What's new in Cobian Backup?
New on version 9 Amanita
- Support for Volume Shadow Copies.
- You will be able to backup locked files
- Support for 7zip compression
- Now you can pause the backup in any place
- The update function can now use SOCKS proxy
- SMTP can now use SOCKS
- SMTP can now use SSL
- Autostart the interface can now be set for all users or the current user
- Autostart options are now playing fair with administrator’s rights
- Start a backup when autostart
- The remote directories are now created from the top to the root, thus minimizing the risk for Permission problems
- Downloading files shows now the percent
- FTP operations can now use UTF transfers if the server supports it
- FTP operations use now UNICODE for local operations Zip files can now store file names in UNICODE
- Checking an archive could sometimes delete the archived files. Fixed.
- Prettier about boxes
- Icon in task properties for Manual AND ftp where swapped
- IPC via MMF is now gone
- The update server can now use MSSQL for logs or can use no logs at all
- SQX is now gone.
- Checking archives wrongly displayed Compressing using the verbose log
- CobDeleter is now an integral part of the UI
- Fixed the old “Error while connecting to :21:" error
- A brand new, improved help file and tutorial
- And MUCH more
New on version 8
- The program uses now Unicode functions whenever it can.
- Using compression and FTP will use ANSI functions, of course because of limitations on those formats or the FTP protocol.
- If you don't use compression or FTP, the program will always handle your file names as Unicode.
- The program uses now memory mapped files for inter-process communication.
- All the TCP communication used in older versions has been eliminated.
- A new method of encryption has been added: RSA-Rijndael, which uses a 256-bit Rijndael encryption with a random key that is itself encrypted used a 1024-bit RSA asymmetric key.
- Sensitive settings as passwords are now stored in the ini file using strong encryption
- The program is now a "green" application. All the files are stored in ini files. The only part that used the registry is the service, which, for obvious reasons must be installed using the registry. A green application, of course is not necessarily a good thing, but some people (often for "religious" reasons) seem to think that this is a good thing. Oh, well...
- A feature allows you now you execute individual tasks under different user accounts. The task will then try to impersonate the user and execute the task under that account.
- The 256 characters path limit is now GONE thanks to Unicode. The file and paths names can now be up to 32000 characters long.
- Now you can close programs using also their class names.
- Better SQX error handling.
- Full service control from the Option dialog.
- The mirroring effect that you got while compressing AND overwriting has been thankfully eliminated.
- LOTS of bugs fixed
- A better user interface.
- FTP transfers of larger files (> 2 GB are now supported)
New on version 7
- Designed and written from scratch
- Zip64 for zip files larger than 2 GB
- SQX compression
- Backup FROM and TO a FTP server
- Limit the speed of your FTP transfers
- SSL servers supported
- The program can now remind you if you have missed backups
- Strong encryption: Supported methods are Blowfish (128 bit), Rijndael (128 bit) and DES (64 bit)
- An open plug-in architecture to allow the program's enhancement
- The interprocess communication is done using TCP/IP. This allows a better communication between the program parts AND the program can be administrated from another machine anywhere in the world.
- Backup to multiple destinations
- A backup history is displayed
- Compressed files can now be split
- A new user interface
- Remote backup
- Automatically remove old backups
- The application can be used as a command line utility. No separate command line program is needed