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Barriqade Changelog

What's new in Barriqade 2016 16.415

Oct 28, 2016
  • FIXED: Updated Artificial Intelligence as part of the dynamic blocker. Changes should result in fewer false positives.
  • FIXED: Reduced the speed at which Barriqade switches to another upstream DNS resolver in case of timeouts. This solves an issue where Barriqade keeps switching upstream DNS resolver when the connection experiences many lost packets or very high latency.
  • NEW: Enabled blocking of advertisement, marketing and tracking domains by default when starting Barriqade for the first time.
  • NEW: Notifies user if they have not yet completed the initial configuration and do not yet experience protection through domain blocking.

New in Barriqade 2016 16.337 (Feb 3, 2016)

  • NEW: Improved Dynamic Blocking by adding new detection vectors to improve detection of malicious domains using artificial intelligence. This includes the scoring of domains using free dynamic DNS services.
  • NEW: Updated version of EULA (2016-01-17-A) included and applicable.
  • NEW: Barriqade Agent now shows regular notices when license is about to expire.
  • NEW: Updated web resource urls to latest mapping with Barriqade website structure.
  • NEW: Barriqade Manager automatically checks for updates after successfully entering a license key.

New in Barriqade 16.316 (Feb 3, 2016)

  • NEW: Barriqade Manager now shows edit window for block list item if user double clicks on a block list item shown in My Custom Domain Rules.
  • NEW: Added menu item in help menu of Barriqade Manager to see what's new in the current release (change log).
  • NEW: Minor GUI improvements in Barriqade Agent and Barriqade Manager.
  • NEW: Updated version of EULA (2015-12-12-A) included and applicable.
  • NEW: Updated web resource urls to latest mapping with Barriqade website structure.
  • NEW: Moved button to export diagnostics file in Barriqade Manager from About screen to the Help menu on the main window of Barriqade Manager, making it more accessible.
  • FIXED: Issue when disabling Barriqade, restarting Windows and then re-enabling Barriqade, which will not turn it back on.
  • FIXED: Initial display of Manager suggesting in the first second loading the screen that Barriqade is disabled, while it is not.

New in Barriqade 16.281 (Feb 3, 2016)

  • NEW: Barriqade Manager now closes when user clicks the download link to update a new version of Barriqade when prompted a newer version is available. This may avoid issues with locked files during update.
  • NEW: Improved version numbering display.
  • NEW: Improved error messages in log entries.
  • FIXED: Issue when selecting Domain Lookup tab in Barriqade Manager, resulting a Barriqade Manager crashing when client is under heavy load.

New in Barriqade 16.267 (Feb 3, 2016)

  • NEW: Replaced display of blocked requests with complete view of all recently processed domain lookup results in Manager.
  • NEW: Improved logging details and corrected logging levels.
  • NEW: Service will now always look for new dns servers whenever settings are saved in Manager.
  • NEW: Improved pseudonym representation of domain names in log files by including the length of each label in the domain name.
  • NEW: Changed sorting order in My Custom Domain List window. Domains exempt from blocking are now listed and processed before blocked domains.
  • FIXED: Fixed issue with applying new rules in My Custom Rules.
  • FIXED: Solved issue with calculations of statistics.

New in Barriqade 16.260 (Feb 3, 2016)

  • NOTE: This is the first 2016 release.
  • NEW: Improved detection of dead upstream resolvers.
  • NEW: Updated text in first run window of Barriqade Manager.
  • NEW: Added 'view log files' menu item in Barriqade Manager.
  • NEW: New block lists are now also downloaded even if barriqade is not enabled
  • NEW: Log files no longer show requested domain names in TRACE log level mode. Domains are now pseudonymized to protect privacy.
  • FIXED: Solved issue with dead upstream resolver detection.

New in Barriqade 15.213 (Feb 3, 2016)

  • NEW: Minor GUI improvements
  • FIXED: Reduced the amount of logging statements in log file related to IsWaitingInterfaceNowWithDNS.
  • FIXED: bug in processing of IPv6 DNS queries.

New in Barriqade 15.204 (Feb 3, 2016)

  • NEW: Improved layout of about form.
  • NEW: Changed icon logo of Barriqade Manager.
  • NEW: Executes DNS cache flush after changing My Custom Rules in Barriqade Manager.
  • NEW: Now shows a message when the license key has expired in the license tab of Barriqade Manager.
  • FIXED: Minor bug fixes related to scenario's where the client is under heavy load.