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Improved release notes.

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@ -5,24 +5,20 @@ Here are brief summaries of what's changed between each snapshot release.
Milestone 7 Milestone 7
A special thanks to contributors: * Developer experience
* (@thschroeter on GitHub)
* @karnauskas on GitHub
* Developer experience:
* Improve Java intero with more annotations on ``Utils.kt``
* Setup TeamCity for continuous integration with pull request building to ensure that master is more stable * Setup TeamCity for continuous integration with pull request building to ensure that master is more stable
on both repos on both repos
* Improve Java interop with more annotations on ``Utils.kt``
* Improved API to ``NetworkMapCache``
* Improved client observable API
* CorDapp types can be used in parameters to ``startFlowDynamic``
* Security * Security
* MQ broker of the node now requires authentication which means that third parties cannot connect to and * MQ broker of the node now requires authentication which means that third parties cannot connect to and
listen to queues on the Node. RPC and P2P between nodes is now authenticated as a result of this change. listen to queues on the Node. RPC and P2P between nodes is now authenticated as a result of this change.
This also means that nodes or RPC users cannot pretend to be other nodes or RPC users This also means that nodes or RPC users cannot pretend to be other nodes or RPC users
* The node now does host verification of any node that connects to it and prevents Man in the Middle Attacks * The node now does host verification of any node that connects to it and prevents Man in the Middle Attacks
* Demos * Demos
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* Demos now use RPC to communicate with the node from the webserver. This brings the demos more in line with how * Demos now use RPC to communicate with the node from the webserver. This brings the demos more in line with how
interaction with nodes is expected to be. The demos now treat their webservers like clients. This will also allow interaction with nodes is expected to be. The demos now treat their webservers like clients. This will also allow
for the splitting of the webserver from the node for milestone 8. for the splitting of the webserver from the node for milestone 8.
* Added the Bank of Corda demo - a demo showing a node (Bank of Corda) acting as an issuer of Cash, and a client * Added the Bank of Corda demo - a demo showing a node (Bank of Corda) acting as an issuer of Cash, and a client
driver providing both Web and RPC access to request issuance of cash driver providing both Web and RPC access to request issuance of cash
* SIMM valuation demo is fixed - previously had Kryo errors if running from command line. * SIMM valuation demo is fixed - previously had Kryo errors if running from command line.
* Added a SIMM valuation demo integration test to catch regressions * Added a SIMM valuation demo integration test to catch regressions
* Explorer
* The GUI for the explorer now shows other nodes on the network map
* Map resolution increased and allows zooming and panning
* Transactions between nodes on the map now visualise transactions between nodes
* Improvements * Improvements
* With thanks to *Thomas Schroeter* ``NotaryFlow`` is now idempotent
* Added a custom serialiser for CompositeKey * Added a custom serialiser for CompositeKey
* Improved API to ``NetworkMapCache``
* CorDapp types can be used in parameters to ``startFlowDynamic``
* Added commonName extension method to X500Name and helper class for x509 cert factories * Added commonName extension method to X500Name and helper class for x509 cert factories
* Improved client observable API
* Vault updates now contain full StateAndRef which allows subscribers to check whether the update contains * Vault updates now contain full StateAndRef which allows subscribers to check whether the update contains
relevant states. relevant states.
* Cash balances are calculated using aggregate values to prevent iterating through all states in the vault, which * Cash balances are calculated using aggregate values to prevent iterating through all states in the vault, which
improves performance improves performance
* Multi-party services, such as notaries, are now load balanced and represented as a single ``Party`` object * Multi-party services, such as notaries, are now load balanced and represented as a single ``Party`` object
* The Notary Chagnge flow now supports encumberances * The Notary Chagnge flow now supports encumberances
* With thanks to *Thomas Schroeter* ``NotaryFlow`` is now idempotent
* Fixes * Fixes
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* observers of vault updates and other node activity streamed via rx.Observables will now only see those updates * observers of vault updates and other node activity streamed via rx.Observables will now only see those updates
once they are globally visible and committed to the h2 database once they are globally visible and committed to the h2 database
* Explorer
* The GUI for the explorer now shows other nodes on the network map
* Map resolution increased and allows zooming and panning
* Transactions between nodes on the map now visualise transactions between nodes
Milestone 6 Milestone 6
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