What's new in SimpleAuthority 4.2
Dec 14, 2017
- Support for multiple User selection
- Updates Bouncy Castle crypto library to the latest
- Minor UI bug fix
New in SimpleAuthority 4.1 (Jun 7, 2017)
- New User sort column option added, "Days from issue"
- SSL server certificate type now includes the server domain name as a SubjectAltName extension of type DNS
- Improves the handling of escape characters in DN components
- MacOS app bundle now includes the SimpleAuthority.war file
- Fixes bug where PEM encoded identity files included two copies of the private key
New in SimpleAuthority 4.0 (Apr 7, 2017)
- Adds elliptic curve support (secp256r1, secp384r1, secp521r1)
- Fixes bug where CRLs generated using the command line interface used a file name based on the default CA rather than the specified CA
- Updates Bouncy Castle crypto library to latest version
- Updates embedded Java to latest version
New in SimpleAuthority 3.9 (Jul 19, 2016)
- Improves support for using multiple CAs, including menu bar option for fast switching between them
- New utility for viewing the contents of BER/DER/PEM encoded files
- Updates Bouncy Castle crypto library to latest version, with major code refactor to support it
- Support for PKCS#10 SubjectAltName extension requests
- Improves UI when using scaled system fonts
- Certificate default key length is now 2048 bits
New in SimpleAuthority 3.8 (Apr 1, 2016)
- Updates embedded Java to latest version
- New Windows installer option that uses 64 bit Java
- Windows installer improvements to support long PATH variables
- Help pages updated to HTML5
New in SimpleAuthority 3.7 (Apr 20, 2015)
- New custom certificate option to include the email address in the certificate Subject DN, for legacy application support
- New view option to only show certificates for the currently selected CA
- The default certificate signature algorithm is now SHA-256
- Fixed bug where manually renaming a CA P12 file caused the CRL to use a file name that did not match the certificate CDP extension
- Fixed bug that limited the number of certificates that could be issued to a single person in a day to 27
- Updated bundled Java to the latest version
New in SimpleAuthority 3.6 (Apr 7, 2014)
- Windows and OS-X versions now use bundled Oracle Java 8
- New system requirements due to updated Java (minimum is now Windows Vista, OS-X 10.8.3)
- OS-X retina display support
- CA password dialog no longer specifies the CA name, to avoid confusion since a common password is used for all CAs
- Java system property option for specifying the data directory, output directory and CA keystore file
- Fixed bug where PATH gets reset by Windows installer if it contains > 1024 characters
- Fixed bug that prevented deleting a user from the command line
New in SimpleAuthority 3.5 (Apr 4, 2012)
- New toolbar icons (much nicer)
- Improved CSR processing with the option to modify request details
- Improved command line interface to support certificate revocation
- Added support for CLI generation of a new Root CA
- Fixed bug where Web interface was not switching between multiple CAs correctly
- Fixed bug where CLI was returning incorrect return code if CRL could not be issued
- Updated Java version on Windows platforms
- Updates to support OS-X without using deprecated Apple classes
- Other minor improvements
New in SimpleAuthority 3.4 (Aug 26, 2011)
- Improved command line interface to support use of different CAs
- Fixed bug where application crashes if data directory does not have read or write permission
- Fixed installer bug that prevented generation of ics files on Windows
New in SimpleAuthority 3.3 (Apr 5, 2011)
- Code refactor and cleanup to better support external data stores
- Improvements to efficiently handle large log files
- Fixed bug where CRL number was not being updated using command line interface
- Improved reliability for managing license details
- Other minor bug fixes and code improvements
New in SimpleAuthority 3.2 (Sep 6, 2010)
- Support for extra Subject DN fields (serial number, DN qualifier, locality, state or province, domain components)
- Subject DN structure is now configurable based on certificate type
- Support for including multiple CRL distribution points in certificates
- Support for automatically assigning imported certificates and identities to matching users
- Improved compatibility for importing PEM encoded certificates
- Updated Windows installer to offer current user/all users install option
- Fixed concurrency issues with multiple clients using Web interface simultaneously
- Fixed bug where CRL distribution point extension details were not displayed correctly
- Minor UI improvements and bug fixes
New in SimpleAuthority 3.1 (Jul 10, 2010)
- Web application (servlet) interface
- Improved command line interface
New in SimpleAuthority 3.0 (Feb 24, 2010)
- Command line interface (see help pages for details)
- Updated toolbar with new icons and search filter
- Subject Alternative Name and Organisational Unit fields can now contain multiple values, separated by semi-colon
- CA management dialog contains a new option to export CA identity to file
- Certificate key length and algorithm settings are now an attribute of certificate type, not default settings
- CA certificates no longer require cRLSign key usage to be set
- Fixed bug where importing a PEM identity file for a user did not import the private key
- Optimisations to support large numbers of users and certificates
- Stability improvements and other minor bug fixes
- Some features are restricted based on license type (for new licenses only, existing licenses are not limited)
New in SimpleAuthority 2.6 (Nov 12, 2009)
- Mac OS-X 10.6 support.
- Support for using SubjectAltName certificate extension with DNS Name, IP Address or URI content.
- Uses Java 1.6 or later for improved performance.
- Updated third party library dependencies.
- Fixed bug where user details were written to disk too often in some circumstances.
New in SimpleAuthority 2.5 (Jan 19, 2009)
- CA certificates can be re-signed using a third party CA, allowing better integration with an existing PKI
- Certificate Signing Request file processing updated for increased flexibility in handling extension requests
- New edit button for user details to prevent settings from accidentally being changed
- Active users can be deleted without having to first make them inactive
- New users that are accidentally created are automatically removed if no settings are updated
- Importing a PKCS#12 identity file that contains multiple key/certificate pairs will import all pairs
- Fixed problem on Vista where installer incorrectly reports that the program was not installed correctly
- Minor UI improvements
New in SimpleAuthority 2.4 (Jul 14, 2008)
- Custom certificate types, both for user and CA certificates
- Improved compatibility of PKCS#12 files
- Support for PKCS#7 (.p7b or .p7c) certificate encoding format
- Support for generating CRL files with PEM encoding
- User notes field for recording comments against user entries
- Compliance with rfc5280 (the successor to rfc3280)
- Fixed bug where certificates that expire in less than 1 day were incorrectly sorted
- Fixed bug where changing data directory and creating a new CA creates the CA in the old directory
- Other minor improvements
New in SimpleAuthority 2.3 (Apr 23, 2008)
- Support for certificate revocation and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) issuing
- Support for processing extension requests in Certificate Signing Request files
- The CA certificate can be exported in PEM format or to a directory
- PEM formatted identity files can optionally also include a copy of the certificate
- Certificate validity can now include a fraction of a day
- Improved performance for handling large numbers of users and certificates
- Improved support for integration with an LDAP directory
- Minor bug fixes and other improvements
New in SimpleAuthority 2.2 (Mar 3, 2008)
- Integration with third party calendar applications for managing certificate expiry dates
- Improved support for working with multiple CAs, including easy switching between CAs
- Certificate details dialog includes new "Advanced" tab with detailed certificate information
- Support for Linux and similar platforms
- Improved compatibility for Certificate Signing Request (CSR) file processing
- Certificate validity can be set to 0 days (useful for generating test certificates)
- Support for all ISO-3166-1 country names in certificates
- Minor UI improvements and bug fixes