Kerio Tech KERIO WINROUTE FIREWALL 6 User Manual

Chapter 2

Introduction

2.1 What’s new in 6.7.1

In version 6.7.1, WinRoute brings the following new features:

Kerio WinRoute Firewall Software Appliance / VMware Virtual Appliance

Kerio WinRoute Firewall is now available as a so called software appliance (Software Ap-

pliance / VMware Virtual Appliance). This appliance is distributed as a full installation

package with the firewall and operating system and can be installed on a physical or

virtual computer without an operating system. Software Appliance cannot be installed

on a computer with another operating system. Installation package of the standalone

product for installation on Linux is not available.

Kerio WinRoute Firewall in the Software Appliance / VMware Virtual Appliance edition

provides the same features as the Windows version, only with the Kerio Clientless SSL-

VPN interface missing.

Web administration interface (Web Administration)

The new Web Administration interface allows both remote and local administration of

the firewall without the need to install the Kerio Administration Console. This interface

allows configuration of crucial WinRoute parameters — the interface, traffic policy, HTTP

and FTP filtering rules, user accounts and groups, etc. However, the Kerio Administration

Console is still available and allow setting of all configuration options.

The Web Administration interface is available at https://server:4081/admin (server

stands for the firewall name or IP address and 4081 for the default port of its web inter-

face).

Refer to chapter

for more information.

Exporting and Importing Configuration

WinRoute now includes also a special backup-and-recovery tool which allows to back up

and recover full configuration including local user accounts and SSL certificates. These

functions allow easy and quick recovery of the firewall for cases of hardware failure,

transfer to another computer and cloning of an identical configuration for multiple fire-

walls. To export or import configuration, go to the Web Administration interface.

More details can be found in chapter

Kerio Web Filter, the new web page rating module

Kerio Web Filter is a special module, used for rating of web pages in accordance to their

content categories. In WinRoute, it replaces the ISS OrangeWeb Filter module. The way of

how filtering rules are created is the same as before.

More details can be found in chapter