November 10, 2014

Aprelium announces the immediate availability of a minor update for both editions of Abyss Web Server for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux:

• Abyss Web Server X1 version 2.9.3.6: Free personal edition. It isn't a trial version or a demo. It is a fully usable personal web server with no limitations, no nag screens, no spyware, and no advertisements.
• Abyss Web Server X2 version 2.9.3.6: Professional edition priced at US $59.95. It is a professional web server which comes with 1 year of free upgrades and 1 year of priority technical support.

Users of previous versions should upgrade as soon as possible to this new version.

Security Enhancements

This update improves SSL/TLS support by:

• Adding support for elliptic curve Diffie–Hellman-based perfect forward secrecy (ECDHE-RSA)
• Implementing the TLS fallback SCSV mechanism
• Providing default SSL/TLS parameters with SSLv3 disabled and high levels of encryption.
• Providing an optional SSL/TLS set of parameters to continue supporting SSLv3 clients while ensuring mitigation of POODLE and BEAST attacks.

Download / Upgrade

For Abyss Web Server X1 Users

Visit Downloads to get the new version of Abyss Web Server. Installation and upgrading instructions are provided on the download page.

For Abyss Web Server X2 Users

Open Abyss Web Server's console, select Help & Support, and click on Check for Updates.