I’m pleased to announce that Always On VPN Dynamic Profile Configurator (DPC) version 5.2.0 is now available. My good friend Leo D’Arcy has been hard at work for the last few months squashing some bugs and adding a few new features to DPC. If you are running a previous release of Always On VPN DPC, either open source or commercial, it’s time to upgrade.
Important!! DPC 5.2.0 has a bug that prevents the service from stopping. This has been addressed in DPC 5.2.1. Guidance for upgrading from DPC 5.2.0 to 5.2.1 can be found here.
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What’s New in DPC 5.2.0
Always On VPN DPC 5.2.0 has some compelling new features.
- Exclude Routes from DNS – DPC has a feature that allows administrators to add routes to the routing table using DNS. When this setting is enabled, DPC will attempt to resolve the specified hostname to an IP address and add it to the VPN’s routing table when creating the profile. With 5.2.0, this capability has been extended to exclusion routes, allowing administrators to exclude resources by host name.
- Write Event Logs to Disk – This setting allows administrators to optionally write DPC event information to a text file in addition to logging them in the event log. Writing event log information to a text file on disk can make troubleshooting easier in some scenarios.
- Delay Profile Updates – This new feature ensures reliable VPN profile creation after group policy updates take place.
Bug Fixes
In addition to new capabilities, Always On VPN DPC 5.2.0 includes fixes for many outstanding issues.
- DPC name resolution issue where duplicate IP addresses are returned, resulting in failed route additions when using ‘Allow Routes from DNS’.
- Missing events in the DPC operational event log.
- Enabling ‘Disable Disconnect Button’ or ‘Disable Advanced Edit Button’ settings results in a profile mismatch warning.
- Added resiliency to DPC name resolution when one or more name resolution requests fail.
Group Policy Template
As a reminder, any time there are new features in DPC, there will be corresponding changes to Group Policy administrative template and template language files. Be sure to update your ADMX and ADML files in the group policy central store to take advantage of these new capabilities in DPC 5.2.0.
Recommendation
If you are running any release of Always On VPN DPC, commercial or open source, consider upgrading now to gain access to new features and operational reliability improvements. You can find DPC v5.2.0 on GitHub here.
Additional Information
Always On VPN DPC v5.2.0 Available Now
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