Kerio Control

Kerio Control
Developer(s) Kerio Technologies
Stable release 7.1 / November 30, 2010; 14 months ago (2010-11-30)
Operating system Windows
Type Network firewall
License Proprietary
Website kerio.com/control

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

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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
6.5 September 9, 2008 Internet link load balancing and 11 additional localizations
6.6 March 31, 2009 VPN client for Mac and Linux, run Windows VPN client as a service, and improved Network Neighborhood viewing
7.0 June 1, 2010 Product renamed to Kerio Control. Added Intrusion Prevention System, MAC Filter, Multiple IP addresses on an adapter.
7.1 November 30, 2010 Full Web Administration. Available as a Hardware Appliance.

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