Category: Technical Notes

  • Important Update: PTV Logistics Not Affected by Critical Vulnerability in GeoTools

    Isabel Honikel

    We are pleased to inform you that PTV Logistics products are not affected by a recently identified critical vulnerability in GeoTools, an open-source Java library providing tools for geospatial data. According to the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), this vulnerability has been rated as critical (9.8/10).…

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  • Do you want to predict the new German toll prices in your PTV xServer 2 on-premise environment?

    Stefan Hug

    If you are running an PTV xServer API Version 2 in your own on-premise environment and you want to calculate German toll prices for a reference date after 30.11.2023 in combination with the map PTV Europe City Map Premium 2023.2H or PTV World City Map Premium 2023.2H then read this article thoroughly in order to determine if you need to update your PTV xServer API Version 2 environment.…

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  • Set the right Biofuel ratio

    Nathalie Wurster

    With the aim of sustainability, the EU intends to increase the share of renewable energies in the transport sector, which also includes a minimum share of biofuels. These fuels are produced solely from biomass. To meet the target, a ratio of biofuels has already been introduced in EU countries. …

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  • Welcome to our new PTV xServer blog! 

    Stephan Ruppert

    In order to provide you with even more tailored and useful information about our development and API products, we have split up the former Dev Blog into two different channels: 

    • This blog will be dedicated to PTV xServer, providing you with general information, code samples, tutorials, new features, updates, and bug fixes.
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  • Zero-day “Spring4Shell”

    Isabel Honikel

    Since this week there is a new zero-day vulnerability in the Spring framework. Please note that we are aware of this and currently analyzing how far the PTV xServer is affected.
     
     
    We like to share the current state of our analysis with you.
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  • How to handle the Log4j security issue with PTV xServer older than 1.34

    Hansjörg Back

    With PTV xServer 1.34 we updated several third party components to recent versions. This also included a major update of Apache Log4j from version 1 (PTV xServer < 1.34) to version 2 (PTV xServer 1.34). As PTV xServer 1 is downward compatible only the latest PTV xServer 1 version gets updates and we recommend to use always the newest one.…

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