Viscosity is een door Sparklabs ontwikkelde OpenVPN-client voor macOS- en Windows-systemen. Het programma maakt het op een eenvoudige manier mogelijk om vpn-connecties aan te maken, te bewerken en te beheren. De ontwikkelaars hebben versie 1.7.8 voor zowel macOS als Windows uitgebracht. Ondersteuning voor onder andere OpenVPN 2.5 en OpenSSL 1.0.2o is toegevoegd. De bijbehorende aankondiging ziet er als volgt uit:
Viscosity For Mac & Windows: Version 1.7.8
Version 1.7.8 of Viscosity has been released for both Mac and Windows! These updates place a focus on security and reliability, with enhancements to the OpenVPN engine on macOS, and DNS reliability improvements on Windows. In addition OpenVPN 2.4 has been updated to version 2.4.5, OpenSSL to version 1.0.2o, and a number of small improvements and bug fixes are included.
The Mac version includes a significant reworking of how OpenVPN connections are handled for added security. Connections now have enhanced protection against possible future threats that could arise against OpenVPN itself (both local and remote) by sandboxing and de-elevating the permissions of OpenVPN. This all happens behind the scenes, and shouldn't have any noticeable effect on your VPN connections. We hope to bring many of these features across to the Windows version in a future update as well.
The Windows version also includes a number of performance and stability improvements to the Full and Split DNS modes.
Version 1.7.8 Mac Release Notes:Version 1.7.8 Windows Release Notes:
- Sandboxing of the OpenVPN process for added security
- OpenVPN 2.4 updated to version 2.4.5
- OpenSSL updated to version 1.0.2o
- Various bug fixes and enhancements
- Growl support removed
The 1.7.8 update can be automatically installed from inside Viscosity, or downloaded and manually installed. For support with this version please visit our support section.
- Viscosity DNS System now observes Windows hosts file
- OpenVPN updated to version 2.4.5
- OpenSSL updated to version 1.0.2o
- Fixes bug where large DNS resolutions were dropped
- Fixes a bug where Viscosity would not reconnect after some dropouts
- Various bug fixes and enhancements