New in Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer 9.5.3 (Oct 24, 2012)
- removed watcher service since it is no longer needed
- bug 8657 fixed issue where scheduler and watcher services were both started
New in Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer 9.5.2 (Oct 24, 2012)
- (bug 8537) fixed potential vulnerability in calls to report filters
- (bug 8537) disabled verbose SQL errors in PHP components
New in Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer 9.5.1 (Oct 24, 2012)
- (bug 8448) option template from Nexus 7k crashing tables
- (bug 8143) fixed issue with icon colors in Google maps
- (bug 8251,8360) fixed issue where some new views appear for SPM users
- (bug 8254) fixed issue with login/cookies after upgrade to 9.5.0
- (bug 8310,8359) fixed issue where dashboards would make extra AJAX calls
- (bug 8404) fixed issue with bulk permissions
- (bug 8414) fixed issue with Google map icons being cut off at the edge of a tile
- (bug 8256) fixed issue with advanced filter for MAC and IP not having like/not like options
- (bug 8260) updated mIAM views not only show entries seen in the last 24 hours
- (bug 8379) fixed issue with alarm policy ordering
New in Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer 9.5.0 (Oct 24, 2012)
- added 5 new flow count reports
- added 18 new Cisco ASA specific reports
- added new Cisco PfR reports and PfR Summaries views
- added a new Cisco PfR Overview Gadget
- added a new Cisco PfR dashboard
- added support for Enterasys Mobile IAM (Identity Access Management)
- flowhopper is now enabled by default
- users can now run reports from the flow examiner
- internet threats algorithm now identifies the source address in the alarms
- added support for barracuda devices
- the newest Adobe Flash Player (11.2) is now included
- added support for Riverbed devices
- a link to Cisco IronPort is available in Other Options Menu for a device
- Service Level Reports can now be filtered by groups
- 6 column option is now available in Dashboards
- Dashboards have a new look when dragging gadgets around
- added and updated many countries maps for Scrutinizer Maps
- Eventlogs for Logalot are no longer natively supported. However, a 3rd party agent can be used
- fixed several formatting issues:
- (bug 7648) fixed issue with column sorting in the bulletin board
- (bug 7664) the flow report thresholds gadget can now save values < 1000
- (bug 7684) fixed sorting issues in the orphans view
- (bug 7748) can now schedule reports for same minute on different hours
- (bug 7784) flowalyzer will no longer crash when using SNMPv3/aes
- (bug 7697) report menu has been reordered to simplify navigation
- (bug 3238) the "SNMP enabled" checkbox in device details will no longer break the interface if repeatedly clicking
- (bug 7663) sflow devices no longer give oops error when looking at 30m intervals
- (bug 7699) sflow devices no longer give oops error when applying subnet filter
- (bug 7817) fixed some timestamps in flowview to be human readable
- (bug 7625) clicking save no longer removes the interval header in reports
- (bug 5905) fixed templates and icons related to Enterasys devices
- (bug 7770) sometimes a space was being passed to IPs causing them to fail DNS
- (bug 7844) adding the %m in notifications manager will no long cause a script error
- (bug 7852) report names that were too long will no longer cause save issues
- (bug 7733) backing up plixer.ini to current directory will no longer cause upgrade issues
- (bug 7452) fixed some formatting issues with flowhopper
- (bug 7455) the upgrade will no longer write plixer_install.ini to the wrong place
- (bug 7898) a couple of issue where FA gadgets were using bits instead of bytes
- (bug 6034) the Logalot reporting interface now has a working modify button
- (bug 7713) Passive PfR Jitter report has been removed since there will never be results
- (bug 7715) fixed formatting issue when resizing summary views
- (bug 7929) deleting a dashboard tab should no longer remove the main tabs
- (bug 7958) flowalyzer RTT/availability reports were incorrectly allowing interface filters
- (bug 7944) FA will no longer allow sFlow devices into algorithms that won't yield results
- (bug 8006) the collector will now display the proper version from CLI
- (bug 7955) fix issue where object list wouldn't display when configuring maps
- (bug 7882) addressed slowness when viewing Flash Maps
- (bug 7872) fixed issue where logalot email notifications would fail, although tests emails worked
- (bug 8072) fixed an issue that prevented 3rd party tools from launching Scrutinizer views
- (bug 7976) fixed an issue where thresholds would not process with a Cisco ASA
- (bug 8074) flow view should no longer report a flow direction as unknown
- (bug 8104) internet threats wasn't clearing its cache before repopulating data
- (bug 8063) the getting start video should no longer say it has been removed from YouTube
- (bug 8143) google map icons sometimes didn't register the proper status
- (bug 8108) fixed issue where notification in status reports would not save properly
- (bug 8183) addressed HTTP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability when creating login accounts
- (bug 8185) restricted mib file uploads to .txt and .mib extensions
- (bug 7832) SNMPv3 with SHA authentication and AES128 encryption will now work properly
- (bug 8119) fixed issue with time frames in saved business hour reports
