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2025 (11.19.X)
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- Support for Windows-server 2025
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2024 (11.19.X)
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- Support for MacOS14
- Introduced Secured Communication Between Secure Utilities and Vendor Daemon
- Resolved a VD Crash
- Support for MacOS15
- An end customer can restrict the execution of lmstat output
- Included UPGRADE and DEQUEUE with NOLOG option
- lmstat is enhanced to display the PID
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2023 (11.19.X)
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- Support for Nutanix AHV
- Enhanced the Amazon Web Service Instance
Detection - Resolved loss of User Checked Out Information During Time Out
- The ability of FlexNet Publisher to extract the serial number from the NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) SSD Windows system disk has been improved
- Third-Party Library Updates
- Support for MAC 13 (Certificate is fully supported and TS supported via workaround )
- The lmadmin graphical user interface has been enhanced to display a borrowed license’s expiration
- Resolved an external researcher reported a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the lmadmin web user interface
- Resolved incorrect Client Data Issue with the Inactive License
- Usage reporting in lmgrd and lmadmin installers (Windows and Linux)
- Support for transferred counted license model
- Non-LSB compliance Linux kits with latest versions of FlexNet Publisher
- Platform support for Mac 12.5.1 and Mac 13.1
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2022 (11.19.X)
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- TLS-based encrypted communication between client and vendor daemon
- New Environment Variable for flexlm Diagnostics Log’s Path
- lmadmin safety: user-lockout for 10 mins after 3 unsuccessful password attempts
- Security updates
- The Wibu dongle drivers have been upgraded from v6.51 to v6.60
- Support for Windows 11 OS
- Support for Visual Studio 2022
- Enhancements for Secure Communication
- Added an optional command line option “-datestamp”
- Support for macOS 12.0 beta Monterey
- New API: lc_dupuserlist
- New Obfuscation Mechanism for Client and Server Communication
- Third-Party Library Updates
- SafeNet dongle drivers have been upgraded to version 8.43.
- Support for RHEL 9
- Support for macOS 12.0 Monterey
- Support for Windows Server 2022 OS
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2021 (11.18.X)
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- Support for Windows Server 2022 OS
- Support for macOS 12.0 Monterey
- Batch Checkout
- Docker container (locking server/feature lines with Container_ID)
- Borrow Cache Improvements
- Support for lmadmin on macOS 11.0 Big Sur
- Support for macOS 11.0 Big Sur on Intel Architecture
- The Ubuntu platform is now supported for Safenet (FLEXID9) dongles
- Security updates
- New Vendor Variable for Detecting Licenses with Clients During Network Disconnect
- Introduced a New Error Message for FlexNet Licensing Service
- Change in Detection Technique Under Azure Cloud Environment
- The Safenet dongle drivers have been upgraded from v8.21 to v8.23.
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2020 (11.17.X)
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- Automatic rollover of server log
- Re-Introduction of Common Vendor Daemon
- APIs to support containerization/docker
- Efficient Reservations (API Based)
- Everrun Hypervisor Support
- LM_PROJECT Extension
- lmstat to report on project
- lmswitch with rollOver option
- Utility to obfuscate username in server log (For GDPR)
- License validation utility
- Introduction of Asynchronous lc_vsend
- New Diagnostics - Client Message Based Diagnostics
- Examples for Server and Client - Automated Recovery of Trusted Storage
- Timezone message protocol simplification
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| 2019 (11.16.x) |
- Lmstat enhancements –no-user-info
- Reserved buffer for utilities MAX_CONN
- UMN1 Enhacements
- Connections limit by options file
- Relative path support for Vendor Daemon
- Server behavior changes on ReRead
- Support for macOS Notarization
- Protocol simplification for performance improvement
- TsActDiag with FNP publisher toolkit
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| 2018 (11.15.x - 11.16.x) |
- FNP support for ARM architecture
- Trusted Storage Diagnostics & Health Checks
- 64-bit lmadmin
- launchd compliance on macOS for lmadmin and lmgrd
