QVPN Service - Release Notes for Apps - QNAP (2024)

( 2024/01/30 )

[Important Notes]
- QVPN Service versions 3.2.983 and 3.2.9830 are only compatible with firmware versions QTS 5.1.x, QuTS hero h5.1.x, or QuTScloud c5.1.x and later.
- Downgrading QVPN Service and the OS firmware to earlier versions is not supported and is likely to cause unpredictable application issues.

[Enhancements]
- QVPN Service 3.2.x merges key features from versions 2.4.x & 3.1.x for enhanced functionality.
- Upgraded OpenVPN server certificate to maintain VPN connection compliance.
- WireGuard VPN protocol support has been integrated for QNAP NAS devices equipped with x86 processors, and the TS-435XeU, TS-x33, TS-216, TS-416, and TS-AI642 models.

[Fixed Issues]
- Resolved an issue that allowed unauthorized VPN connections using the disabled "admin" account.
- Fixed an error that prevented users from configuring VPN servers in QVPN Service, displaying an "unknown error occurred" message.
- Addressed an incompatibility issue that caused connection failures between OpenVPN Connect and QVPN Service versions 3.0 and 3.1 due to invalid peer certificate verification.
- Addressed an issue that prevented WireGuard connections due to mismatched public key display in QVPN Service.
- Fixed a problem where other devices on the same network segment could not share the VPN connection of the device using QVPN Service when a WireGuard connection profile was used as the default gateway.
- Fixed an issue that caused QVPN Service to display duplicated content in the Overview, Online NAS Users, and Connection Logs pages.

( 2023/10/17 )

( 2023/09/06 )

( 2023/06/13 )

[New Features]
- Improved the user interface experience on the Overview page.

[Fixed Issues]
- Fixed an issue where QVPN Service would record incorrect warning logs about QuFirewall failing to add VPN protocols to the allow rule list.

( 2023/06/04 )

( 2023/06/04 )

( 2023/05/09 )

[New Features]
- QVPN Service can now automatically add enabled VPN server ports to the Allow List in QuFirewall.
- WireGuard VPN is now supported on the following models: TS-435XeU, TS-133, TS-233, TS-433, TS-216, TS-416

[Enhancements]
- Improved the overall stability of the Overview page.
- The data rate information of outgoing interfaces in the Overview page is now updated every 10 seconds.

[Fixed Issues]
- Previously, if the device administrator deleted one user that is connected to the QVPN OpenVPN server, then QVPN Service would automatically disconnect all the users connected to the server. This issue has been fixed.
- Resolved an issue where QVPN Service would fail to create an OpenVPN connection profile if certain Latin-1 characters were used in the password field.
- Fixed an issue where QVPN Service could not allow QpenVPN v2.6.0 clients to connect to the QVPN OpenVPN server.
- Fixed an issue where data packets could not be routed through the WireGuard client interface after configuring allowed IP addresses.
- Fixed an issue where QVPN OpenVPN client could not fetch the DNS information.
- Resolved an issue where QVPN Service was unable to support Windows OpenVPN clients when the maximum number of QVPN OpenVPN clients was over 60.

( 2022/08/16 )

[Security Updates]
- We have updated the VPN security measures. QNAP recommends updating QVPN Service to the latest version to reduce VPN vulnerabilities.

[Fixed Issues]
- Fixed an issue where QVPN clients were unable to reconnect to the QVPN server after the server restores the network connection.

( 2022/08/16 )

[Security Updates]
- We have updated the VPN security measures. QNAP recommends updating QVPN Service to the latest version to reduce VPN vulnerabilities.

[Fixed Issues]
- Fixed an issue where QVPN clients were unable to reconnect to the QVPN server after the server restores the network connection.

( 2022/08/10 )

( 2022/06/09 )

( 2022/05/27 )

( 2022/05/27 )

[Enhancements]
- We have renewed the code signing certificate.

[Fixed Issues]
- We have fixed an issue where the AES-256 encryption option in the OpenVPN server page was displayed incorrectly as a 128-bit encryption.

( 2022/03/15 )

[Fixed Issues]
- We have resolved an issue where QVPN Service would display the incorrect username in the VPN client connection logs page.
- Fixed an issue where QVPN Service would display the VPN connection profile protocol name incorrectly.

[Other Changes]
- Previously, QVPN Service would not allow users to apply changes to the preshared key in VPN server settings if the key did not meet the system requirements. For this release, we have removed the preshared key validation. The application will only display the password strength.

( 2022/03/15 )

[Fixed Issues]
- We have resolved an issue where QVPN Service would display the incorrect username in the VPN client connection logs page.
- Fixed an issue where QVPN Service would display the VPN connection profile protocol name incorrectly.

[Other Changes]
- Previously, QVPN Service would not allow users to apply changes to the preshared key in VPN server settings if the key did not meet the system requirements. For this release, we have removed the preshared key validation. The application will only display the password strength.

( 2022/02/16 )

[Enhancements]
- QVPN Service can now send event notifications to QuLog Center.

[Fixed Issues]
- Fixed an issue where users were unable to connect to the OpenVPN server in QVPN Service if the server is configured as the default gateway.
- We have resolved an issue where information related to data traffic information would not be displayed on the Online NAS Users page.
- We have resolved an issue where lengthy VPN connection profile names would conceal the status icon of the connection profile.

( 2022/02/16 )

[Enhancements]
- QVPN Service can now send event notifications to QuLog Center.

[Fixed Issues]
- We have resolved an issue where lengthy VPN connection profile names would conceal the status icon of the connection profile.

( 2021/12/17 )

( 2021/11/15 )

[New Features]
- Users can add any IP address when configuring the WireGuard VPN server. Ensure that the IP address do not conflict with the IP address pool of other VPN servers or the NAS routing table.

[Fixed Issues]
- Users could not add 0.0.0.0/0 as the allowed IP when configuring the WireGuard client peer settings.

[Compatibility]
- QVPN Service version 3 is only compatible with x86 processor devices running QTS 5.0.0.

( 2021/09/23 )

[Compatibility]
- QVPN Service version 2.3.710 is only compatible with QTS 4.5.1-4.5.4.

[Fixed Issues]
- Users could not view the user interface after opening the application.

( 2021/09/15 )

( 2021/09/14 )

[Compatibility]
- QVPN Service version 3 is only compatible with x86 processor devices running QTS 5.0.0.

[Fixed Issues]
- The VPN Connection Profiles page would not display information in certain columns of the table.

( 2021/08/19 )

( 2021/07/29 )

( 2020/12/23 )