- (bug 8121) URL filters will now work properly when a + sign is involved
- (bug 8219) fixed issue where syslog facility always used Local0
- (bug 8230) addressed potential php vulnerability
- (bug 8235) fixed issue where filters were showing up twice
New in Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer 8.6.2 (Nov 28, 2011)
- updated flash version bundled from 10.1 to 10.3
- added support for NBAR 2 Application Names
- changed the whois lookup service to http://whois.domaintools.com
- added hard drive recommendation to Vitals
- added support for more SonicWALL templates
- updated message to clarify what conditions will show peaks in volume reports
- new SonicWALL VoIP Report
- new SonicWALL User Report
- for some larger implementations, rollup memory use can be manually tuned
- added Fire Fox 6 support
- a new and Improved SonicWALL Dashboard
- the status tab will no longer show no flow activity when there are flows
- fixed cisco dashboards for jitter & rtt for some upgraded installs
- paginated results for saved reports will now render correctly
- minor corrections to language text and manuals
- links clicked from flash maps now renders the user's default report type
- interfaces older than 24 hours will once again be removed from status
- users who click certain links in maps will no longer get a cfg_hash error
- LED for flows over 1m will now report correctly
- nbox (nProbe) will no longer crash the collector
- fixed issue in flowview when viewing 30 min intervals with certain templates
- fixed issue with reporting totals with high volume sFlow interfaces
- fixed issue when displaying DSCP descriptions
- flow direction was removed in flowview for option templates to avoid confusion
- clicking inbound/outbound flowview links will open separate browsers for both
- fixed issue where some users couldn't login without closing a browser first
- changed behavior of how myview tab names are saved
- fixed some minor text and formatting issues
- flowview will now show user_index in a readable format
- fixed issue where removing Alarms Tab permission removed Admin Permissions
- fixed an issue where peaks were not showing up in volume reports
- changed the edit icon to be clearer to what it represents
- fixed issue where deleting all known ports wasn't working properly
- fixed issue where DSCP description were incorrectly displayed
- The Cisco Application Latency report should no longer cause an Oops message
- updated apache ssl configuration to address NULL cipher attempts
- fixed issue in FA where 4 min was being evaluated instead of 5 min
New in Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer 8.6.1 (Nov 28, 2011)
- Medianet license is now defined as Cisco Advanced Reports
- users can now partially match URLs with SonicWALL URL filter
- For history, conversations per interval are now 1,000 (Settable up to 100,000)
- added more definitions for various hardware vendors
- the column that is sorted will now be more highlighted
- SSL enabled Scrutinizers will now be SSLv3 by default
- the upgrade installer will provide links to upgrade and hardware info
- fixed issue where some customer reported roll ups were not occurring
- fixed a formatting issue with tcp flags in FlowView
- fixed issues related to scheduled vitals and alarms reports
- calculated column filters will work properly with emailed reports
- denika connections are now representing the proper units
- custom reports list in the user group manager should now be alphabetized
- the Node Details Dashboard for last 24 hours should now render correctly
- interfaces in the Top Interface Gadget should now be in the proper order
- fixed issue where Option Templates were not properly importing interface info
- the long lived flows LED should now function as intended again
- the same host will not show up multiple times in the list of devices for maps
- LiveChat link will now properly redirect to correct department for help
- fixed oops error when drilling into flow data that has been expired
- new LDAP users will now have a proper status option preference
- fixed issue with displaying CODEC in some nprobe reports
- fixed slowness when listing interfaces in the SPM Interface Configuration
- fixed issue were flowview wasn't rendering properly for nbox
- optimized how data is dropped nightly to require less database resources
- fixed Oops message with subnet filters in traffic volume reports
New in Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer 8.6.0 (Nov 28, 2011)
- in the tree menu, a group 'show interfaces' option has been added
- for VoIP ports, 'scrut_util -voip' has been added to define the ranges
- for new installs, the default theme is now Dark
- the default for the jitter algorithm has been set to 80ms
- some online help videos have been updated
- a new Top > DSCP Report is available
- a new SonicWALL Dashboard is available
- a new Cisco Medianet application latency report is available
- a new nProbe application latency report is available
- a new nProbe VoIP report is available
- the free version is now limited to 5 devices
- more SonicWALL template data has been defined
- there are now ToS data between source and destination in Cisco Jitter reports
- users can see alarms from a specific IP from the context menu
- the graphs now show units in the y legend
- remove the negative values in the outbound line and bar graphs
- updated online documentation related to Service Provider Module