- Position-Independent Executables (PIE) on Linux
- Security Fixes and Updates
- INCLUDE/EXCLUDE options for checkout from trusted storage
- Physical binding to TPM on Windows
- Username anonymity in REPORTLOG
- lc_feat_list enhancement
- Option to configure SOAP communication in lmadmin
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| 2017 (11.14.x - 11.15) |
- Security Updates
- New options file keywords INCLUDEALL ENTITLEMENT, EXCLUDEALL ENTITLEMENT
- TPM (Trusted Patform Module) host-id
- Virtualization detection for certificate based application without FNLS
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| 2016 (11.13.x - 11.14.x) |
- Partial Available Checkout
- Server shortcodes
- Borrow enhancements
- lmadmin Active Directory integration support
- Visual Studio 2015 support
- Improvements to Cloud support
- -2 -p -local option enhancement
- AMZN_EIP HostID
- VCG support on XFS filesystems
- FlexNet Licensing Service, Virtualization and Performance Improvements
- Extracting Client HostID from Vendor Daemon (VD) Callbacks
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| 2015 (11.13.x) |
- Security Fixes
- Improved Server Stability
- Performance fixes for java clients
- Vendor daemon callback for OVERDRAFT licenses
- Cloud and Virtualization Enhancements
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| 2014 (11.11.x - 11.13) |
- Activation borrow reclaim on trusted storage
- Improved virtualization support for trusted storage based licensing
- Options file keywords for activation borrow
- Determining license source of a feature
- Dongle updates
- PACKAGE support with trusted storage
- Trusted Storage license server automatic reread
- Vendor daemon hardening
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| 2013 (11.1.1 - 11.12) |
- Virtualization Support for Activation and Trusted Storage
- Elimination of cross version signature
- Enhanced license server diagnostics in the debug log
- Support for Windows 8 and Server 2012
- Windows SafeSEH compatibility
- Local Activation for Server-Side Trusted Storage
- Scheduled checks on Updates in Trusted Storage
- Non-English Characters in Activations
- Software Tagging Now Supported for lmadmin and lmgrd
- Callback for Vendor Daemon Shutdown
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| 2012 (11.10.1 - 11.11, 10.8.10) |
- Support for Prepped Trusted Configuration
- Support for Xen Virtual Environments
- UMN4 for Linux Machine Identification
- Support for Mac OS X 10.8.x
- Purge Option for lmborrow
- Override Feature for IP Addresses
- Support for New Ethernet Device Names on Linux
- Support for Teamed Ethernet Interfaces
- Activations for License Servers in Bandwidth-Restricted Environments
- Retrieve Response XML From Online Activations
- Support for Mac OS X 10.7.x
- lmadmin Security Fixes
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| 2011 (11.9.1 - 11.10) |
- Support for Licensing in a Cloud Environment
- Support for Mac Lion
- Ability to Run lmbind Outside of a Hypervisor Console OS
- Virtualization Support for Activation and Trusted Storage
- Improved Support for Secure Data Types in License File-Based Licensing
- Support for Active Directory Users and Groups in lmadmin
- WhiteHat Certification for lmadmin
- Support for Flexid 9 Dongle with 2GB of Flash Memory
- Java Toolkit Supports Dongles from Wibu-Systems
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| 2010 (11.8.0 - 11.9.0) |
- Virtualization: Support for Hyper-V
- lmstrip Improvements
- Dongle support for WibuKey, from Wibu Systems AG,
- Support for Visual Studio 2010 Compiler
- C# Wrapper for Activation APIs
- Composite Transactions (for Trusted Storage
- Licensing)
- Virtualization: lmbind and UUID of an ESX Virtual Container
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| 2009 (11.6.1 - 11.7, 10.8.8 - 10.8.9) |
- Support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
- Support for Windows Server 2008
- Support for Hostids from Virtual Ethernet Adapters on Windows Platforms
- Improved UMN2 on Windows
- Trusted Storage Backup
- Installer for lmadmin
- Linux Standard Base (LSB) certification
- Time zone licensing
- Trial packs
- Automatic Re-Read in Options File
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| 2008 (10.8.7 - 11.6) |
- GUI-based License Server Manager - lmadmin
- Licensing Toolkit Supports Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and 64-bit Intel Hardware
- Activation API Functions to ‘Cancel’ a Failed Return Request
- Support for Multiple Ethernet Hostids on Some Platforms
- Support for Machine Virtualization - VMware ESX Server
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