9.2.0 Changelog

Overview

9.2 contains a new Application Control app and many platform and performance enhancements.

Application Control

• New application for identifying and controlling network traffic

Platform

• General performance improvements (#9012, #9240, #9254, #9625, #9675, #9661)
• A new "Full Refresh" has been added to event logs to force flush events to database.
• An "Export" ability has been added to allow exporting event logs to a CSV file.
• "Full Refresh" now immediately dumps all events so there is no delay.
• Remove ntpdate to prevent immediate aggressive time changes (#9480)
• Add a "Force Time Sync" button in UI for setting the date on the server.
• Change installer to use the entire disk (#9565)
• Fix Source Interface matchers in Port Forwards, Bypass Rules, and Packet Filter Rules. (#9892)
• Some additional sanity and validation checking in rule builder UI. (no duplicate matchers)
• Security patches.

Reports

• No longer need an email app for reports to correctly generate (#9626)
• Hosts list now use only non-WAN unique hosts (#9630)
• Fix Email list (#9627)
• Improve usage of DHCP hostnames in hosts list (#9640)
• Fix color mismatch in pie charts (#9661)
• "Others" in top lists/charts now displays at bottom.
• "Others" slice in pipe charts now exploded.
• Graphs given consistent theme and look.

Web Filter

• Youtube for Schools functionality added (#9574)
• Better URL encoding for categorization lookups (#9275)
• Block page will now show the category reason for the block not best category (#9280)
• Fix mime-type flagging bug (#9641)
• Fix unblock event log and merge with regular event log tab.
• Temporary Unblock now lasts for one hour.

IPsec VPN

• Added to "Standard Package." All existing Standard Package subscribers will now have access to IPsec.

OpenVPN

• Now distributes openvpn 2.2.2 (#9639)
• Active sessions now shown on Status page

WAN Failover

• UI tests fixed (#9634)
• Event Logs fixed (#9478)
• New Status page

Firewall

• Firewall action now a dropdown not a checkbox
• New rules are now added at the bottom. (#9511)

Spam Blocker

• Fix Tarpit event logs (#9593)

Protocol Control

• Renamed to "Application Control Lite."

Bandwidth Control

• New default rulesets with rules that leverage Application Control.

Web Cache

• Cap disk usage to avoid performance issues.