On-Premise Appliance Release Notes - Newport

Newport-8

Release date: 6 July 2026

• Removed the Reverse proxy config options from the Logs and Services UI.
• Removed the RSS button from the Reports Summary page.
• Fixed the Block page formatting and information display.
• Fixed the bandwidth usage display and reporting for PPoE connections. 
• Fixed the placement of the Add rule button for the Firewall and Access rules options. 
• Fixed the duplicate filters in the Reports > Logs > Firewall reports. 
• Fixed the User Activity page selection button to show the correct number of user activities per page.
• Fixed the Diagnostic Test page loading issue.
• Fixed the YouTube search results to block unsafe content.
• Fixed the Realtime log viewer to display large file numbers in the system.
• Fixed the issue with adding DHCP subnets.

Newport-7

Release date: 06 May 2026

• Improved Telemetry for expired Cloud reporting credentials and expired tokens.
• Improved security for user access on the Administrator web UI.
• Notification banners no longer appear when certificates are renewed.

Newport-6

Release date: 20 April 2026

• IPSec VPN support, allowing traffic to pass securely between tunnels. Find out more about IPSec VPN here.
• Improved the Link Load Balancing configuration, resulting in more reliable traffic.
• Closed unnecessary additional LAN ports for better overall security.
• All applicable changes from recent Maiden updates have been ported over to Newport.
• Fixed an issue that caused passwords with special characters to be rejected.
• Fixed an issue that blocked the appliance from sending some emails.

Newport-5

Release date: 20 January 2026

• SSL VPN is now supported.
• Patched the Redis vulnerability CVE-2025-49844.
• Fixed issues where the Reports > Realtime and Logs > Web Filter pages didn’t automatically display data, and you couldn’t resize columns, edit the date or easily see Safeguarding Alerts.

Older Release Notes (2025)