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Read more- Mac: Fixed issue with DNS handling
- Other minor fixes
- New: Add Port Forward Test tool (in Help menu)
- Windows: Fix Wireguard compatibility with Windows 7
- Mac: Fix VPN sharing
- Mac: Wireguard - fix reconnect when network is changed
- Mac: Fix VPN sharing when Application Filter is used
- Other minor fixes and changes
- Windows: Use TUN/TAP on Windows 7 to fix compatibility
- Mac: Improve DNS servers management
- OpenVPN/Wireguard: Improve restart to prevent DNS leak
- Wireguard: Updated Windows software
- Mac: Don't try to initialize redirector on Mac Sur 11.0 as it's no longer supported by Apple
- Installer: Show more verbose messages when Windows driver fails to install
- OpenVPN: Fix connect issue on Windows when setting custom DNS servers
- Wireguard: Fix ads blocker
- Wireguard: Fix transition from handshake to connected state once connection is reestablished
- Wireguard: Fix connect stuck issue on Windows
- Wireguard: Speed up adding lots of routes for Smart Mode (Linux/Mac)
- Wireguard: Would stuck sometimes on disconnect for very long time
- Wireguard: Fix 100% CPU usage when WiFi reconnects (routing loop)
- Linux: Improved DNS flush
- Speed test: Add CSV export
- Wireguard: Fix crash on exit
- OpenWeb: improve DNS handling
- OpenWeb: Improve memory handling
- Interface: Restyle ON/OFF button
- Windows: Improved VPN connection sharing (supported OpenWeb, OpenVPN, StealthVPN, Wireguard)
- Wireguard: Tweaks for avoiding throttling
- Mac: Discontinue Application Filter (for Mac OS Big S)
- new network driver for Windows: improves speeds for OpenVPN, Wireguard, OpenWeb significantly (700+ mbit/sec)
- support for PPPoE connection on linux
- compatibility with upcoming Mac OS 11 for OpenVPN/Wireguard
- windows installer ships 64-bit and 32-bit versions of software
- Smart mode: support exclusion list
- Smart mode: support for OpenVPN and Wireguard
- Ads blocking: support for OpenVPN and Wireguard
- support 127.0.0.1 as user-defined DNS server for openvpn/wireguard
- fix favorite servers missing in continent menus
- updated OpenVPN to new version
- don't write route messages to log window by default to speed up addition of routes
- wireguard: use always user defined port for connection
- wireguard: disable periodic keep-alive packets
- openvpn: improved speed when adding thousands of routes (linux/windows)
- other bug fixes and improvements
- Speedtest: Search box for servers
- Speedtest: other minor fixes
- Improved DNS set on linux
- UI crash on Debian Buster when using Site Filter
- Fix app startup after app crash
- Dedicated IP change port/protocol
- server selection from popup/tray menu.
- stuck state when quickly disconnecting from Wireguard
- Speed test cannot run if VPN is connected
- macOS: 64-bit support (macOS 10.15 Catalina requirement)
- linux: PATH fix on Debian
- Session terminated handling
- macOS: Chrome support with OpenWeb
- OpenWeb protocol reliability improved
- other minor fixes
- OpenWeb sometimes terminated sessions
- macOS: tray icon on transition uses lots of CPU
- linux: fixed issue with OpenWeb and Chrome not sending traffic through VPN
- linux: fixed text color of login edit boxes and tips window
- linux: fix duplicate routes with OpenWeb
- macOS: routing consistency with OpenWeb
- issue with accessing SVN over OpenWeb
- OpenVPN TCP connection would break by too big packets
- linux: OpenWeb Smart mode broken when local DNS cache is used
- use consitent MTU meaning across application and for all VPN protocols
- wait for LAN connection before trying to connect to VPN
- Reconnect after sleep/hibernate
- macOS: detect resume from sleep (OpenWeb)
- multiple Speedtest improvements (accurate ping, smoother animation, other minor fixes)
- Wireguard protocol
- added VPN sharing and application and site filter to full OpenWeb protocol
- added favorite/recommended groups to speedtest
- added Chromium to browsers list
- added speed test to tray menu
- app UI freezes when switching from OpenWeb to other protocols or when exiting app
- fixed DNS with multi-hop servers when not routing all traffic over VPN
- macOS: don't unload kext when used Uninstall option as it may crash the kernel
- fixed Chrome browser filter on linux
- removed Norton DNS (discontinued) and added CloudFlare DNS
- use SI units for speed (k=1000, M=1000000)
- updated tips
- added .onion to blocked list in smart mode
- Turn off OpenWeb DNS anonymizer when using openvpn (linux)
- tray icon on Ubuntu unity doesn't get updated sometimes
- DNS issue on windows with OpenWeb
- fixed routing loop on system resume/wifi reconnect with OpenWeb
- when changing protocol, save settings instantly
- Added NAT firewall and port forward for dedicated IPs
- mandb fix for linux (crashing during installation on Ubuntu 18)
- cannot select server in tray sub-menu if it was selected before and Most used on top is unchecked
- OpenWeb client issue with TUN interface (Windows)
- Keep VPN mode on/off persistent when switching between browser/full openweb
- Linux DNS would not work if PC has no DNS servers on app startup
- Remember last selected server even when app is closed non-gracefully
- improved Smart Mode
- redesigned servers drop down box (added favorites, recommended and search box)
- redesigned main menu
- sorting in speed test tool (All countries on the top)
- A few countries were on the wrong continent
- Added flag for Estonia
- App freezes sometimes for long time when changing protocol
- UI would freeze sometimes when switching protocols
- OpenVPN: Improve connection reliability
- liblsp fix man crash on Ubuntu 18.04 (linux)
- sometimes window/dock icon is not in sync with VPN state (mac)
- Settings panel missing OK button when using Autostart
- minor memory leaks on Mac
- other small fixes
- redesigned speed test tool and improved accuracy
- all speed units are now in Mbps (megabits per second)
- infinite loop when loading kernel extension on Mac
- UI not showing up on Mac < 10.8
- Other small fixes
- Added Always on Dock (MacOS)
- When clicking on application icon, it would not show window if already running (MacOS)
- Potential app crash when selecting server from tray menu on Ubuntu/Unity
- Prevent multiple instances on MacOS
- Dock icon color synchronized with application state
- Better synchronization for Cocoa and Unity tray menus
- If application is already running, bring it to front when clicking on application icon
- Switched to PENTIUMM/SSE2 instructions to make app work on old PCs
- redesigned openpvn management code for improved reliability
- Small fixes and improvements
- Crash on kubuntu 17.10 when loading theme
- Return back dock icon (Mac)
- Settings panel missing OK button sometimes
- Improved support for HIDPI displays for Windows/Mac/Linux platforms.