- fixed some minor formatting and skin related issues
- in mapping, the UI didn't render if you tried to save a duplicate symbol
- new users will now default to Top 25 for Status report as intended
- email CSV help file will no longer report a 404 error
- email will no longer say sent if email server is not configured
- users saving more than a year of DNS cache could break DNS Caching
- fixed issue where all SonicWALL applications were not defined
- The collector service is now dependent on the watcher service
- fixed unresponsive script error when defining security per interface
- fixed issue where some users got a can't open shared library error
- fixed issue where PDF reports displayed bits instead of percent
- we had 2 netflow config wizards, now we have one. it's in Flowalyzer
- fixed issue where flowview improperly reported flow direction
- fixed issue where flowview would not render a single minute range of data
- the SonicWALL application filter should now work properly
- flowview was only showing required columns instead of all when viewing a report
- users can no longer search for ports when the ip host option is selected
- users can no longer search for ip address when the port option is selected
- fixed an error occurred using interface names from option templates
- fixed an issue decoding Netflow v1
- fixed issue launching flowview for ICMP traffic with Enterasys devices
- peaks with sFlow should now be working properly
- fixed issue where traffic excluded wasn't being excluded
- filtering a report on a template no longer limits template filter choices
- pulsating yellow on drop downs was hard to see, now its blinking red
- fixed sort issue with bits, bytes, and packets in the Top Interface View
- drop down options are no longer incorrectly displayed in dashboard gadgets
- the context menu should be much faster with multiple exporters in a report
- fixed issue where a user couldn't save a report used by a deleted report
- some default settings for mailinizer reports were incorrectly set to rate
- the Cisco ASA again has a connection report
- fixed issue where the tree menu didn't show the proper icon for Cisco ASA
New in Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer 8.5.0 (Nov 28, 2011)
- PDF Reports are now available in Status, Alarms, and Vital Reports
- Mailinizer is now part of the core features of Scrutinizer
- extensive reporting with Cisco's new Medianet (Cisco Performance Reports)
- Added Support for SonicWALL's IPFIX Templates
- NOTE: At the time of this release, the SonicWALL firmware is public beta)
- additional Support for Juniper's IPFIX Exports
- there is now a new Flow Analytics Algorithm for Cisco Performance Reports
- more reports are available in the free version
- new reports have been added specifically for nProbe
- new reports have been added for VLAN information
- new reports have been added for MAC Address information
- columns in reports can now be sorted for more flexible reporting
- report thresholds are now based on the column ordered
- the Google map engine has been upgraded to APIv3
- users can rename flow templates from Flow View
- both inbound and outbound utilization will display on Map Links
- mailinizer reports by count and size have been consolidated
- a new option in reports is available to stack and unstack report data
- the user now has the option to select a specific flow template
- newer versions of PHP and Apache are installed
- a newer version of jQuery has been applied to Scrutinizer
- users can now turn off checking for new versions
- the background of "other" flashes to let the user know when other is filtered
- the flowview menu option is now available when no reports are available
- a special icon has been added to represent Cisco ASA devices in the tree menu
- drilling into single interval from flow volume now brings up connections
- Scheduled CSV and Billing have been added to Scrutinizer
- a new timeframe of "last full hour" has been added
- Enterasys devices are now represented by a different icon in tree menu
- added an IN and OUT label to bi-directional graphs
- fixed some styling and color issues
- when looking at 1 data point, it will now correctly switch to pie
- bar graphs will no longer have too many labels on the graph
- pie graphs are no longer tiny when emailed
- fixed issue where users could disable scheduled reports but not enable them
- fixed issue where the top domain gadget wouldn't load
- bar graphs will no longer have too many date stamps in its legend
- an invalid end date will no longer state the start date is invalid
- users will no longer get an "undefined" when trying to delete all host names
- fixed issue where the mouse over had a name when it should be an IP address
- some users were confused in Definitions > Host Names, so SAVE is now ADD
- fixed issue where there were same gadgets in the same MyView Tab
- IP/DNS button will no longer incorrectly show up in Domain Reports
- the CIDR will now correctly show up in the Subnet Gadget
- fixed issue where pagination would incorrectly have a NEXT page available
- fixed issue where deleted scheduled reports were still trying to run
- long filters will now properly format. The entire filter is in the mouse over
- horizontal scrollbars should no longer show up in Dashboards
- flowview will no longer complain to select a column when one was selected
- MyView will no longer give a JS error when certain custom reports are gadgets
