the port number that the server uses. This allows you to run multiple Hotline Servers on the one computer. It's also useful for extra security. Hold down the option key while the app starts up to change the port number before activating the server.
･ Closed a security hole where people could download files from a drop box even if they didn't have access (thanks Aaron!).
･ Improved detection of dead uploads ﾑ if an upload has not received any data for 2 minutes, it is killed. Previously it could take quite a long time to detect a dead upload, and during that time you couldn't resume the upload because it was "in use".
･ Fixed a bug that was stopping Get Info from working on some AppleShare volumes.
