Proberix Update: Full Protocol Support + Smarter Validation

This is a major update we’re excited to share.

Proberix now supports UDP, Email, Ping, and DNS monitoring—expanding protocol coverage for external uptime monitoring. From websites and APIs to infrastructure-level services, Proberix offers a unified platform to track performance and availability across the full stack.

What sets Proberix apart isn’t just protocol support—it’s how deeply you can configure each probe. From sending raw payloads and validating structured responses to detecting subtle content changes and enforcing TLS policies, Proberix gives you precise monitoring tools without the overhead.

Unified Monitoring for All Major Protocols

With this release, Proberix introduces protocol-specific probes that extend website and API monitoring across key services:

• Email – Monitor SMTP, IMAP, and POP3 connectivity, TLS certificates, and protocol responses.
• Ping – Run lightweight host reachability checks from global locations.
• UDP – Monitor syslog, game servers, or custom binary protocols.
• DNS – Validate DNS record accuracy and detect propagation or hijacking issues.

These probes provide more than basic availability checks—they offer insight into real-world service behavior.

• TCP and UDP probes now support structured payloads and detailed response validation, making them ideal for protocol-level visibility.
• Ping probes can be customized with packet size and TTL for network diagnostics.
• For all TLS-based probes, you can choose whether to strictly validate certificates or allow self-signed ones—offering flexibility for internal environments.

Smarter Response Validation

This release includes a major upgrade to Response Validation, allowing you to define exactly what a correct response looks like.

Validation rules now support:

• Required content
• Forbidden strings
• Custom regular expressions

Available across HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, UDP, and DNS probes, this validation engine is also protocol-aware:

• For TCP and UDP, set expected response encoding: Plain Text, Hex, or Base64.
• Choose line endings (LF or CRLF) to simulate raw protocols accurately.
• Send raw HTTP requests over TCP probes when HTTP probes aren’t flexible enough.

Capturing and Storing Responses

All probe types now store response bodies for at least 7 days, making it easy to:

• Review changes over time
• Debug mismatches or alerts
• Understand root causes more clearly

Performance stats like latency and failure rates remain available for 6 months.

Payload Support for UDP and TCP

You can now send custom payloads using UDP and TCP probes to simulate realistic service interactions.

Supported encodings:

• Plain Text (UTF-8)
• Hex
• Base64

This enables monitoring of binary interfaces, custom protocols, and legacy systems with full flexibility.

Expanded Change Detection

Change Detection has been extended beyond HTTP(S) to include:

• Existing TCP probes
• Newly added UDP probes and DNS probes

This feature tracks response changes between checks, even when a service is technically "up." It’s essential for identifying:

• Silent failures
• Configuration drift
• DNS record changes
• Evolving output from protocol-based services

This release brings powerful improvements in protocol monitoring, response validation, and change detection—all while keeping Proberix fast, lean, and simple to use.

More updates coming soon.