Category: Success Stories | Updated: 4/30/2010 6:22:50 PM | Read: 918 (Last: 9/5/2010 3:53:49 AM) DNS Redirector v7.0.0.1 was released to the public on 11/18/2009
Changes in v7.0.0.1 are... - 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.x) - 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)
Changes in v7.0.0.2 are... - 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)
Changes in v7.0.0.3 are... - Corrected an issue with SRV record responses (affecting computers in an Active Directory domain)
Related articles FAQ 103 Upgrade to DNS Redirector v7.x FAQ 94 Software version history
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