The Rocket 3.1.1rc3 image has been released. We would like to thank everyone for their interest in the release candidate program. At this time we are not adding additional customers, but stay tuned for the next round.

New Features

RC2:

• Added support for transparent proxy in bridge mode.
• Transparent proxy support has been added for HTTPS traffic.
• Added the ability to create custom dashboard widgets from the Activity Log report.

RC1:

• Updated UI – Streamlined and modernized administrator console and access pages.
• Battery Mode – A redesign of the current Parent/Child implementation that allows for more flexibility, simplified configuration and greater scalability.
• Updated Dashboard – Summary reports and system- and battery-health monitoring.
• New Notification Center – Get notifications of critical issues, available updates, licensing issues and more.
• Cloud Backups – Option to offload and restore from configuration backups stored on the cloud.
• Real-Time Reports – Auto-refreshing Web Activity reporting.
• Office 365 Support – Administrators and users can now authenticate to the Rocket and apply filtering using Office 365 credentials.
• Documentation Integration – The Rocket console uses smart searching to link to relevant Community help articles.
• New Auditing Reports- Enhanced searching and rollback options.
• Secure Management Console – Simple configuration to force secure console connections.
• Lightspeed Sealed Categories – Enhanced configuration for ensuring compliance.
• Expanded Administrator Roles – New more granular controls for administrator access including a new Dashboard-viewer role.
• Enhanced SSL handling – Smarter handling so you get fewer end-user notifications, enhanced support for the latest browsers and operating systems, and faster SSL resolution

Changes

RC2:

• The ‘Proxy Server’ page has been reworked to allow easier configuration of new and existing proxy options.
• Cloud auth types have been added to the list of available inspectors.
• Self signed console certificates have been updated to use a SHA256 signature algorithm.
• Added the ability to configure an alternate ‘Router ID’ when configuring WCCP.
• Updated web service configuration for ITC.
• Added the ability to define proxy SSL decryption per tier.
• Updated proxy port configuration to ensure rules are assigned to the proper port.
• Updated google apps domain restriction support for new proxy options.
• Destroying a battery configuration will now warn that a reboot is required on all members.
• Updated the terminal admin console to display currently installed rocket software version.

RC1:

• Spam Filter Enhancements – Including enhanced pre-queue blocking, Locale and spam summary delivery options.
• Enhanced User Agent Reports – Reports now include the Agent and Operating System versions.
• Custom Report Restrictions – Custom reports are now only visible to administrators in the same tier.
• Proxy Server SSL Decryption Enhancement – Better support for newer browsers with fewer end-user warnings.
• Backup and Restore Enhancements – Rocket backups now include relevant system files to help simplify the restore process.
• Report Searching Enhancements – Report filters now use exact matches by default and accept wildcard (*) values for fuzzy searches.
• Report Exporting Enhancements – PDF exports are now easier to read, and XLS export times are greatly reduced.
• Addition Authentication Source Option – Multiple independent Mobile Filter, RADIUS and Proxy authentication sources.

Fixes

RC3:

• Fixed an issue that would cause the policy service to crash when looking up a specific URL string.

RC2:

• Updates page was not showing correct available package update.
• Corrected an issue with application worker queue naming.
• IPv6 and Auxiliary interface changes are now directly applied.
• Corrected UI formatting issue on ‘About’ page.
• Fixed an authentication issue that could cause a redirect loop for proxy clients.
• Corrected a configuration issue for certain proxy configurations lacking forward ports.
• Corrected migration issues for upgrades from Rocket 2.x.
• Image installer updated to use correct partition sizes.
• Corrected formatting issue while viewing system logs from UI.
• Fixed an issue where the spam user portal could display all email activity.
• Corrected an issue that would prevent file sharing services from starting when the configured hostname matched the default workgroup name.
• Corrected the path used for proxy pac files.
• Fixed RADIUS authentication device id duplication.
• Corrected mobile filter authentication sources description.
• Fixed an issue where users were unable to search by ’To” field in Email Activity report.
• Updated the time listed in reports widgets to use local time.
• Fixed an issue to ensure logging to cache log when rolled.
• Corrected formatting issues with updated backup & restore page.
• Corrected the note in ‘Allowed Referrers’ dialog.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent enforcement of ’Allowed Referrers’.
• Corrected a formatting issue for the feedback form dialog.
• Corrected dashboard widget chart labeling.
• Corrected a UI navigation issue when updating a Custom Access Pages.
• Updated the proxy module package to prevent unexpected core dumping.
• Fixed an issue that would produce an awry error when an existing backup was listed on the backup page.
• Corrected an issue where the configuration loader would error out while attempting to load an unimplemented feature.
• Fixed an issue where Google safe search & thumbnail filtering URLs were not properly redirected.
• Corrected mobile filter client filtering behavior response when defined in a filtered tier.
• Corrected an issue that could cause proxy clients to receive root tier policy.
• Fixed an issue that prevented spam user rules from loading on a member server.
• Removed a limitation that would prevent scheduling spam summary delivery at 12am.
• Corrected an issue with spam matching the same spam pattern id.
• Fixed an issue prevented categorization of unknown domains.
• Corrected widget routing on battery master servers.
• Corrected firewall rule type options for upcoming firewall rule management.
• Fixed a missing translation for bandwidth management toggle.
• Corrected an issue that would prevent email activity reporting after an upgrade.
• Fixed an issue preventing authentication and ident history reports from populating after an upgrade.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent mail delivery in a battery configuration of master, spam and reporting members.
• Corrected an issue that could prevent access to quarantined mail when upgrading an Advanced Reporting environment.
• Fixed an issue that would prevent spam summaries from being generated at certain scheduled times.
• Corrected an issue where archived mail retrieval could fail after upgrading an email archive server to a battery member.

RC1:

• Numerous syncing and performance issues associated with the old Parent/Child mode are resolved.
• Issues with nested and primary groups returning properly for users have been resolved.
• Issues with User Agent heartbeats not being honored when new IP addresses were added to the client have been resolved.
• Numerous policy server stability and error-handling issues resolved.
• Numerous spam blocking stability and usability issues resolved.
• Numerous Web Filter issues have been resolved including P2P exclusion matching, SSLv3 decoding, IPV6 filtering and DNS remapping issues.

Enjoy!