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NxFilter Changelog

What's new in NxFilter 3.1.3

Feb 17, 2016
  • Bypassing Active Directory domain to MS DNS server for unauthenticated users.
  • 'Follow Referral' option added for Active Directory importation.
  • '#{nx_name}' not populated on 'block,chrome.jsp' bug fixed.
  • Active Directory DNS bypassing comes before zone file search.
  • Zone trasfer search comes after zone file search.
  • Zone Transfer option on Active Directory importation removed.
  • New algorithm for caculating the remaining TTL of a cached record to setup the TTL for each record separately.
  • 'bypass_cache_domain_list' param removed from cfg.propertis.

New in NxFilter 2.5.3 (Jan 12, 2015)

  • Quota reset not synchronized over cluster bug fixed.
  • localhost excluded from DNS ACL for WebSoket.
  • Chrome block-page not showing on HTTPS bug fixed.
  • Proxy level redirection added.
  • Bypass authentication doesn't apply on authenticated user.

New in NxFilter 2.5.0 (Dec 1, 2014)

  • Group account concept introduced.
  • NxClient v4.0 support added.
  • Showing real username from NxClient. - no-usr, no-grp -> anon-user, anon-grp.
  • Proxy log not display correctly with IDN bug fixed.
  • zvelo_timeout option added into cfg.properties.
  • Proxy blocked reason not display bug fixed.
  • 'local_resolver_port' option added into cfg.properties.
  • real_user_cnt table added for counting distinct logged-in username.
  • Version check for agent added.

New in NxFilter 2.4.5 (Nov 14, 2014)

  • Time format on 'Report > usage' changed.
  • Log filename changed to 'nxfilter.log'.
  • PTR record bypassed from 'Block unclassified' option.

New in NxFilter 2.4.2 (Oct 28, 2014)

  • is_valid_domain, is_valid_email moved into lib.jsp.
  • Group specific free-time not updated bug fixed.
  • Redirection domain timeout error fixed.
  • Zvelo license alert email bug fixed.

New in NxFilter 2.3.0 (Sep 29, 2014)

  • Faster startup time by reducing local port checking timeout.
  • Performance increased by introducing thread safe map.
  • Domain cache and unclassified cache introduced.
  • Fusion chart compatibility removed.
  • Locking algorithm redesigned for PhishiDic.
  • ResponseCache redesigned using thread safe map.
  • Default response cache size increased to 200,000.
  • err_list removed from DAO.
  • OpenLDAP import supports 'memberOf' attribute.

New in NxFilter 2.2.7-p1 (Aug 26, 2014)

  • IP session synchronize for login_policy only.
  • StatsMaker thread bypassed for a slave node.
  • Bypass cache if there's an authority or additional record.
  • Slave node request count added into 'Config > cluster'.
  • Javascript added for hiding embedded block-page.
  • upstream_dns option added into cfg.properties.
  • Sending rf_block_ip to local user bug fixed.
  • Duplicated custom category name check added.
  • Custom query support added.

New in NxFilter 2.2.2 (Jun 27, 2014)

  • Forcing safe-search option through NxClient, NxLogon V2 added.
  • URL keyword filtering through NxClient, NxLogon V2 added.
  • Application control through NxClient, NxLogon V2 added.
  • CharacterSet encoding removed from NxParam as a redundancy.
  • Request object removed from AdminLoginDao.
  • javax.naming.PartialResultException ignored by LdapAgent.
  • '+' in application control rule changed to '*'.
  • Minimum length(4) introduced for application control keyword.
  • Empty record check for finding response cache added.
  • application -> policy_application.
  • Domain to domain redirection added.
  • block_domain introduced.
  • Fash-flux detection removed.
  • IP based ACL for login redirection added.
  • err_detail -> reason_detail.
  • System domain concept removed.
  • Log only applied to proxy policy.
  • Whitelist domain, keyword for bypass filtering applied to proxy policy.
  • Block IP host added to proxy policy.
  • Using DynUpdate for AD domain resolving.
  • Block other browser option added for proxy policy.
  • Default number of request handler became 4.
  • Default value for 'Log retention days' changed to 30.
  • Timeout applied to TCP port checking at startup.
  • Application block execution interval introduced.
  • Included NxLogon updated to v1.5 having application blocking removed.
  • Agent policy update period added on 'Config > config'.
  • SMTP port reset bug on GUI fixed.
  • Google chart not displaying for IE bug fixed.
  • 'overflow: hidden' on 'div.hr' added into block-page template.