- reports from multiple devices now include the exporter in the tool tip
- in mapping, textboxes will properly save when they contain single quotes
- fixed formatting issue in flowview related to transport protocols
- reports within report groups should not be alphabetized
- country to country reports should render faster
- the IP/DNS toggle in some gadgets should now work properly
- fixed an issue with application groups would fail with large ranges of IPs
- subnet reports will no longer error with IPv6 addresses
- sFlow devices will now report some data on interfaces without conversations
- SNMP timeouts greater than 60 seconds will no longer crash the collector
- for application groups, fixed issue where IPs were not supporting properly
- fixed issue in filters when users added a IPv6 mask to an IPv4 address
- fixed issue related to some scrut_util command line tools
New in Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer 8.0.2 (Nov 28, 2011)
- fixed issue related to MySQL files not created properly for some installs
New in Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer 8.0.1 (Nov 28, 2011)
- added additional internal definitions for IPFIX fields
- added additional IPv6 definitions to describe some undefined values
- users can now update non-root db user passwords from CLI
- removed util.cgi from the product. It no longer is needed
- added option to context menu for IP addresses to launch the search utility
- fixed IE8 compatibility issue in welcome gadget
- The welcome gadget is no longer bound to the English language
- users can no longer rename exporters in mapping and get a (No Label) result
- fixed issue where SNMPv3 crashed the collector when username wasn't defined
- service provider users will find their tree menu is working properly again
- testing LDAP credentials from CLI will now work as it did in v7
- in some reports, the rate calculation is no longer off by one interval
- peak values are no longer available when multiple interfaces are viewed
- toggling between Admin and Status Tab should now work properly in IE7
- fixed memory leak using IE when leaving Scrutinizer up for a period of time
- saved reports from early 7.x will now have the right rate/total setting
- fixed issues related to advanced filters
- fixed issue related to filtering on source or destination port
- fixed IE8 formatting issue in the Flow Analytics Devices Gadget
- the login page will now obey the server preference skin/theme setting
- fixed issue where mailinizer graph had no data until you drilled in
- the comment box was too small for email on demand pop ups
- fixed issue in Google Maps where ploylines caused a JS error in IE
- fixed issue related to source and destination port filtering
- reports that are popped up from filters will once again try to resolve IPs
- creating new SNMP Credentials should have been defaulting to SNMPv2
- fixed issue with launching Denika Connection Reports from Google Maps
- fixed issue with total/other in the host flows report
- to avoid confusion, renamed flows to grouped flows
New in Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer 7.7.1 (Nov 28, 2011)
- added additional definitions for SonicWALL devices
- fixed issue with incorrect column types on roll up tables
- after upgrading to 7.7.1, run scrutinizer\bin\scrut_util -fix_tables)
- fixed issue where a malformed flow packet could cause the collector to loop
New in Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer 7.7.0 (Nov 28, 2011)
- Scrutinizer includes support for NTOP, Providing First-of-its-Kind Advanced
- Flow-Based Monitoring to Analyze Latency, Email, and Web URL Traffic Detail
- the installer will alert if someone has manually changed the db password
- the admin tab menus are now in alphabetical order
- the mapping configuration uses blue icons instead of green to avoid confusion
- the flow direction column will only show up if needed in flow view
- fixed formatting issue in flow view with IE7
- fixed several text and skin issues
- sflow reports will no longer show overstated peak values
- fixed issue where users couldn't toggle execution/alphabetical in FA Overview
- fixed label for some gadgets not reporting a name for an IP protocol
- yesterday reports now show midnight to midnight instead of midnight to 11:30p
- a user's default report will now be used from searching and 3rd party linking
- invalid subnet masks will be handled more gracefully in FA Top Network Gadget
- fixed confusing error message when trying to configure Admin -> Email Settings
- fixed template issue for ASA devices
- several Flow Analytics Algorithms will run faster now
- fixed issue where users couldn't rename a reports
- the installer will create a install.log file
- the manual in MyView will now launch when (?) was clicked
- fixed issue where some installs would fail if Skype was installed first
- fixed issue where FIN alarm wasn't passing correct filter to flow view
- switching inbound to outbound, then viewing raw flows will now update properly
- fixed issue on Network Volume gadget where in and out % may be understated
- the collector will no longer stop due to 0 disk space if WMI is disabled
- scheduled reports will now execute properly if scheduled on Sunday
- when data in flowview was between < >, they would be invisible. Not anymore
- fixed issue where 12h and 1 day intervals were not expiring correctly
- improved IPFIX support with variable length field support