Releases

Version 5.6.0 of cwRsync client/server installers is a maintenance release and come with the latest available versions of Cygwin, GNU Tools, OpenSSH and Putty. LibreSSL is now used as the SSL library for OpenSSH binaries.

Version 5.5.3 of cwRsync client/server installers  is a maintenance release and come with the latest available versions of Cygwin, GNU Tools, OpenSSH and OpenSSL.

Version 5.5.1 of cwRsync client/server installers contain the latest available Cygwin DLL and GNU tools.

Version 5.5.0 of cwRsync client/server installers and the free archive contain the latest available rsync (3.1.2), including a security fix for a transfer from a sender that you don't fully trust. We have also updated OpenSSL with security fixes (1.0.2e), some other GNU tools and the sample batch file cwrsync.cmd for client connections, solving HOME directory related problems.

Version 5.4.5 of cwRsync installers contains the latest available Cygwin DLL (2.3.1) and more effective installation logic without dependency on external utilities. See version page for more details. Our server installers create service accounts with stronger passwords (from 14 to 24 chars), and you will now get the option to remove the service account during uninstallation. Problems around Windows paths in the HOME env.variable when invoking from a non-Cygwin environment, should also be solved as the regarding official patch is now undone.