Appendix D: Release Notes [CDN]

v2.5.x

2.5.11. (JAN 25, 2018)

Feature/Policy Updates
  • SSL: Supports SHA384
  • SSL: The ROBOT attack mitigation added
  • Client Request/Response Header Modification: Request Method condition added
  • VirtualHost Access Control: POST method control added
  • Web Management: HTTPS download added in the Caching Status

2.5.10. (DEC 18, 2017)

Feature/Policy Updates
  • DIMS: ‘Round’ command added
  • HTTP Header Modification: a new reserved word (PROTOCOL)
  • STONX empty directory deletion policy added (configurable)
  • Individually upploadable XML configuration
Bug Fix
  • API call response fixes in JSON

2.5.9. (NOV 30, 2017)

Bug Fixes
  • DIMS: resizing not working when the width value is missing
  • HLS: Fixed infrequent playback errors at some iOS devices

2.5.8. (NOV 9, 2017)

Feature/Policy Updates
  • DIMS: ResizeCrop added
  • DIMS: Animated GIF frame control added
  • PROTOCOL condition for ACLs
  • Max DNS TTLs
Bug Fixes
  • Statistical data error generated from too many resolved IP accumulation
  • Web Management: ACL config user interface broken
  • Web Management: ModifyHeader config initialization

2.5.7. (OCT 13, 2017)

Bug Fixes
  • Transfer-Encoding content memory optimization failure [2.5.5~2.5.6]
  • Abnormal termination from refreshing MP4HLS content [2.4.6~2.5.6]

2.5.6. (SEP 28, 2017)

Feature/Policy Updates
  • Supports HTTP OPTIONS method.
Bug Fix
  • Fixed applying SNMP settings when missing the backups
  • Fixed initialized TTLs if compression is turned on

2.5.5. (AUG 30, 2017)

  • Supports content DRM.
  • Assigns a response code if the content cannot be updated.
Feature/Policy Updates
  • Enhanced stability for Memory-Only mode
  • Cluster information query API added
  • Apache security advisories applied
Bug Fix
  • Unintended DIMS request bypass (pass-through) caused from the compressed content I/O failure

2.5.4. (AUG 10, 2017)

Bug Fix
  • A decrease in ‘Byte Hit Ratio’

2.5.3. (JUL 10, 2017)

Bug Fix
  • Infrequent SSL errors (2.5.0 ~ v2.5.2)

2.5.2 (JUL 6, 2017)

Feature/Policy Updates
  • DIMS: ‘Trim’ and ‘Crop Center’ added
  • DIMS: false geometric data processing updated
Bug Fixes
  • Unintended disk cleanup in Memory-Only Mode
  • Infrequent switching error in Virtualhost Link

2.5.1 (JUN 8, 2017)

Feature/Policy Update
  • POST Caching: pass through clients’ Content-Type to origin servers
Bug Fixes
  • Fixed cached file initialization when PartSize is activated (version 2.5.0)
  • Fixed Write statistics missing when PartSize is activated (version 2.5.0)
  • Fixed double quotation mark input error from Web Management when HTTP header modification is activated

2.5.0 (MAY 25, 2017)

Feature/Policy Updates
  • Supports HTTPS-SNI
  • Supports ‘Memory-Only’ mode

v2.4.x

2.4.11 (MAY 18, 2017)

Bug Fix
  • Pseudo-streaming error from loading MP4 files over 4GB AND the header at the end

2.4.10 (MAY 11, 2017)

Bug Fix
  • MP4HLS: Infrequent audio desync from serving big header MP4s in HLS

2.4.9 (APR 24, 2017)

Feature/Policy Update
  • MP4HLS: Improved compatibility for SPS and PPS data in all keyframes
Bug Fixes
  • Missing an hour part of 5-min statistics data if the system time is changed
  • Infrequent termination with the health-checker activated
  • Infrequent termination with excluded disk(s) AND bypass sessions activated
  • Compressed logs missing (partly)
  • Infrequent initial disconnection serving large media file headers with the part-size feature

2.4.8 (JUL 6, 2017)

Bug Fix
  • Fixed infrequent termination from over about 2 billion files generated in a single virtual host

2.4.7 (APR 11, 2017)

Bug Fix
  • High CPU usage and system load from SSL transactions (2.4.5 and 2.4.6 only)

2.4.6 (MAR 19, 2017)

Feature/Policy Updates
  • MP3HLS: supports mp3 segmentation
  • MP4HLS: PCR formulae changed for player compatibility

Warning

NO BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY. If you have older versions of STON Edge Server, upgrade to 2.4.6 or higher. DO NOT mix older versions with newer ones on the same network.

