CMS Version 9.0.17 Release Notes

Introduction

CMS version 9.0.17 addresses the 2018 rate changes for USPS. 2018 rates for UPS and FedEx from the previous release are also included.

Release Notes from all previous and more recent versions can be found on our Release Notes page.

End of Life Announcement - Windows VISTA
Microsoft has announced they will no longer provide support or updates for their Vista operating system as of April 11, 2017. After that date Vista will no longer receive security patches which, aside from the obvious security threats, also means that you cannot be PCI compliant.

We have already seen ramifications at client sites running on other unsupported operating systems. For example, PCI is dictating a shift away from using SSL and TLS 1.0 since they are now considered to be insecure methods of connection. As our partners start to follow this dictate they have/will remove support for those older forms of secure connection which Windows XP and Server 2003 cannot support.

Identify which workstations you may have running Vista and make plans to have them upgraded to Windows 7 or 10 before the April 11, 2017 end of life date.

For a complete list of operating systems we support for use with CMS, see our System Requirements wiki article.

PCI Compliance - CMS 9.0 has been successfully validated against the PA-DSS 1.2 specification by Coalfire Systems. Software changes that could affect your compliance are only included in major CMS versions (e.g. 9.0, 10.0) or minor versions (e.g. 9.1, 9.2) and never in releases (e.g. 9.0.5, 9.0.6) or builds (e.g. 9.0.6.159, 9.0.6.160). You can read more about our versioning methodology HERE.

For the latest in PCI compliance, upgrade to CMS TEN which has been validated against the PA-DSS 3.0 specification.

CMS versions 7.x through 10.x are listed on the PCI Council’s list of Validated Payment Applications HERE

Integrations - All integrations will continue to work as they had including CommerceV3, UPS Worldship, FedEx Ship Manager, Endicia/DaZzle, ShipRush, MPS, TransFirst, and Authorize.net.

9.0.17 ENHANCEMENT DETAILS

  1. 2018 USPS Rates

    2. Effective January 21st, 2018 the US Postal Service will have new rates. These rate changes effect both market dominant (mailing services) and competitive (shipping services) classes which, in the past, have often been updated on different schedules.

    You can read more about the rate changes on Endicia's site, Stamps.com, or on the USPS site.

  2. Priority Mail Express Flat Rate Padded Envelope

    We've added support for Priority Mail Express Flat Rate Padded Envelope so you'll have the proper rate in CMS and our integration with Endicia/Dazzle will print the appropriate labels.

  3. Bug Fixes and modifications

See Release Notes