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plixer International, Inc. Scrutinizer NetFlow & sFlow Analyzer Version 6.0 - 4/16/2008

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Change Log History

- The collector now handles more flows
- Overall performance of product has been improved dramatically
- Fixed issue with DNS lookups resulting in non-ASCII characters
- Tuned MySQL settings to better utilize system resource
- The Alarm interface has been dramatically improved
- Statistics in summary tables have been extended to two decimal places
- Settings -> Known Hosts handles invalid IP addresses better
- Scrutinizer now has MyView! Organize your own special view
- Many gadgets have been created and made available to MyView users
- Settings -> Configuration now has better error checking
- Better visual notifications like abnormal status in the Status tab
- More integration with Denika and Logalot (contact Sales for more info)
- Fixed issue where users could create an SNMP credential without a name
- Scrutinizer can be deployed in a distributed manner (contact Sales for more info)
- Some drop downs in mapping have been ordered for easier reference
- Fixed some minor rendering issues between IE6, IE7, and Firefox
- DNS now resolves both columns on conversation tab
- Fixed issue where users couldn't remove Long/Lat coords for a group
- Custom SNMP descriptions and speeds can now be properly changed
- Added more tools when "Launch External Link to Host" is used
- Many web functions such as update checks are improved
- Some navigation has been updated and added to improve the user's experience
- "No longer sending flow" alarms can now be hidden from view
- A wizard to configure Netflow has been added to Settings -> Manage Devices
- Many screens are now consistent in the method to delete multiple settings
- Default Scrutinizer settings can be restored from Settings -> Configuration
- Dragging and drilling now allows users to confirm times
- Fixed some minor issues in times passed when drilling into data
- CSV is now available in all tabs from the drop down menu beside the tabs
- The Vitals tab has an improved look with more information
- Scrutinizer now detects and notifies users if Flash and Javascript are enabled
- A right mouse click on the graph now zooms out
- Users can now search all routers for IPs and Protocols
- Scrutinizer now trends counters from sFlow
- Add or Remove Programs info now accurately reflects version
- Fixed numerous typos and spelling issues
- Fixed issue where users couldn't change bits, bytes, and packets in application tab
- More conversations can be stored in 5m, 30m, 2h, 12h, 1d, and 1w intervals
- The host tab can be properly viewed coming from the AS tab with BOTH selected
- Custom reports settings are now used when previewing reports before saving
- Printing custom reports no longer forgets navigational settings
- Added a change log button in the interface when updates are available
- Added more p2p protocol information to known hosts
- User can now specify the default tab when users first log in
- User can optionally exclude certain traffic (like IPSec) via Configuration
- Updated some IP Type descriptions
- The online help can now be searched
- Improved support for Windows Vista. Contact us concerning Windows 2008

- fixed an issue rendering trends for 2h, 12h, 1d, and 1w intervals after DST

+ added support to run on Windows Vista
- fixed label issue for sFlow multicast interfaces in custom report cfg screen
- fixed issue where deleting & re-adding a device broke connections on the maps
- clicking the back button to get a previously viewed map now works correctly
- fixed issue where monthly reports wouldn't kick off under certain conditions
- the external link has been set to a whois lookup for new installations
- fixed issue where host replacement variable %I behaved differently in menu
+ added Top Interfaces to tree menu which filters that device in the status tab
+ users can now define conversation rules in custom reporting
+ users can create include and exclude rules in custom reporting
- application groups is now its own tab (renamed to Applications)
- renamed Applications Tab to Protocols Tab
+ added Autonomous Systems and QoS support
- changed a couple of graph labels so it's easier to understand
+ added unique visitor and connections per host at 1 min intervals
+ users can now toggle bits/bytes/packet totals on tab views and flog views
+ improved the speed in which the initial status tab renders
+ optimized the schema to store GPS coordinates
+ added new and improved pie charts
- Tab views have the option to view the data in bar graph format
- users can now specify additional information in scheduled email reports
- devices are automatically hidden from the tree menu if no activity in 24 hrs
- fixed issue where device names were inconsistent in status tab and tree menu
- one error pops up in scheduled reports, even if multiple fields are empty
+ users can now create folders to organize their custom reports
+ users can now delete multiple custom reports at the same time
- interfaces are now clickable in the standard snmp view to view top 10 data
- license key formats have changed. Old keys still work for compatibility
- maintenance information is now available by clicking product key in tree menu
- flow devices set to inactive will be rendered as blue icons in the map
- fixed a labeling issue when drilling into an application graph
+ maps now have support for text-block icons
+ improved speed of starting services during upgrades and full installs
- fixed alignment issue in 'Status' tab of the Mapping interface
+ added integration link to Denika Performance Trender in tree menu
- fixed an issue with trending involving users try to view future data
+ improved speeds when doing mass DNS resolves by preventing duplicate attempts
- fixed a bug that caused the wrong month to display in RSS Feed alarms
- deleting a custom report should delete any scheduled report based on it
- fixed issue that caused groups names with an apostrophe to be duplicated
- bits, bytes, or packets can be set as the default measurement
+ collector has been improved to manage rolling data instead of relying on cron
- fixed an issue with dropping expired data. It should now drop properly.

+ now forcing users to re-authenticate after updating to avoid version confusion
- fixed an issue with the collector and business license keys
- fixed a rare issue where host avg/s was reporting higher then max
- fixed issue where outbound selection was not remembered when in App Groups
- fixed issue where users couldn't manually kick off scheduled custom reports
+ listening ports will yellow alarm when their processing 50 pkts/s instead of 35
+ New LED lets users know if devices are not sending NetFlow properly
- fixed an issue where devices show up in ungrouped when they exist in other maps
+ added option to only include PDF attachments in emailed reports
- fixed issue where IP & PROT conversations weren't showing in detail view for a host
+ better error message when a "bind" failure occurred when starting the collector
- fixed issue when deleting expired history where data is store on a different drive
- fixed issue where the screen remains blank when looking at one 1 minute datapoint
- fixed graph rendering issue when clicking 7/31/365 after performing a quick search
- fixed labeling issue with GPS coordinates

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