2023-04-12 Release Highlights

Generally Available Features

• Self-Service Hosted Websites:

  • Simplified UI flow for registering a hosted website in Banyan.
  • Domains can be registered directly within the hosted web service registration flow.

• Service Tunnel - Exclude CIDRs:

  • Admins can now configure the exclusion of CIDRs during Service Tunnel registration.

Enhancements and Updates

• StatsD support for monitoring Service Tunnels:

  • Admins can now monitor the number of active clients, Tx rate, and Rx rate per Service Tunnel.

Bug Fixes

• [Resolved] Banyan app has migrated commands to PowerShell; the app no longer uses wmic commands.
• [Resolved] “User not found” error when adding a new local user in the console.

2023-03-08 Release Highlights

Important Notice: Banyan is releasing Access Tier v2, which features a guided installation flow and architectural updates. See Important Notices to learn more about the upgrade path from v1 to v2.

Generally Available Features

• Domain-Based Tunnel Policies:

  • Admins can now use Service Tunnel policies to define which fully-qualified domain names (FQDN) users can access.
  • This offers an alternative to defining access by IPs or CIDR ranges, which dynamically change.

• New Registry Key Check Trust Factor:

  • Admins can use this new Trust Factor to establish a list of keys with corresponding values required on devices in their organization.
  • This Trust Factor supports Windows devices only.

• Admin-Enabled Autorun:

  • Admins can now enable Autorun in Service Tunnel and infrastructure service specifications during service registration in the Cloud Command Center.
  • If enabled, end users no longer need to manually enable Autorun from their desktop app.

Early Preview Features

• Internet Threat Protection (DNS Filtering) Policies:

  • Admins can now create Internet Threat Protection (ITP) Policies.
  • These policies are designed to protect devices from accessing domains outside of acceptable use policies.

Enhancements and Updates

• Time-Based One Time Passcode for Local Admins:

  • A new Time-based One Time Passcode (TOTP) setting has been added to Admin Sign-on Settings (i.e., Enable TOTP). Please contact Banyan to enable this feature.
  • If enabled, all local admins that log into the Cloud Command Center will be required to set up and validate with TOTP.

2023-02-08 Release Highlights

Important Notice: Banyan is releasing Access Tier v2, which features a guided installation flow and architectural updates. See Important Notices to learn more about the upgrade path from v1 to v2.

Generally Available Features

• New Get Started guide in Banyan’s Command Center:

  • Banyan’s Command Center now offers a Get Started section, which contains guides related to onboarding and helps admins discover and enable new Banyan functionalities in their orgs.

• Self-Service Connector Installation flow:

  • Banyan is introducing a new guided Connector installation flow in the Command Center.
  • Connector installation can now be completed almost entirely through the Command Center UI, similar to our simplified Access Tier installation.

Enhancements and Updates

• Service Tunnel Access Logs:

  • Banyan can now collect all traffic events from end users through Service Tunnels, providing comprehensive logging.

2023-01-11 Release Highlights

Important Notice: Banyan is releasing Access Tier v2, which features a guided installation flow and architectural updates. See Important Notices to learn more about the upgrade path from v1 to v2.

Generally Available Features

• New Trust Factor – Property List Check:

  • Property List Check evaluates whether property list (plist) files’ keys match their defined values (on macOS devices).

Enhancements and Updates

• Refreshed Devices Page:

  • Updated UI and enhanced performance.

• Terraform Provider v1.1:

  • Now supports importing existing Banyan services, roles, and policies.

Bug Fixes

• [Resolved] Private domains (ipv6) were not resolving over Service Tunnel.

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