Bug Fix
  • Infrequent termination while swapping disks for 404 responses

2.4.5 (FEB 16, 2017)

Bug Fixes
  • Fixed the termination from ‘Transfer-Encoding: chunked’ origin response for DIMS
  • Fixed the connection closing with ECDHE SSL CipherSuite at Chrome browsers
  • Fixed the infrequent termination from logging adjustment

2.4.4 (FEB 8, 2017)

Bug Fix
  • Fixed infrequent DIMS request bypass (pass-through) caused from origin server errors

2.4.3 (JAN 20, 2017)

Bug Fix

  • Fixed infrequent Content-Encoding headers missing from compressed content responses

2.4.2 (JAN 18, 2017)

Feature/Policy Updates

  • Vhost-Link feature added

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the unintended termination with negative Content-Length header value from origin servers
  • Fixed the unintended termination from unstable origin server communications for MP3HLS packetizing

2.4.1 (NOV 24, 2016)

Feature/Policy Updates

  • Processes origin HTTP responses with missing Reason-Phrase’s
  • DIMS: supports canvas resizing

Bug Fixes

  • Compression integrity improved
  • VLC media player compatibility for M4A HLS playback
  • Abnormal termination from missing DIMS resize dimensions

2.4.0 (NOV 07, 2016)

Feature/Policy Updates

  • Modifiable HTTP request URLs to origin
  • Support M4A HLS

Bug Fix

  • Enhanced processing for invalid MP4 size headers.

v2.3.x

2.3.9 (OCT 28, 2016)

Bug Fix

  • TTL: Content was not updated few seconds in some circumstances

2.3.8 (OCT 13, 2016)

Bug Fix

  • Enhanced processing for invalid MP4 size headers

2.3.7 (SEP 26, 2016)

Feature/Policy Updates

  • DIMS: allocates system resource for image conversion
  • Origin Health Checker: also includes stand-by origin servers

Bug Fix

  • Compression on/off

2.3.6 (AUG 16, 2016)

Feature/Policy Updates

  • Client socket processing policy update
  • DIMS: PNG alpha compositing update for JPG conversion

Bug Fix

  • Unintended termination from a Hardpurge API call in DIMS processing

2.3.5 (JUL 1, 2016)

Feature/Policy Updates

  • Improved native HLS player compatibility
  • DIMS image cropping in the unfixed aspect ratio

Bug Fix

  • Unintended termination upon an origin status reset API call with Origin Health-Checker activated

2.3.4 (JUN 3, 2016)

Feature/Policy Updates

  • Supports large MP4 files with 32-bit mdat atoms (4GB or more)
  • Supports Host header value in unknown access logs
  • WM installation : Apache Manual folder deleted for security
  • WM installation : “winesoft” Apache account as nologin

Bug Fixes

  • HLS: CPU overload upon some videos
  • Termination upon bypassing HTTP requests
  • Client IP shown as 0.0.0.0 in access logs
  • Configuration backup failure for over 260 virtualhosts generated

2.3.3 (APR 26, 2016)

Bug Fixes

  • Unintended 404 responses upon origin host, DIMS and compression configured [2.3.0 ~ 2.3.2]
  • Unintended CPU overload upon SNMP View deletion
  • WM - 0 value input error from SNMP GlobalMIn

2.3.2 (MAR 22, 2016)

Feature/Policy Update

  • HLS index file compatibility improved

Bug Fixes

  • Unintended termination from encryption/decryption with a bad SSL handshake
  • Occasional termination from active ACLs

2.3.1 (FEB 23, 2016)

  • Supports MP3 streaming in HLS

Feature/Policy Updates

  • Custom access log format
    %..y Request HTTP header size
    %..z Response HTTP header size

Bug Fix

  • WM : unintended failure in no destination port configured

2.3.0 (FEB 3, 2016)

  • Supports on-the-fly compression.

Bug Fixes

  • Expires Header: incorrect max-age value from modification
  • DIMS Statistics: incorrect average value from faulty denominator

v2.2.x

2.2.5 (JAN 12, 2016)

Feature/Policy Updates

  • HTTP response code update: “451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons”

Bug Fix

  • TLS : unintended termination upon attacking packets

2.2.4 (DEC 11, 2015)

Bug Fix

  • HLS : playback termination upon media segmentation

2.2.3 (DEC 4, 2015)

Bug Fix

  • Virtualhost generation failure from Web Management in 2.2.2

2.2.2 (DEC 3, 2015)

  • Modifies HTTP request header to origin

Feature/Policy Updates

  • HTTP request/response header modification : ‘put’ action added, which inserts the header

2.2.1 (NOV 19, 2015)

Bug Fixes

  • TLS-Handshake: overlapping ChangeCipherSpec return upon separate ChangeCipherSpec and ClientFinished messages
  • DIMS : size ratio malfuction from Animated GIF resizing

2.2.0 (NOV 4, 2015)

  • Supports TLS 1.2 (including Forward Secrecy and other security policy updates)

Bug Fixes

  • Abnormal termination upon no disk information
  • TLS-Handshake version choice
    Before. TLSPlaintext.version After. ClientHello.client.version

v2.1.x

2.1.9 (OCT 15, 2015)

Bug Fix

  • MP4 HLS : Video playback malfunction from 2.1.7

2.1.8 (OCT 14, 2015)

Bug Fix

  • Abnormal termination upon manager port access from blocked IPs (2.1.6 ~ 7)

2.1.7 (OCT 7, 2015)

  • Multi-Trimming : Stitches multiple segments trimmed from the origin videos.

