WinRoute

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Bandwidth Limiter in Kerio WinRoute Firewall
Developer: Kerio Technologies
Latest release: 6.2.1 / May 3, 2006
OS: Windows
Use: Network firewall
License: Proprietary
Website: www.kerio.com/kwf
Screenshot of user statistics
Screenshot of user statistics
Screenshot of web content tracking
Screenshot of web content tracking

Kerio WinRoute Firewall (previously called WinRoute Pro) is a software gateway firewall developed by Tiny Software and Kerio Technologies. Equipped with a VPN server, integrated McAfee anti-virus (optional), web filtering, and user-specific Internet access management, the Kerio WinRoute Firewall installs on Windows, providing network perimeter defense for small to medium organizations.


[edit] Release history

Version Release date Significant changes
3 to 4.x 1998 Winroute Pro version 3 and 4 supported under Windows 98 and Windows NT.
4.x February 1, 2002 Kerio purchases WinRoute Pro from Tiny Software.[1]
5.0 February 21, 2003 First version with Kerio branding. Support for DOS-based Windows dropped.
5.1 August 25, 2003 Improved online user monitoring (Hosts/Users screen), Support for internet connection failover (Interfaces screen), SIP protocol inspector - transparent handling of SIP through NAT, Advanced logging options - log rotation and syslog support, Customizable DNS forwarding, Customizable redirect page for denying HTTP rules, Added detection of clients using P2P networks, Automatic checking for new versions, Ability to use DNS names instead of IP's in traffic policy, Support for NTLM for Mozilla-based browsers (Mozilla 1.4 or higher)
6.0 June 7, 2004 Integrated client/server and server-to-server VPN solution, Alerts and notifications, Antivirus protection for emails (POP3 and SMTP), Improved realtime user monitoring and traffic statistics, P2P Eliminator - universal P2P blocking, Support for VisNetic Antivirus Plug-in 4
6.1 June 23, 2005 Transparent user mapping in Active Directory domains, Support for multiple Active Directory domains, Kerio Clientless SSL-VPN(web-based secure access to network shares in LAN), Customizable routing configuration for VPN tunnels, Spanish localization
6.2 March 3, 2006 Bandwidth Limiter, Dual anti-virus, Product registration from the administration console, VPN Client supports for 64 bit Windows

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