WinRoute
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 Bandwidth Limiter in Kerio WinRoute Firewall |
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| Developed by | Kerio Technologies |
| Latest release | 6.4 / September 17, 2007 |
| OS | Windows |
| Genre | Network firewall |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.kerio.com/kwf |
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, bandwidth limiter, Internet monitor 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 company formed from ex-Tiny Software employees.[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 |
| 6.3 | March 29, 2007 | Statistics and reporting (StaR), support for 64 bit systems, support for Windows Vista, and enhanced P2P Eliminator |
| 6.4 | September 17, 2007 | Enhanced Internet monitoring, print-friendly reports, increased performance, and Dynamic DNS support |
