FlexNet Publisher Release History

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This article documents the FlexNet Publisher Licensing release highlights introduced each year, starting from 2008 to present:

Release	Description
2024 (11.19.x)	Introduced Ecomms Between Secure Utilites and Vendor Daemon Support for MacOS14
2023 (11.19.X)	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
2022 (11.19.X)	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
2021 (11.18.X)	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.
2020 (11.17.X)	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
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
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
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
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
2015 (11.13.x)	Security Fixes Improved Server Stability Performance fixes for java clients Vendor daemon callback for OVERDRAFT licenses Cloud and Virtualization Enhancements
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
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
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
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
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
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
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