What's new in Dyn Updater 5.5.0
May 1, 2019
- Changes:
- Removed support for periodic timing statistics sent to Dyn, as backend service is deprecated.
- Bug fixes:
- None.
New in Dyn Updater 5.4.6 (Jul 28, 2018)
- Changes:
- EULA update.
- Update to Oracle code signing certificate.
- Installer compatibility updates.
- Bug fixes:
- None.
New in Dyn Updater 5.4.2 (Dec 12, 2016)
- Changes:
- EULA update
- Include LGPL license files
- Bug fixes:
- Correct issue with stats beacon not conforming to strict HTTP.
New in Dyn Updater 5.4.1 (Oct 10, 2016)
- Update localization with new strings.
New in Dyn Updater 5.4.0 (Aug 31, 2016)
- New Features:
- Support for sending periodic timing statistics to Dyn to help improve service.
- Changes:
- Updated End User License Agreement.
New in Dyn Updater 5.3.2 (Jul 15, 2016)
- End User License Agreement updated.
New in Dyn Updater 5.3.1 (Jun 7, 2016)
- Bug Fixes:
- Handle missing registry keys when setting recursive DNS on a fully static network interface on Windows 10
- Better handling of long running API calls while performing upgrades to new versions
New in Dyn Updater 5.3.0 (May 6, 2016)
- New Features:
- Add support for setting the machine’s recursive DNS servers to Dyn’s as an opt-out preference.
- Windows command line support
- Bug fixes:
- Fix bug causing incorrect characters to be displayed in some strings in German and Portuguese
- Windows 10 fixes
New in Dyn Updater 5.2.0 (Sep 26, 2014)
- Support secure update key for account.dyn.com in place of account credentials.
New in Dyn Updater 5.1.0 (Aug 25, 2014)
- New Features:
- Native language support for Spanish, German, and Brazilian Portuguese.
- Changes:
- Catch and log exceptions when issuing commands to Windows services.
New in Dyn Updater 5.0.2 (May 8, 2014)
- Bug Fix:
- Fix IP detection on Windows XP when IPv6 support is not installed
- Fix issue where Dyn Updater service will not always start on boot
New in Dyn Updater 5.0.1 (Apr 9, 2014)
- Bug Fix: Fix problem detecting IPv6 addresses when ‘bypass proxy’ is not enabled.
New in Dyn Updater 5.0.0 (Apr 9, 2014)
- New Feature: Support for DynECT Managed DNS DDNS service
- Change: Attempt to restart backend service if it exits uncleanly
- Change: No longer considered Beta
- Change: Include account creation link in credentials dialog
- Change: Log if a corrupt configuration file is detected and reset
- Bug Fix: Fix instance where the client may not be able to detect IPv6 address when using certain DNS resolvers
- Bug Fix: Fix focus issue with username field of the credentials dialog
New in Dyn Updater 4.9.8 Beta (Mar 4, 2014)
- New Feature: Add proxy bypass preference to allow detecting IP addresses on an alternate port to work around proxy servers when a hostname is configured for “Automatic” IP detection
- Change: Interface names are now shown as human friendly names like “Local Area Connection” rather than hex strings when configuring a hostname to use the address of a local interface
- Change: Specify a default directory and filename when exporting log files
- Change: Additional logging when detecting service start failures
- Change: Don’t consider link-local addresses for updates when a hostname is configured to use the address of a local interface
- Bug Fix: Fix bug causing the service to stop when an interface a hostname is configured to use no longer exists, but don’t update the hostname until it reappears or is reconfigured
- Bug Fix: Don’t allow editing of the hostname table via double clicking
New in Dyn Updater 4.9.7 Beta (Feb 6, 2014)
- New Feature: Added log viewer via ‘View Details’ link
- New Feature: Added more descriptive status in log viewer, along with a reset link when an error is encountered
- New Feature: Allow exporting configuration and logs via log viewer
- Change: Show a warning message in Configure Hosts if IPv6 is not detected
- Change: Renamed several buttons and labels for clarity
- Change: Include client name and version in daemon log on start
- Bug Fix: Fix issue with upgrading not stopping the existing client and causing problems (this fix will affect future upgrades only, not upgrades to this version)
- Bug Fix: Handle corrupt configuration files by resetting to defaults
New in Dyn Updater 4.9.6 Beta (Feb 6, 2014)
- Change: UI improvements including a redesigned header providing more information
- Change: Windows XP SP3 requirement is now enforced at install time
- Bug fix: Fix issue with installation on non-English operating systems
New in Dyn Updater 4.9.5 Beta (Feb 6, 2014)
- New feature: Cross platform code base shared between Windows, OS X and Linux
- New feature: Support for setting IP address to an interface’s (internal) IP address
- New feature: Support for setting a hostname to a static IP address from within the client
- New feature: IPv6 support for Dynamic DNS hosts
- New feature: Configure individual hostnames to be updated differently – hostnames in the client do not need to be all updated to the same IP address
- New feature: Support for multiple accounts
- Change: No longer support setting the local machine’s DNS to Internet Guide
- Change: Support for Windows XP SP 3 or later
New in Dyn Updater 4.1.10 (Jan 30, 2012)
- Change: Display account VIP status in client.
