VisualSVN Server 5.2 Released
We are happy to announce the release of VisualSVN Server 5.2, which brings the following major enhancements:
- Showing effective access permissions
- Password guessing attack protection
- Scheduled verification of repository backups
- Improved repository backup performance
Showing effective access permissions
Effective access permissions are the resultant access permissions that a specified user has to a specified path, based on the combined effect of all the applicable access rules set in VisualSVN Server.
VisualSVN Server 5.2 now has a feature called Effective Access that makes it easier for the administrator to check whether the access rules are configured correctly and produce the intended result. It can be helpful for auditing and troubleshooting purposes.
Password guessing attack protection
VisualSVN Server 5.2 adds a feature that protects user credentials from password guessing attacks, such as brute-force or dictionary attacks. It works by temporarily blocking requests from IP addresses that fail to authenticate multiple times within a short period of time.
Scheduled verification of repository backups
VisualSVN Server administrators can now create 'Verify Backup' jobs for automatic verification of repository backups. This kind of job verifies that backups created by backup jobs are readable and restorable.
More enhancements
A few other notable improvements in this version are listed below:
- Significantly improved repository backup performance. VisualSVN Server 5.2 creates backups up to 5 times faster and with lower CPU usage, although with a slightly reduced compression ratio.
- Added an option to specify the size of the private key for the TLS/SSL server certificate.
- Revamped the full/incremental backup job scheme selection in VisualSVN Server Manager.
- New run hook subcommand to launch arbitrary programs, with the --no-wait option for asynchronous execution.
- The check-logmessage hook subcommand now supports regular expression matching with the --regexp option.