Feature/Policy Updates

  • Access Log : Supports TrimCIP option for X-Forwarded-For header

Bug Fixes

  • MP4 HLS : Video jittering from few profiles
  • DIMS : B 500 Internal Error responses with zero TTLs
  • Unintended space characters in X-Forwarded-For c-ip logging

2.1.6 (SEP 9, 2015)

Feature/Policy Updates

Bug Fixes

2.1.5 (AUG 18, 2015)

  • Virtualhost Sub-Path : Supports virtualhost sub-path by accessing paths
  • Facade Virtual Host: Supports separate client traffic statstics and access logs by accessing domains

2.1.4 (JUL 31, 2015)

Feature/Policy Updates

  • Less CPU usage
  • https-multi-nic: listening on multiple NICs
  • URI policy change for Access Control
    Before. keywords omitted (such as MP4HLS) from URIs After. the whole URIs

Bug Fixes

  • DIMS : encoded strings unrecognized
  • HardPurge : case-sensitive error
  • Configuration History: POST request exception missing

2.1.3 (JUN 25, 2015)

Feature/Policy Updates

Bug Fixes

  • DIMS : image revalidation failure with no Last-Modified header from origin
  • Trimming : CPU overload for >4GB trimmed MP4s
  • Via header missing in error page responses

2.1.2 (MAY 29, 2015)

Web Management - English support

Feature/Policy Updates

  • Single-core CPU support

Bug Fix

  • Customized module malfunction in the Indexing mode

2.1.1 (MAY 7, 2015)

MP4 HLS : Provides bandwidth and resolution information in StreamAlternates

Bug Fix

  • Abnormal termination caused by broken header MP4 video analysis

2.1.0 (APR 15, 2015)

Indexing added
Animated GIF DIMS supported
DIMS statistics supported

Feature/Policy Updates

  • Directory expression removed from Chapter 5. Content Purge (purge, expire, hardpurge, expireafter)

    URL by directory expression (example.com/img/) caches the returned file from the origin. Directory expression (example.com/img/) merged with pattern (example.com/img/*)

  • API expressions added
    /monitoring/average.xml
    /monitoring/average.json
    /monitoring/realtime.xml
    /monitoring/realtime.json
    /monitoring/fileinfo.json
    /monitoring/hwinfo.json
    /monitoring/cpuinfo.json
    /monitoring/vhostslist.json
    /monitoring/geoiplist.json
    /monitoring/ssl.json
    /monitoring/cacheresource.json
    /monitoring/origin.json
    /monitoring/coldfiledist.json
  • WM - resolv.conf editing removed

v2.0.x

2.0.7 (JUN 25, 2015)

Bug Fixes

  • DIMS : image revalidation failure with no Last-Modified header from origin
  • Trimming : CPU overload for >4GB trimmed MP4s
  • Via header missing in error page responses

2.0.6 (APR 28, 2015)

Feature/Policy Updates

  • WM - resolv.conf editing removed

Bug Fix

  • abnormal termination from MP4 analysis with broken headers

2.0.5 (APR 1, 2015)

Feature/Policy Updates

  • Serves trimmed MP4 by HLS The following expressions trim the original media file (/vod.mp4) from 0 to 60 seconds and serve in HLS. | /vod.mp4?start=0&end=60/mp4hls/index.m3u8 | /vod.mp4**/mp4hls/index.m3u8**?start=0&end=60 | /vod.mp4?start=0/mp4hls/index.m3u8?end=60
  • HLS index file (.m3u8) update Before. Version 1 After. Version 3 (changeable back to version 1)

Bug Fixes

  • abnormal termination in HLS conversion with HTTP encoded special characters
  • overloaded CPU for MP4 media with broken headers
  • audio/video synchronization failure while serving MP4 with uneven audio keyframe in HLS
  • RRD - statistics bug: average response time shown in total
  • WM - forcing formatting new disks removed

2.0.4 (FEB 27, 2015)

Feature/Policy Updates

Before. hash(URL) / servers

Bug Fix

  • Disk full due to unremoved caching files

2.0.3 (FEB 9, 2015)

Feature/Policy Updates

  • DIMS internalization and enhancement
  • WM - traffic alert messages added

Bug Fix

  • WM - Virtual host generation failure

2.0.2 (Jan 28, 2015)

  • Able to pass User-Agent header value from clients when requesting to the origin server.

Bug Fixes

  • Failed to trim MP4 files with MDAT length 1.
  • WM - failed to show other clustered servers’ graph.
  • WM - showing other clustered server’s status as the relevant one.

2.0.1 (DEC 30, 2014)

Bug Fix

  • No HitRatio graph value

2.0.0 (DEC 17, 2014)