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v7.5

Knocknoc 7.5  🚀

Knocknoc 7.5 marks a major milestone in our journey to redefine secure network access. This release is a comprehensive redesign of the user experience, delivering a streamlined, intuitive interface that empowers both administrators and end users with greater control and clarity — without compromising on power.

But Knocknoc 7.5 isn’t just a facelift — it’s a massive uplift in features, performance, and security.

✨ New UI & Streamlined Workflow

  • Redesigned interface with a responsive, intuitive layout

  • Cleaner workflows make complex tasks simpler and faster

  • “Click to revoke” now available alongside “click to grant”
  • Improved visibility into admin, user and system activity

🔗 Firewall & Integration Enhancements

  • Native orchestration for Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks (including Panorama)

  • Unified workflow to configure Passive, Passive+, and Active modes

  • Simplified integration with Linux Netfilter/IPTables/IPSets (existing IPSets now visible in your Server, per Agent)

  • HAProxy agent capabilities are now passed to the server, including socket locations

🔐 Credential Security

  • Credentials for backend orchestrated systems (firewalls, clouds, custom scripts) are now encrypted using an approach akin to zero-knowledge, ensuring a breach of either the Server or Agent do not result in credential exposure.

  • Custom scripts support environment variables, with the username and other values passed by default (see here)

  • Protected (secret) environment variables now supported for safely passing API tokens and credentials

🔐 SAML & Access Control Improvements

  • Simpler SAML integration and setup for administrators

  • User/group mapping now supports:

    • SAML groups

    • Local groups

    • Dynamic groups (combining local users with SAML groups)

  • Enhanced access-grant event de-duplication - boosting performance and reducing noise

  • In-server SAML key management - no external handling required

⚙️ Platform and Minor Enhancements

  • User license usage now allows for overages, preventing disruption during growth phases
  • Increased logging visibility: access grants, admin actions, user activity

  • Better redaction in trace-level log mode to protect sensitive details

  • More ports added to discovery methods, for better CGNAT detection
  • Case-insensitive handling of sessionDuration SAML variable

🔄 Architecture Simplification

  • Backends and ACLs replaced with Knocs — simplifying management

📦 Security updates (packages)

  • Various package updates, including Golang security updates

Knocknoc 7.5 is built for the environments where access can’t just be controlled — it needs to be earned, verified, and continuously protected. Whether you're managing critical infrastructure, complex networks, or hybrid environments, this release is designed to meet you there.

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Release Date: 10th April 2025


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