Nexus is proud to announce the availability of Nexus Personal Desktop Client 5.1. This release consists of new features and bug fixes.
This article includes updates for 5.0.
Main new features
Added minidriver component
The minidriver component of Nexus Personal Desktop Client implements a Microsoft smart card minidriver. It is a simpler alternative to a legacy cryptographic service provider (CSP). Read more in Minidriver component.
Detailed feature list
New features
JIRA ticket no
Description
PER-3024
Implemented Windows Minidriver
Implemented Windows Minidriver for CardOS cards.
Corrected bugs
JIRA ticket no
Description
PER-3094
Unsupported Personal plugins included
Browsers no longer support NPAPI and ActiveX Personal plugins therefore they have been removed from the installation.
PER-3142
Personal GUI window is opened automatically at startup
Initially startup Personal GUI window state was dependent on the window_state variable of the config file. Now Personal GUI will always start as hidden in the system tray and window state will longer be configurable as the config variable support is removed.
PER-3238
Sign and Auth dialogs in Plugout hangs
An issue with inserting a smart card plugout, that the Sign and Auth dialogs could hang for a split second, has been fixed.
PER-3560
CardOS 4.x cards can not decrypt
Sometimes CardOS 4.x failed to decrypt because Key Usage was set in a wrong way. This has been fixed.
PER-3630
Exclusive reader mode is not working properly
When LockReader was set for exclusive mode, cycled errors turned up in the log. This has been fixed.
PER-3859
Unable to enter 12 digit PUK on PIN pad reader
The problem with not being able to enter a 12 digit PUK has been fixed.
Contact
Contact Information
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Support
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