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September 5, 2024

fixed

Windows Roaming Client

September 5, 2024 Windows RC v1.14.1 Production Release

A new version of the Windows RC
 is now available in the Production release channel for New Installs and Auto-Update. This version can be downloaded from the dashboard Deployments → Roaming Clients → Install
.
Auto-update will push out the new release to RCs in the Production Release Channel within the next 24-72 hours. Please refer to our release status page for the latest available versions in both Beta and Production channels.
Included in WinRC v1.14.1
Includes all changes in last month's v1.14.1 Beta. See those release notes for full details.
Bug Fixes 🪲
We've optimized the ability for the RC to identify the current active user after a login by removing unnecessary queries to the domain controller. This should result in faster reporting and policy assignment updates.
Fixed an issue with the improvements added in 1.14.0 related to Modern Sleep that caused loopback addresses to persist after waking from sleep when using applications like Hyper-V or WSL, causing connections to fail.

September 4, 2024

new

improved

Web App

Relay

September 4, 2024 Relay v1.1.0 Release

A new version of the

DNSFilter Relay

, v1.1.0 is now available! Updated binaries can be downloaded from the Dashboard (

Deployments → Relay → Install

) and our Help Docs.

Current VM docker images in the wild will be updated with 1.1.0 in the coming weeks - *certain older Ubuntu distributions may need to be manually updated, instructions here.*

New Features 🎉

Relay Configurator:

Users now have the ability to custom craft their own relay.conf file directly in the UI.

Generated Mode
allows the user to select the appropriate site to associate the relay with, select the logging level, specify a hostname for the specific relay, and define their local domains and resolvers. This will generate a relay.conf file that will be ready to use.
Manual Mode
allows the user to craft their own relay.conf using a sample file. This is enhanced from the original experience, as specific instructions with tool tips are now presented.

Custom Logging Option:

with this option enabled, the relay is able to automatically rotate up to 10 log files, with a maximum of 100MB total space utilization.

To enable custom logging, append the
[log]
section of
relay.conf
with
file="relay.log"
, start/restart the relay to enable.

Improvements 🛠️

Support for custom hostnames, allowing the user to specify the hostname of a relay in the relay.conf file. This will come in handy for deployments where multiple instances of the relay exist, and unique names must be used to identify them.
Compression of DNS Packets - this solves an issue where certain network connected devices were unable to connect reliably to the DNSFilter network through the relay.
Detailed logging (
verbose = true
) is enabled by default in
relay.conf
, allowing for more efficient debugging. With aforementioned Custom Logging enabled, logs can now rotate up to 10 files, with a maximum total size of 100MB.

August 28, 2024

fixed

improved

Web App

August 28, 2024 Dashboard App Release

Improved 🛠️

Ecosia.org has been added to the supported search engines for requiring SafeSearch on your policy. Enable this option under
Filtering
→
Policies
→
SafeSearch
.

New Self Harm content category allows blocking of this potentially harmful material. Enable this category under
Filtering
→
Policies
→
Categories
.

Bug Fixes 🐛

Fixed an issue on the DNS Query Log (
Tools → DNS Query Log
) that could display "Unknown Value" for Local User Name / IP Address
The Blocked page now displays the local time zone abbreviation instead of the UTC offset.

August 20, 2024

improved

fixed

Web App

August 20, 2024 Dashboard App Release

Improvements 🛠️

Apple iCloud Private Relay has been added to AppAware for 1-click blocking of domains related to this application. Find it in the
VPN and Proxy
section of
Policies
->
Appaware

Bug Fixes 🐛

Fixed an issue on the DNS Query Log (
Tools → DNS Query Log
) that could incorrectly display "Unknown Value" for Deployment name of certain queries.
Modifying the Two Factor authentication setting for an Organization (
Organization
→
Settings
) now reflects a change without needing to manually refresh the page.
Fixed an issue with Saved settings on the DNS Query Log that persisted filters across different suborgs, saved views should now be specific to a suborg, allowing for different defaults.
Fixed a display issue on NAT IP settings (
Filtering
→
Policies
→
Advanced
) that excluded support documentation links from sub-organizations.
Fixed a display issue that would incorrectly show the RC Uninstall Notifications toggle to MSP suborg administrators. This option is controlled at the MSP level.