- Change: Display Dyn product upgrades based on account status.
New in Dyn Updater 4.1.9 (Jan 30, 2012)
- Change: Add the option to send anonymous statistics back to Dyn to help improve the software.
- Change: Allow upgrading from older versions of software to be migrated to Dyn branded client.
- Bug fix: Restore support for Windows 2000.
- Bug fix: Fix styling of buttons in configuration window.
New in Dyn Updater 4.1.8 (Jan 30, 2012)
- New feature: When using Dyn Internet Guide DNS, allow most internal hostnames to still resolve correctly.
- Change: Updated branding to Dyn.
- Bug fix: Many stability fixes.
New in Dyn Updater 4.1.7 (Jan 30, 2012)
- Change: Install Geotrust root CA (SSL) as part of install process if it’s not detected on the machine.
- Bug fix: Handle unexpected content in version checking gracefully.
- Bug fix: Send updates for usernames less than 4 characters long.
New in Dyn Updater 4.1.6 (Jan 30, 2012)
- Change: Windows Server support.
- Change: Save previous DNS servers for static interfaces when enabling Internet Guide and revert them when Internet Guide is disabled.
- Change: Allow non-admin user to control updater service in the tray icon menu via UAC or Run As… dialog.
- Change: Allow non-admin user to control updater service in the configuration window via UAC or Run As… dialog.
- Change: Additional logging in some situations where Windows Management Instrumentation calls fail.
- Bug fix: Properly close event handles on each IP check.
- Bug fix: Show correct updater service status in tray icon menu when using a non-admin user login.
- Bug fix: Show correct updater service status in the configuration window when using a non-admin user login.
- Bug fix: Greatly reduce number of I/O reads when the configuration window is open.
- Bug fix: Update IP address properly in the configuration window if it changes while the window is open.
New in Dyn Updater 4.1.5 (Jan 30, 2012)
- Change: Add optional landing page after initial install for more information on Internet Guide and to create a Defense Plan.
- Change: Uninstall option for disabling Internet Guide, in addition to the option in the Advanced section of the updater configuration.
- Change: Don’t check Internet Guide option off by default in installer on Windows Server platforms.
- Change: Automatically refresh log display when clicking the Log tab in the configuration window.
- Change: Display version number in configuration window title.
- Bug fix: Validate downloaded host list data before use.
- Bug fix: Only send alphanumeric characters in the User Agent, fixing a problem on international versions of Windows.
- Bug fix: Correctly validate checkip response before use.
- Bug fix: Display error messages related to lack of admin privileges or unsupported Windows versions earlier in the install process.
New in Dyn Updater 4.1.4 (Jan 30, 2012)
- Change: No longer send deprecated wildcard, mx or backmx parameters when updating.
- Bug fix: Correct an issue causing tray icon notification bubbles to not show up on some versions of Windows.
- Bug fix: Correct an issue causing tray icon tooltip information to be cut off on some versions of Windows.
New in Dyn Updater 4.1.3 (Jan 30, 2012)
- Change: Log view now automatically resizes message column and shows a horizontal scrollbar as necessary.
- Change: Message text shown after an abuse response to an update changed to clarify that the hostname is blocked rather than the account.
- Bug fix: Correctly handle the case where current DNS servers are reported as blank by Windows. This was triggering a crash on startup for some users.
- Bug fix: Text in the tooltip for the tray icon was too long and was cut off.
- Bug fix: Properly configure default interface blacklists when upgrading from 4.0.x via the Upgrade Assistant.
New in Dyn Updater 4.1.2 (Jan 30, 2012)
- Change: Dyn Internet Guide information and prompt when upgrading from 4.0.x using the built-in Upgrade Assistant.
- Change: Support for 2 character usernames.
- Change: Username and password no longer reset when upgrading or reinstalling the client.
- Change: More informative final screen when upgrading using the Upgrade Assistant.
- Bug fix: Correct an issue that could cause the updater service to not start at boot.
- Bug fix: Update service is now properly restarted after an upgrade using the Upgrade Assistant.
- Bug fix: Properly install service when upgrading from a 4.0.x client using the Upgrade Assistant.
New in Dyn Updater 4.1.1 (Jan 30, 2012)
- Feature: Dyn Internet Guide setup assistance. Provides an option for configuring Dyn Internet Guide on your Windows computer during installation, enabling a better, faster, and safer Internet.
- Change: Installer only supports running the client as a Windows service.
- Change: Detect if the ‘@’ character (indicating an email address) is entered in the username field by accident.
- Change: Installer is signed with a secure code signing certificate, certifying the author as Dynamic Network Services Inc.