Introducing LiquidFiles v4.1
LiquidFiles v4.1 is a major LiquidFiles release with quite a few changes, most important is the addition of support for what Microsoft calls "New Outlook", i.e. the web based Outlook client that's part of Microsoft 365.
Web Based Outlook New Outlook
LiquidFiles v4.1 adds support for what Microsoft calls "New Outlook", the Outlook Web based client as part of Microsoft 365.
Ubuntu Pro
One of the benefits of switching to Ubuntu is that it's possible to enable an Ubuntu Pro license directly from the LiquidFiles web interface. Enabling an Ubuntu Pro license will enable commercial support from Ubuntu for the underlying operating system. It will also enable additional features such as live kernel patching to reduce the number of reboots required. Please note that LiquidFiles v4.1 does not support enabling FIPS mode with Ubuntu Pro. Support for Ubunto Pro FIPS mode has been be added in LiquidFiles v4.2.
Performance
Improved File Assembly to not double-up on disk space during assembly. Will permit larger files to be sent with less disk space.
Improved file processing queue management. Smaller files will get priority over larger files so the file processing queue will be kept overall smaller and more efficient.
Faster calculation of checksums/crc32. The slower the disk, the bigger the improvement. We've tested 15% improvement on local disks with large files, NFS and similar would see even greater performance improvements.
Image processing using Vips instead of ImageMagick. LiquidFiles doesn't do a lot of image processing. Mostly generating thumbnails in Shares. Vips is faster and uses less memory. ImageMagick has had quite a lot of security issues.
General Changes
- Improved searches to be more flexible.
- Added a function in Admin → System Log for better view of delivered vs bounced or rejected emails.
- The automatic system generated swap is limited to max 8GB.
- Added a function to disable "Friendly Error Messages" for Registration and Password Resets.
- Added support for User Delivery Actions for User Filedrops.
- Content-Security-Policy improvements, removing 'self' from script-src where applicable.
- Updated JavaScript localization handling with better caching in client browser.
- Updated JavaScript handling for improved caching and performance.
- Updated Admin Share Access API.
- Updated nginx configuration with HTTP Security Headers added to asset and error pages.
- Removed deprecated HTTP Headers Feature Policy and X-XSS-Protection.
- Moved RSA DHE TLS Ciphers from TLS v1.2 (Strong) to TLS v1.2 (Compatibility).