August 20, 2024

fixed

Windows Roaming Client

RC Release Channels

August 20, 2024 Windows RC v1.14.1 Beta Release

A new version of the Windows RC is now available in the Beta release channel for New Installs and Auto-Update. This version can be downloaded from the dashboard Deployments
 → Roaming Clients
 → Install.
Auto-update will push out the new release to RCs in the Beta Release Channel within the next 24-72 hours. Please refer to our release status page for the latest available versions in both Beta and Production channels.
Included in WinRC v1.14.1
Includes all changes in last month's v1.14.0 Beta. See those release notes for full details.
Bug Fixes 🪲
We've optimized the ability for the RC to identify the current active user after a login by removing unnecessary queries to the domain controller. This should result in faster reporting and policy assignment updates.
Fixed an issue with the improvements added in 1.14.0 related to Modern Sleep that caused loopback addresses to persist after waking from sleep when using applications like Hyper-V or WSL, causing connections to fail.
Please share any feedback you have while running v1.14.1.

August 15, 2024

fixed

Windows Roaming Client

RC Release Channels

August 15, 2024 Windows RC v1.13.2 Production Release

A new version of the Windows RC is now available in the Production release channel for New Installs . This version can be downloaded from the dashboard Deployments
 → Roaming Clients
 → Install.
This release only includes a refreshed installation certificate used for the auto-update capability and is otherwise identical to v1.13.0 released on
April 30th, 2024
. This will ensure roaming clients can auto-update to upcoming releases that will require the updated certificate.
Due to the limited changes from 1.13.0 and 1.13.1 we will proceed with an accelerated release rollout to Auto-Update users, beginning early next week. A reminder that machines with DNSFilter-branded versions of v1.11.0 and v1.12.0 require manual updates to v1.13.0 or newer — see this support doc for more details.

August 14, 2024

improved

fixed

Web App

SSO

August 14, 2024 Dashboard App Release

Improved 🛠️

When accessing DNSFilter via SSO users should now be more reliably redirected to the vanity URL specified by their administrator when manually logging out or needing to refresh a session

Bug Fixes 🐛

Site column filter on the new DNS Query Log (
Tools
->
DNS Query Log
) should now accept searches instead of just a dropdown menu. Additional usability fixes will be coming to the new Query Log.
Fixed a bug that prevented a small number of users from being able to access the new DNS Query Log
Fixed a bug that prevented admin users from being able to rename sub-organizations.

August 6, 2024

new

fixed

Web App

Aug 6th, 2024 Dashboard App Release

New 🎉

A all-new interface for the DNS Query Log is now available for all users!
Tools
->
DNS Query Log

Highlights of the new Query Log interface include:

Support for multiple filter options, including specific date/time ranges
Fully customizable view:

Add/remove columns
Drag and drop ordering
Pin columns to preserve while scrolling
Save your settings

Many new attributes available to display that were previously only available in exports.

For a full guide on the new interface — check out our support doc.

Bug Fixes 🐛

Fixed an issue with Bulk CSV Import for Sites that could incorrectly import sites with Private IP addresses
Improved the error messages displayed with attempting to input an invalid IP address on Site creation
Fixed a display issue when view Global Policies at the MSP level that would not show LAN Subset assignments even if they were used

July 29, 2024

improved

Windows Roaming Client

RC Release Channels

July 29, 2024 Windows RC v1.13.1 Production Release

A new version of the Windows RC is now available in the Production release channel for New Installs . This version can be downloaded from the dashboard Deployments
 → Roaming Clients
 → Install.
This release only includes a refreshed installation certificate used for the auto-update capability and is otherwise identical to v1.13.0 released on
April 30th, 2024
. This will ensure roaming clients can auto-update to upcoming releases that will require the updated certificate.
Due to the limited changes from 1.13.0 we will proceed with an accelerated release rollout to Auto-Update users, beginning later this week. A reminder that machines with DNSFilter-branded versions of v1.11.0 and v1.12.0 require manual updates to v1.13.0 or v1.13.1 — see this support doc for more details.

July 18, 2024

fixed

Web App

July 18, 2024 Dashboard App Release

Bug Fixes 🪲

Fixed a display bug when viewing Filtering Policies that are assigned only to a LAN Subnet mapping — previously these policies could be incorrectly labeled as "Unassigned".

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