Change to Strongarm Home Version
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*On January 17, 2018, WatchGuard Technologies, Inc., a global leader in security for small to medium organizations and distributed enterprises, proudly announced the acquisition of Percipient Networks, including their flagship offering, Strongarm. Integration of the Strongarm technology into WatchGuard’s comprehensive, network security platform enables Percipient Networks to broaden our offering to better address security threats and provide customers with the best possible protection from the widest variety of attacks.
The acquisition provides the right time to make a change to our home offering. The Strongarm free home tier was something we offered in order to introduce people to Strongarm and set the stage for future business opportunities in the home market. As Strongarm evolved, the home tier drifted away from our professional product specifically around features for phishing education and in-depth reporting. Whereas, home users were interested in an alternative to anti-virus and a free additional layer of security, Strongarm's personal touch and evolving set of IT focused information just doesn't align to the home market, so now is a good time to sunset it.
If you want to continue to use Strongarm you can upgrade to a professional account between now and April 1, 2018. Contact [email protected] to upgrade.
There are a number of free services similar to Strongarm's free version such as Quad9 and Norton ConnectSafe. Their setup guides will help you get set-up. Be sure that you replace (and not add) their DNS servers with the Strongarm servers when doing the configuration.
The Strongarm service will continue to operate until April 1, 2018 for existing users.
sincerely,
Todd O’Boyle
Co-Founder and CTO
Percipient Networks*
I'm shocked! <said absolutely no one>
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Think @JaredBusch is/was using it.
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So was I. I had only recently set it up.
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I am still using it, so I am going to change that soon. Even though their email a month ago said otherwise but I saw this coming.
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I've been using Quad9 with PiHole for awhile now.
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@black3dynamite said in Change to Strongarm Home Version:
I've been using Quad9 with PiHole for awhile now.
Just checked out Quad9 and it looks pretty interesting.
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I expected something like this with the home version.
Only time will tell how the business solution changes.
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Welp there goes another good product.
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@stacksofplates said in Change to Strongarm Home Version:
Welp there goes another good product.
How? The business product remains unchanged minus branding (so far).
Free home service as a marketing driver makes sense for a new company but not for an established one like WatchGuard
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That's too bad.
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Switched my home setup to Quad9. Don't see any where to cancel my account with DNSWatch.
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@jaredbusch said in Change to Strongarm Home Version:
@stacksofplates said in Change to Strongarm Home Version:
Welp there goes another good product.
How? The business product remains unchanged minus branding (so far).
Free home service as a marketing driver makes sense for a new company but not for an established one like WatchGuard
Well I just meant for home. It's not expensive or anything. I guess I just meant the situation sucks, that's all.
