Meerkat Changelog

What's new in Meerkat 1.5.3

May 10, 2010
  • Allow reverse tunnels to make an endpoint available to the remote network, not just the remote host (corresponds to the: binding option on the -R argument).
  • Fixed a few minor issues with license file handling and the application interface.

New in Meerkat 1.5.2 (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Fixed an issue that prevented pasting text into the password prompt dialog.
  • Fixed an issue with tunnel connection error detail text not showing up in the alert dialog on Mac OS X 10.5.
  • Added a contextual menu item to allow easier editing of a tunnel's account from the tunnel list.

New in Meerkat 1.5.1 (Mar 5, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug where other tunnels' statuses might not be accurately reflected when a new tunnel or account creation was cancelled.
  • Added a minor feature where tunnel app triggers crashing will not bring their tunnels down.
  • Fixed a bug where holding the Option key when selecting an active tunnel in Meerkat's status bar menu would no longer restart the tunnel.
  • Added a preference for the tunnel retry interval multiplier. By default, it is 2x, so that the tunnel retries after 0 seconds, 2 seconds after that, 4 seconds after that, 6 seconds after that, etc. It can be adjusted up to 10x so that the intervals are 0 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, on up to 90 seconds from the previous tunnel retry.

New in Meerkat 1.5 (Dec 5, 2009)

  • Much more robust automatic retry support for tunnel problems.
  • Better indication of tunnel state in the user interface.
  • Better error handling & reporting.
  • Visual refresh for clarity and better ease of use.
  • Bonjour service options are better represented.
  • Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" support has been removed.
  • New accounts default to the currently logged-in user's username.
  • App triggers are now recognized at Meerkat launch time.

New in Meerkat 1.2.2 (Sep 1, 2009)

  • New Features:
  • Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard support. Meerkat now supports 10.4 through 10.6. Please see our blog post regarding future support of 10.4.
  • Any tunnels that are active at app quit are re-activated on next launch if launch happens within a minute or so.
  • The command-line tool now accepts tunnel name substrings. For example, meerkat myServer up will activate every tunnel whose name contains myServer.
  • Bug Fixes
  • Fixed some data storage issues that could cause error messages when saving or deleting several tunnels in a single run of the app.
  • SSH ControlMaster support is now disabled for all tunnels. In current versions of OpenSSH, ControlMaster does not work with tunnels.

New in Meerkat 1.2.1 (May 29, 2009)

  • New Features:
  • Now supports hardware authenticators (key fobs) that require a passcode to be entered instead of a password.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • A problem with the Sparkle software update mechanism was fixed that would cause updates to fail due to an invalid signature.
  • New help book pages were added in Meerkat 1.2, but they were not included in the sidebar navigation. This has been fixed.

New in Meerkat 1.1.1 (Jul 28, 2008)

  • This release has a couple minor tweaks and bug fixes and lays some groundwork for future integration with other applications.

New in Meerkat 1.1 (Jul 19, 2008)

  • Status indicators, new preferences, and easier editing.