New in NxFilter 2.0.5 (Apr 28, 2014)

  • Login API through HTTP added for custom login script.
  • Top 5 chart by client-ip added into daily and weekly report.
  • Group or user exclusion by keyword for LDAP import added.
  • Request, Response, Wonfig for GUI removed.
  • Group specific free-time added.
  • Free-time policy added on user, group list GUI view.
  • User, group, policy, category variables added into block-page.
  • Phishing host converted to lower case.
  • Not selecting 'Same as work-time policy' for user-edit bug fixed.
  • Free-time flag added in user-test view.
  • 24:00 added for free-time setup.

New in NxFilter 1.7.4 (Jan 6, 2014)

  • IE, Chrome compatibility enhanced for HR tag color.
  • Stops on binding error for UDP 53 port.
  • Zone-transfer interval adjusted to 5 seconds.
  • Bypassing DDNS update message for Active Directory.
  • File not close bug fixed on Logging > request.
  • admin_pw removed from Config, Wonfig.

New in NxFilter 1.7.3-p1 (Dec 21, 2013)

  • Active Directory connection timeout changed to 5 seconds.
  • Active Directory read timeout changed to 20 seconds.
  • delete_old applied to signal and netflow data.
  • Traffic column not updating for reducing update time.

New in NxFilter 1.7.3 (Dec 16, 2013)

  • 'RF token' changed to 'Login token'.
  • 'RF block redirection IP' changed to 'External redirection IP'.
  • preferIPv4Stack option enabled for Tomcat.
  • Time difference between user report and global report fixed.
  • Policy specific ad-remove option added.
  • Top 5 category chart added into dashboard.
  • User specific top 5 category chart added into 24 hour report.

New in NxFilter 1.7.2 (Nov 15, 2013)

  • Changed several menu names, history -> logging or request.
  • Fast-flux detection not disabled bug fixed.
  • Domain lookup speed improved with new caching algorithm.
  • Firewall rule added for TCP 80 port on Windows installer.

New in NxFilter 1.7.1 (Oct 28, 2013)

  • Tutorial link added into the top menu.
  • 'Response cache size' option moved into 'Config > config > DNS setup'.
  • Connection pool leak on 'Config > config' fixed.
  • SRV query excluded from domain name length filtering.
  • GUI design layout changed.

New in NxFilter 1.7.0 (Oct 14, 2013)

  • GUI view layer changed to JSP.
  • Changing GUI template directory made to be possible.
  • 'ad-remove' category introduced for removing embedded adverts.
  • Initial password information added to admin login-page.
  • 'Config > config' not updating bug fixed.

New in NxFilter 1.6.2 (Oct 9, 2013)

  • Uncaught exception handler added for worker threads.
  • Pagination HTML tag bug fixed.
  • Admin domain added for accessing GUI using domain.

New in NxFilter 1.6.0 (Sep 23, 2013)

  • Shallalist support added.
  • Auto-backup retention period added.
  • User select box error with IE, Chrome on report page fixed.
  • Checking for URL insertion on whitelist by domain added.
  • DB Query timeout applied for GUI.
  • Script name changed, update-bl.bat to update_bl.bat.

New in NxFilter 1.5.4 (Sep 16, 2013)

  • Bandwidth control added.
  • Duplicated TTL manipulating routine removed.
  • AD/LDAP login-page username changed to case-insensitive.
  • Policy update error with empty category bug fixed.
  • Username not found exception on per-user report fixed.

New in NxFilter 1.4.0 (Jun 4, 2013)

  • Malware/Botnet detection added.
  • Inspection on response packet added.
  • DNS record type added in history, syslog exportation.
  • Domain property added to active directory data.
  • User move bug in group edit fixed.

New in NxFilter 1.1.4 (Mar 19, 2013)

  • SRV record excluded from local DNS cashing.
  • Logoff script added for Active Directory.
  • IP based ACL replaced to simpler one.
  • IP based ACL for admin GUI added.
  • Bug fixed, apply custom categories against IDN.

New in NxFilter 1.1.1 (Mar 1, 2013)

  • Phishing DB update bug fixed.

New in NxFilter 1.1 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Phishing protection added.
  • Link to domain in history added.
  • Bug fixed, free-time bug fixed.
  • Bug fixed, group member assignment bug fixed.