SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager Changelog

Date	Version	Details
2020-05-21	3.2.11	Improved: significant performance optimisations (over 1 Gbps). Changed: Windows 7 is now the minimum required OS version.
2019-07-31	3.2.10	Updated: the DPI engine with new supported protocols. Updated: the underlying database engine and OpenSSL.
2019-04-18	3.2.9	Added: a move command for group entries. Updated: underlying DB engine with performance enhancements. Fixed: IP address input fields under certain DPI settings.
2018-12-03	3.2.8	Added: group setting for clearing expired individual addresses. Added: host name shown next to stream IP addresses when using tracking.
2018-08-03	3.2.7	Improved: all graphics and icons are now vector images and scale to any DPI on high-resolution displays. Changed: updated DPI library and database engine to the latest versions.
2018-04-12	3.2.6	Added automatic change-check and reload of the database if it was modified. Added strict validation of parameters passed to the drivers for enhanced security. Fixed Receive Segment Coalescing (RSC) task offload issue in the network drivers.
2018-01-10	3.2.5	Added time to the dates that define when a rule is active. Added custom beginning of week and month for each quota. Updated included copy of OpenSSL for improved security.
2017-09-01	3.2.4	Fixed sending e-mails with TLS/STARTTLS and included OpenSSL binaries in the package. Fixed that minute quotas were never reset when reduced rate was "Blocked" or "Suspended". Fixed refreshing the main view with a dialog open which could result in an error message. Added showing group comments for tracked streams in the main view and real-time monitor. Added sorting streams by their IP or MAC address in the main view when tracking is on. Added Microsoft-signed drivers for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. Fixed an issue with debug output that could reduce driver performance. Fixed a Hyper-V switch detachment issue that could end with driver error. Fixed a task offload issue with 10 Gbps network interfaces. Added Bluetooth media type and Bluetooth LAN support.
2017-02-28	3.2.3	Fixed potential errors in search when a rule is deleted or ruleset reloaded. Added password-protected limited access with selectively permitted actions.
2017-01-06	3.2.1	Added automatic service restart if a critical error occurs. Added ability for the service to use a custom port via a registry setting. Fixed initial sorting in the Global Usage Report to descending. Updated underlying database engine SQLite to the latest version.
2016-11-28	3.2.0	Added the {RULE_NAME} tag in e-mail notifications. Added deleting more than one group entry at once. Added setting fixed prefixes for rates and volumes. Added colour settings for one-way and inactive rules. Added minute quotas for example X MB in the last Y min. Fixed importing domain names that contained hyphens.
2016-10-20	3.1.8	Added {STREAM_ADDR} tag that can be used in the notification templates. Added a warning about using 'Any interface' scope in rules with bridging. Fixed an error if a rule/stream was removed while displaying usage report. Fixed quota rate notifications sent after a DB maintenance was performed. Optimised log retrieval by filtering messages in the core rather than client.
2016-05-19	3.1.7	Added reversed penalties that work as a boost temporarily raising bandwidth cap. Significantly improved driver performance for high speed networks up to 1 Gbps. Reduced memory usage in long run by purging expired DNS cache entries sooner. Updated the DPI engine to support more protocols and newer database engine.
2016-02-21	3.1.6	Added a way to copy stream and rule values from the main view. Updated the drivers digital signatures to a more trusted provider (DigiCert). Updated the underlying database engine to the latest version with optimisations.
2016-02-02	3.1.5	Fixed bypassing some packets in low system memory state. Fixed an error when Windows temporary folder was not available. Added one day usage data retention period under DB maintenance. Updated the DPI engine and a added a few new supported protocols.
2015-10-13	3.1.4	Added web-templates to make the web-report page fully customisable. Added web-files support to add graphics and other elements to the web-page. Improved DB performance by using normal sync and manual WAL check-pointing. Improved display of quota expiry info and fixed entering more than 24h in quota. Updated network drivers fix a few minor issues and add Windows 10 compatibility.
2015-06-22	3.1.3	Updated the DPI engine and added support of Vevo, Pandora and QUIC. Added a couple of default IPv6 local address ranges in the LAN filter. Fixed an interoperability issue between 32-bit GUI and 64-bit core.
2015-05-21	3.1.2	Added custom header and footer for the web-report and made it HTML5 compliant. Fixed a deadlock when database restore took a while and a race condition occured.
2015-04-29	3.1.1	Added a new type of date-bound rule. Now a rule can become active for one day in a month. Added quota boost support to allow users to have a temporary quota extension within a period. Added notifications emailed when a quota boost is added to let the user know about the extension.
2015-03-22	3.1.0	Added DPI based bandwidth throttling for users violating network policies. Added quota expiry info and received/sent amounts in the web-report. Added custom labels for received/sent data in both the UI and web-reports. Added displaying user emails and notifications in main view (View - Columns). Changed web-reports: for rules with a quota only output records for the period.
2014-11-23	3.0.9	Added a warning when the LAN filter and bridging are used together. Added Telegram and VHUA to the DPI engine; better detection of other protocols. Fixed a driver issue with MTU on RAS connections and a WinGate compatibility issue. Updated the underlying XML and SQLite engine for faster handling of large rulesets.
2014-07-30	3.0.8	Added domain matching where a domain has multiple aliases. Fixed issues with Cisco AnyConnect and certain USB modems. Updated the DPI engine for more reliable detection.
2014-06-06	3.0.7	Added several new protocols in DPI and improved protocol detection. Added secure SMTP support to enable sending mail via SSL-enabled mail servers. Fixed retaining selection and expansion between refreshes in GUI. Fixed endless occurrences of 'connection reset by peer' error message in GUI. Changed the number of internal buffers from 16 to 64 for better performance. Changed service startup type to delayed (fixes bridge recreation after a restart).
2013-12-18	3.0.6	Added sorting of group entries and search within group entries. Fixed collapsing the tree upon refreshing the main view. Fixed an issue with domain names filtering that led to a crash. Fixed a few user interface issues in the management console.
2013-10-28	3.0.5	Fixed not matching domain names in groups larger than 5 items. Fixed not recording backward traffic via rules with an active port mapping. Updated DNS parser now relies on Windows API for DNS decoding. Updated the DPI module for heuristic detection of P2P and other protocols.
2013-10-04	3.0.4	Fixed an issue with port mappings and redirects on systems with a dual IPv4/IPv6 stack. Fixed erroneously displayed stream names in the global usage report in the management console. Fixed refreshing settings shown in the management console after importing a DB file. Fixed rules that applied on "not localhost and "not group" in inverted rules. Fixed computations of hourly quotas that erroneously covered a day instead of an hour. Added group cache to improve performance with large groups of IP addresses. Added a column that shows when a rule/stream was last active and handled any traffic. Added automatic firewall rule addition/removal for the bandwidth management service. Added resetting stream usage in main view's popup menu when a stream is selected. Added importing group entries from a local file and geo-location databases. Updated sorting of streams by IP/MAC address (numeric order and open nodes don't collapse). Updated the network drivers and underlying DB engine for better compatibility and performance.
2013-06-03	3.0.3	Fixed triggering P2P and IP header rule conditions where non-IP traffic was received. Fixed parsing certain types of DNS packets and added logging of bad DNS packets. Fixed argument out of range and incorrect totals when expanding the global usage report multiple times. Added enabling/disabling rules before and after a specific date for advanced scheduling. Added sorting of quotas, schedules, mappings, notifications and groups.