DC++ 0.842

April 11, 2014 by Leave a comment

The first stable release of the 0.840 series of DC++ is out. Besides a few SSL encryption related and stability fixes this version largely focuses on implementing various features asked for or recommended by the user community through our feature tracker.

The changelog shows all the implemented new features and fixes.

DC++ 0.842 also provides protection against the infamous “Heartbleed” OpenSSL vulnerability. This security hole has existed in DC++ since version 0.799.

There’s a high chance of version 0.842 is the last mainstream DC++ release that supports Windows XP.  Due to the still large userbase of the already unsupported operating system, security and major stability fixes are possible for a few more months using a separate branch targeting XP only. The update reminder system is modified so in case of any forthcoming version targeting Vista and later being released, XP users won’t see the notification dialog anymore.

From that time on people running Windows XP will see the update nag dialog only if there’s an update targeting their old OS. However, starting with version 0.840 every XP user gets a special reminder at startup about the EOS of DC++ in their operating system.

Due to the nice new features and security fixes the upgrade is highly recommended.

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About emtee
I started to use DC using DC++ in 2003 when its version number was around 0.260. Since then I've been amazed by the DC network: a professional but still easy-to-use way of P2P file sharing. I was invited to the DC++ team in 2006 where - in the beginning - I had been doing user support and some testing only. A few years later I started to add small contributions to the DC++ code as well so for many years I'd been doing mostly bug fixes, testing, feature proposals and improvements. At the same time I worked on improving the documentation for both DC++ and ADCH++ as well. These days I'm trying to maintain the whole code and the infrastructure behind to keep these software secure and usable for a prolonged time. My ultimate goal is to help making the DC network as more user friendly as possible.

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