What's new in DNS Redirector 7.1.0.1
Apr 5, 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
New in DNS Redirector 7.0.0.3 (Apr 5, 2011)
- Corrected an issue with SRV record responses (affecting computers in an Active Directory domain)
New in DNS Redirector 7.0.0.2 (Apr 5, 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)
New in DNS Redirector 7.0.0.1 (Apr 5, 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
New in DNS Redirector 6.4.9 (Feb 12, 2009)
- Various updates and bug fixes
New in DNS Redirector 6.4.8 (Dec 4, 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)
New in DNS Redirector 6.4.5 (Jan 3, 2008)
- Freeware
- No client limit
- Join actions based on new client or authorized client