- Add support for linux theme to make application UI consistent across different linux distros
- Implement Autostart on Mac and Linux
- Detect when sytem wakes up from sleep and initiate reconnect if VPN was connected previously (systemd based Linux)
- When WiFi connection breaks and reconnects, initiate immediately VPN reconnect, instead of waiting 1 minute.
- Userdefined Multihop support. Users can define 2-hops servers, basically from any to any server in Members panel (OpenWeb/OpenVPN/Stealth).
- OpenSSL 1.1 support for various Linux distros (Debian/Arch/Manjaro/SUSE/Fedora/etc.)
- Error page - new design
- Fix for tray icon on several Linux platforms
- OpenVPN routing loop when interface goes down/wifi connection breaks (manifested by high upload rate)
- application UI will not freeze on login when process takes longer time.
- Speed Test tool: fixed various UI issues on Mac and Linux when selecting servers.
- Speed Test tool: fixed copy of results to clipboard on Linux platform
- Speed Test tool: Improved UI anomation to consume less CPU. This was previously affecting speed test on slow systems as CPU was maxed by animation
- Speed Test tool: If server doesn't support OpenWeb, don't show it in the list
- Several bugs in Linux LSP (breaking ping, sshd server incoming connections, breaking internet on system reboot due to apparmor interference)
- Allow local UDP traffic in Linux LSP when OpenWeb is used to fix Chromecast detection (by Chromium/Chrome browsers)
- app crash bug occurring rarely during login in DNS code.
- application filter on Windows8 and Windows 10.
- Linux: Fix app freeze/crash which occurrs randomly when selecting a server from popup right-click menu.
- Linux: Fix random freeze when entering login/password
- OpenWeb: Fix issue with websocket protocol (e.g. when using speedtest.net with HTML5 sometimes it gets stuck)
- OpenWeb client on Windows: Route to VPN server is not removed when switching to new one or on shutdown
- Stealth VPN options cannot be closed if server doesn't support Stealth.
- On autostart don't initate login or VPN connect but first wait for internet connection.
- Speed Test tool: Workaround for WiFi NICs which are in power-saving mode and speed test results (especailly pings) were bogus.
- Improved traffic meter to count only VPN traffic (for example speed-test or traffic of excluded apps is excluded).
- UTF8 support
- Improved reinstallation of application when it's running. Better autoshutdown.
- Mac: Hide dock and task switcher icon when application is hidden to remove clutter
- Improved: Traffic redirection to VPN by firewall when driver is not supported by the platform.
- Improvement: Mac: When OS breaks driver loading show a warning to user. Apple expects user is an expert and knows what is a driver, which drivers are needed and not needed, which are bad and dangerous, which are safe. Nice.
- Improved: Linux: Implement server drop box similar to Windows (Old big menu is available from User Interface Settings)
- Add to OpenVPN logs (Help->Show Logs) application and OS version
- Improved window dragging on Linux and Mac.
- OpenWeb: Use AES-NI openssl functions when hardware supports it for lower CPU usage/faster speeds.
- Changed text about home plan when OpenWeb session is terminated and user logged out
- Media Recorder, RTMPSuck, Web cache as they were experimental and rarely used.
- useless B F T icons. Added expiry to footer bar.
- HiDPI support
- [LINUX] VPN reconnects after hibernation
- Dedicated IP port settings
- Tunnel only international sites. Fixed an issue when adding thousands of routes on Mac and Windows
- Speed Test tool was not working in ver 3.1 for some users
- If computer wakes from sleep, reconnect VPN without delay (Windows)
- Under some circumstances Astrill Firewall won't be disabled when VPN is disconnected, which can cause DNS not to work if DNS leak fix is enabled. Implemented watchdog to monitor Astrill for crashes, so Astrill firewall can be properly unloaded
- Improved Astrill helper application security. Block 3rd party software to communicate with Astrill helper
- Don't set write permission on hosts file (Mac/Linux)
- redesign of random number generator for better security on all platforms
- Software is signed now with EV certificate for higher security. Windows 10 Internet Explorer will not show ugly warning anymore which was caused by an older signing certificate
- Redesigned user interface - new traffic graph
- Better support for hi-res ("retina") displays
- Advanced firewall (Windows) to block DNS leaks, WebRTC, IPv6, etc... (Privacy Options)
- App Guard - block applications if VPN is not connected (for example torrent clients)
- Classic OpenWeb: now respects hosts file
- Speed Test tool: you can export results to Clipboard
- Many other smaller improvements.
- Fixed OpenVPN problem when computer wakes up from sleep
- many bugs reported by customers
- Improved OpenVPN handshake speed
- OpenVPN tuned for faster speeds
- Better management of MTU for OpenVPN for faster speeds
