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Mac Roaming Client

RC Release Channels

February 29, 2024 - macOS RC v1.8.0 Beta Release

A new version of the macOS RC is now available via the Beta channel. This version can be downloaded from the dashboard
Deployments
Roaming Clients
Install.
Additionally, your existing RCs can be configured to receive the Beta release via auto-update by modifying its Release Channel from
Roaming Clients
Manage
.
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For more details on Release Channels and the current versions available for both Beta and Production channels, check out our help docs.
Included in macOS v1.8.0
Improvements 🛠️
  • Support for Captive Portals has been improved in this version with more intelligent handling of fallback to local network resolution to access the captive portal site and accept terms. Networks that previously required manually navigation to captive.apple.com should now reliability forward to the captive portal without specific user action.
Bug Fixes 🪲
  • Resolved a reporting issue that could display "127.0.0.1" instead of hosthame for queries generated after connecting to a Captive Portal
We are continuing to gather feedback from the wide variety of captive portals and have have included additionally logging via the Diagnostic Tool to assist with further investigations if have you experience difficulties connecting. Please share any feedback you have while running v1.8.0

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Beta

December 19, 2023 macOS RC v1.7.0 Beta Release

Multiple Release Channels 🔔
A new version of the macOS RC is now available via the Beta channel. This version can be downloaded from the dashboard
Deployments
Roaming Clients
Install.
Additionally, your existing RCs can be configured to receive the Beta release via auto-update by modifying its Release Channel from
Roaming Clients
Manage
.
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For more details on Release Channels and the current versions available for both Beta and Production channels, check out our help docs.
Included in macOS v.1.7.0
Improvements 🛠️
  • macOS RC has been updated with improved compatibility when joining networks that utilize Captive Portals that require logging in or accept terms before granting access to the Internet (commonly seen with hotels, airlines, coffee shops).
Previously these networks could prevent DNSFilter from operating as excepted as resolution of the captive portal was intercepted. The RC should now intelligently notice when connected to such a network and allow local resolution to the captive portal and then redirecting back to DNSFilter resolution once the connection is established.
We are continuing to gather feedback from the wide variety of captive portals and have seen some cases where the user needs to open the Safari browser and navigate to before successfully redirecting. Please share any feedback if you experience difficulties connecting while running v1.7.0
Improved 🛠️
  • The macOS Roaming Client installer has been updated to no longer prompt the user to the install Rosetta 2 compatibility package when installing on Apple Silicon machines, correctly reflecting that the client now supports Apple Silicon natively.
macOS RC 1.6.1 is continuing rollout via auto-update. No functional changes are included in 1.6.2.

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August 31, 2023 macOS RC v1.6.1 (New Installs)

A new version of the macOS Roaming client is now available in the dashboard (
Deployments
->
Roaming Clients
->
Install
) for download and installation.
v1.6.1 should begin rolling out via auto-update the week of September 11th.
New 🔔
  • Introducing the Roaming Client
    Diagnostic Tool
    to easily run system and configuration checks to help diagnose issues. Open the Diagnostic Tool from your menubar icon to quickly generate log-files for your own investigation or to share with DNSFilter Support to assist with troubleshooting.
Improved 🛠️
  • The macOS Roaming Client is now a Universal App with native support for both Apple Silicon and Intel machines. Also with this release, the minimum supported macOS version is 11.x Big Sur. To continue to receive RC updates, please update your OS version.
Bug Fixes 🪲
  • Improvements have been made to address reliability issues when using the RC alongside an IKEv2 VPN.

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May 23 2023 macOS RC v1.5.0 (New Installs)

A new version of the macOS Roaming client is now available in the dashboard (
Deployments
->
Roaming Clients
->
Install
) for download and installation.
v1.5.0 should begin rolling out via auto-update the week of June 19th.
Improved 🛠️
  • Support for synced Local Domains and Resolvers settings is now available for macOS Roaming Clients. Add or update your configured domains and resolvers
    Deployments
    Roaming Clients
    Local Domains
    . See our help docs for more information on Local Domains and RC setup.
  • Log files generated by the roaming client have been improved to provide more readable output with improved formatting and error descriptions.
  • Following fixes in v1.4.7, we've added more improvements to ensure filtering on the roaming client continues after sleeping/wake conditions.
Bug Fixes 🪲
  • Fixed an issue when installing the roaming client that could prevent Certificate Authority (CA) from being trusted and activated. Invalid certificates would cause the block page to fail to load.
  • The menubar icon should now correctly update when changing from dark or light mode, as well as new desktop background colors.
  • Improved the recovery of DNS filtering by the roaming client when users attempt to modify primary or secondary DNS settings to avoid filtering.
  • Fixed an issue that could mistakenly return a SERVFAIL error when a query returns an empty value.
  • Fixed an issue that would reset listening_address to default 127.0.0.1 after RC restart. Value modified by configuration file should now persistent as expected.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the RC to claim port 53 on more than one IP address at a time, leading to conflicts with other tools, the client should only bind to 127.0.0.1 by default.
Auto update to our latest macOS RC release v.1.4.7 will begin rolling out today for customers that have enabled the feature.
To confirm your settings and ensure your users receive the update when it's available navigate to
Deployments
->
Roaming Clients
->
Settings
->
Enable Roaming Clients Auto Update
.
If you need assistance with configuring auto update, please reach out to our support team using the Help widget in the Dashboard.

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March 21 2023 macOS RC v1.4.7

A new version of the macOS Roaming client is now available in the dashboard (Deployments -> Roaming Clients -> Install) for download and installation.
Bugs 🪲
  • Fixed an issue that was preventing DNSFilter from successfully reconnecting after changing connection states such as WiFi to wired or disconnection and reconnection.
  • Additional improvements to DNSFilter reconnecting successfully after waking from sleep.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent DNS resolution from resuming as expected when uninstalling the DNSFilter roaming client on a network configured with IPv6 DNS addresses.
Improvements 🛠️
  • Improvements to debugging tools when troubleshooting RC network problems with DNSFilter Support.

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January 12 2023 macOS RC (v1.4.2)

A new version of the macOS Roaming client is being made available in the dashboard (Deployments -> Roaming Clients -> Install) for download and installation.
Bugs
  • Fixed an issue that was causing DNSFilter to stop during long sleep periods on some machines.

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December 13th 2022 macOS RC (v1.4.1)

A new version of the macOS Roaming client is being made available in the dashboard (Deployments -> Roaming Clients -> Install) for download and installation.
Improvements
  • A user account will now be created when installing the macOS roaming client. This will allows administrators to assign policies when users are added to
    Deployment → Collections
    . This matches the capability that already exists in the Windows Roaming Client.
  • Reduced the number of user password prompts (from 3 to 1) when installing the macOS roaming client.
Bugs
  • Fixed an issue that was causing the roaming client logs to not exist on macOS Ventura (13).
  • Fixed an issue that caused static DNS servers to not work correctly after roaming client install or machine reboot.
A new version of the macOS Roaming client is being made available in the dashboard (Deployments -> Roaming Clients -> Install) for download and installation. Version 1.3.2 includes support for Uninstall Notification that was introduced earlier in November.
Now admins can be alerted when the macOS roaming client is uninstalled by users. Navigating to Deployments → Roaming Clients → Settings (For MSPs: MSP -> Settings -> Roaming Clients will allow an admin to enable notifications.
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