Detailed Release Notes for 4.x.x and 5.x.x
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The following table provides details on version 4.x.x and 5.x.x release components:
| 4.1.8 |
March 2007 |
Factory Release - new units |
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- - Connectors and Multiple Interface Support e.g. DMZ, Gigabit Ethernet
- New Quick Configuration
- New Help Buttons
- Routable Connections
- SmartFilter
- New separate option on the user file-sharing page to explicitly choose the behaviour of replacing the user file-share with the logs directory.
- Dynamic DNS for ADSL WAN connections
- Seamless Web Authentication and Windows AD member
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| 4.2.2 |
September 2007 |
Manual Release - for 4.1.8 to 4.2.2 installed units |
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- New Guardian Web Content Filtering (licensed extra cost feature) Note will not work with Smartfilter.
- New "Grey List" which allows access to the URL, but also modifies the URL or content of the page if necessary to make it safe.
- N2H2 options removed completely
- Support for Moodle's SCORM handling
- Improved formatting of filter and top ten logs (Note:For new log formatting to be compatible with Sawmill follow instructions in 'How to' documentation)
- Groups rather than Users can now be used for AD integration
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| 4.2.4 |
December 2007 |
Manual Release - for 4.2.2 to 4.2.4 installed units |
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- New SmartFilter URL filtering categories
- ADSL inside option
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| 5.0.2 |
January 2008 |
Manual Release - for 4.2.4 to 5.0.2 installed units |
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| 5.0.2 |
April 2008 |
Auto Upgrade - for 4.2.4 to 5.0.2 installed units |
| 5.1.3 |
September 2008 |
Manual Release - for 5.0.2 to 5.1.3 installed units |
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- Update to Guardian filtering options
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| 5.1.6 |
March 2009 |
Manual Release - for 5.1.4 to 5.1.6 installed units |
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- BackupPilot units' update only
- Multiple disks
- Network storage backup
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| 5.2.0 |
April 2009 |
Manual Release - for 5.1.3 to 5.2.0 installed units |
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| 5.2.2 |
August 2009 |
Manual Release - for 5.2.0 to 5.2.2 installed units |
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- Changes to admin permissions
- Groups specify filtering rules directly
- Introduction of permission sets
- Priority of filtering rules now depends on the type of the rule
- New 'Force SafeSearch' category
- Forward logs to ReportPilot ability
- Licensed Network
Monitoring options
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| 5.2.5 |
October 2009 |
Manual Release - for 5.2.0 to 5.2.5 installed units |
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- Additional backup clients
- Ability to consolidate backup to a virtual full backup - no more need for full backups to be send over your connection
- Licensed SIF ability
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| 5.2.7 |
June 2010 |
Manual Release - for 5.2.5 to 5.2.7 installed units |
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- New kernel 2.6.27
- Updates to Samba and Squid
- New 'Active Directory' status web admin page
- New web privacy option: 'Send identity to parent proxy'
- New netsweeper categories:
o Viruses
o Social Networking
o Educational Games
o System List
o IWF (turn on globally)
o Adult Image
- Basic health checks
- Enable SMART monitoring of disks
- Exchange backup filesets
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