DNS Redirector 7.1.0.1 - Changelog

What's new in DNS Redirector 7.1.0.1:

April 5th, 2011

· Corrected adverse behavior in any keywords list when lines or keywords had blank spaces
· Corrected an issue where a comment (starting with the ; character) before a regex would cause a crash
· Corrected spelling mistakes in some log items
· Logs now go in the \DailyLogs folder
· Added authonline.dnsredirctrl.com lookup, see FAQ 97
· Changed JoinType= valid options are Online/Auth/Both
· Added ResetClientFile= which when looked up sets client defaults (not authorized, not bypassing the block)
· Removed TimeRestriction options which were confusing and limited
· Requires .NET Framework 4 Client Profile

What's new in DNS Redirector 7.0.0.3:

April 5th, 2011

· Corrected an issue with SRV record responses (affecting computers in an Active Directory domain)

What's new in DNS Redirector 7.0.0.2:

April 5th, 2011

· Corrected an issue where some log file items were not logged when Logging=Full
· Corrected an issue where JoinAction may not get executed when JoinType=Auth
· Corrected an issue where RestrictStart/End was not put into effect after the first day
· Corrected an issue where BlockResponse=Fast was not taking effect
· Duplicate regex are not loaded to save on memory (duplicate non-regex keywords were already not being loaded)

What's new in DNS Redirector 7.0.0.1:

April 5th, 2011

· Ability to define multiple IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses
· Regular expressions (regex) can be used in blocked/allowed keyword lists
· Supports larger keyword lists, loads changes without restarting the software
· Faster DNS response time (previously ~14ms, now 1ms in v7)
· Improved performance (really muti-threaded)
· Ability to retrieve the real/upstream DNS server from a DHCP server
· Ability to define backup real/upstream DNS servers
· Improved GUI interface; sort by any column, faster refresh rate, better bypass toggling, and more client options
· Supports DNS load sharing (multiple IPs in the answer back to clients)
· Improved handling and logging of different DNS record types (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, CNAME, SOA, NS, PTR, etc.)
· nslookup behaves correctly
· Ability to run as a Windows service (without 3rd party software)
· No dependency on VB6 runtimes or winsock
· Requires .NET Framework 2.0 SP2

What's new in DNS Redirector 6.4.9:

February 12th, 2009

· Various updates and bug fixes

What's new in DNS Redirector 6.4.8:

December 4th, 2008

· Fixed possible crash when an excessive amount of queries go unanswered
· Added # clients online under Help, About in the GUI (see daily log file for this information when run as a service)
· Improved performance on servers under heavy load or with low CPU availability (Logging=Off is still the fastest)
· Removed DNSServerIP2= setting, which was often improperly configured, causing confusion and poor performance. Specify a local DNS caching server (such as Microsoft's DNS Server service) to provide load-balancing/failover to an alternate forwarding DNS server (such as your ISP's DNS servers)

What's new in DNS Redirector 6.4.5:

January 3rd, 2008

· Freeware
· No client limit
· Join actions based on new client or authorized client