Geo Router - Change Log

May 30, 2023

The new 2.39 version has been released.

• Fixed: intermittent communication interruption between UI and the service.
• Improved: stability on Windows 11.
• Improved: reduced conditions requiring restart after the installation.
• Improved: updated internal GeoDefsDB to 29-5-2023.
• Added: to display OS build number in diagnostics.
• Added: installer option to place or not to place a shortcut on the Desktop.
• Added: installer option to launch after the intallation.

March 9, 2023

The new 2.38 version has been released.

• Fixed: intermittent user interface hang upon closure of Settings dialog.
• Improved: embedded GeoDefsDB updated to 2023-03-07.
• Added: menu to perform diagnostics output to notepad.exe.
• Added: diagnostics now shows all locations of installed Verigio drivers.

December 12, 2022

The new 2.37 version has been released.

• Fixed: notification of "unable to establish driver trust" after the upgrade.

December 1, 2022

The new 2.36 version has been released.

• Fixed: UDP and TCP routing.
• Improved: output of critical events into Event Viewer log.
• Improved: IP Geo Lookup dialog appearance.
• Improved: upgraded internal geo definitions database (GeoDefsDB) to 11/15/22.
• Added: setting to Block/Allow unknown (not within DB) subnets.
• Added: added diagnostics tracing integration with Windows Performance Monitor.

March 22, 2022

The new 2.32 version has been released.

• Fixed: the service was not starting after Win10 1809 to Win10 21H2 update.
• Improved: performance on 10Gbps networks.
• Improved: switched to show GeoDefsDB version from acquisition time to compression time.
• Improved: updated embedded GeoDefsDB to the build of Feb 22,2022.
• Added: now works with most VPNs.
• Added: CPU mask and utilization limits are configurable via registry.

December 11, 2020

The new 2.30 version has been released.

• Fixed: the uninstaller was unable to shutdown UI while UI had a message box open.
• Fixed: high CPU utilization on the system was triggering UI to report that the license has expired.
• Fixed: a flicker of GeoDefsDB date within settings dialog during the update.
• Fixed: UI crash when adding IP address to user-defined networks while the "user-defined networks" tree item is expanded.
• Improved: better responsiveness of the user interface.
• Improved: better use of all processors for traffic filtering in multi processor systems.

October 1, 2020

The new 2.28 version has been released.

• Fixed: the geo lookup dialog was not accepting non-standard IPv6 addresses.
• Fixed: expired subscriptions should be skipped when an unexpired one is present.
• Improved: a catch-up download of geo-definitions database is performed after wake up from the sleep.
• Improved: updated internal geo-definitions database.
• Added: compatibility with Microsoft Hyper-V.

May 1, 2020

The new 2.26 version has been released.

• Fixed: the reset of GeoDefsDB to build-in GeoDefsDB was clearning the rules.
• Fixed: the unchecking a whole territorial region was locked.
• Fixed: user-defined networks did not get visual selection during opening of the context menu.
• Fixed: the autoscroll did not scroll to the end when logging in and the list was already populated.
• Fixed: the visual association of some countries to respective regions was incorrect.
• Fixed: was unable to add the same serial key for a subscription as for the active product.
• Fixed: the activation dialog did not prevent the same subscription key adding multiple times during the product activation.
• Fixed: now preventing rollback of GeoDefsDB upon cancellation of Settings dialog.
• Fixed: now preventing loss of selection of a subscription within Activations dialog during refresh/re-validation.
• Fixed: the activation dialog was not reflecting success/failure response from server for some time.
• Improved: avoid displaying expiration of the subscription lincense that is not actually used in online communications.
• Added: import/export of program-wide settings into an XML file.
• Added: support for optimized geo database GeoDefsDB v2.0
• Added: the progress animation within Activation dialog for product and subscription activations.
• Added: the notification about new releases and the setting for frequency of update checks.

February 3, 2020

The new 2.25 version has been released.

• Fixed: recovery after unexpected shutdown corrupted user.config.
• Fixed: incompatibility with 'Windows Network Data Usage Monitoring Driver' was resulting in a memory leak.
• Fixed: sometimes DHCPv4 packets were discarded when on mixed IPv4-IPv6 network.
• Fixed: license status refresh during activation.
• Added: support for Windows 10 1909.
• Added: overlay image when UI is disconnected from the service.
• Added: subscriptions management within Activation dialog.

June 14, 2019

The new 2.18 version has been released.

• Fixed: failure to detect network adapters on Windows 10 1903.
• Added: support for Windows 10 1903.

June 3, 2019

The new 2.17 version has been released.

• Added: displaying last 5 characters of the license key within activation dialog.
• Added: detection and recovery mechanism for corrupt user.config file that was preventing UI from starting.
• Added: diagnostics utility to display .NET Framework version and proper Windows version.
• Improved: upon uninstall shutdown of all programs that use the driver.
• Updated: end-user license agreement.
• Fixed: "Process unauthorized..." event was written into event log upon UI and service startup.
• Fixed: timeout of the sevice upon startup during OS startup.
• Fixed: custom network flag not shown within log when UI connects to already running Service and acquires existing log.

January 16, 2019

The new 2.15 version has been released.

• Fixed: geo-database was not updating on Windows 10 (1809).

January 14, 2019

The new 2.12 version has been released.

• Added support for Windows Server 2019.
• Fixed: geo-rules territory tree was not properly populated.

January 11, 2019

The new 2.11 version has been released.

• Renamed GeoRouter project into GeoProxy.
• Transitioned project to Windows service architecture.
• Added Ultimate product edition.
• Added the statistical chart and the table.
• Added context/popup menus for clearing of statistics and the log.
• Added log persistence.
• Added context/popup menu for editing of user-defined networks.
• Added import/export of rules into a file.
• Fixed: click within settings on 'Set Current GeoDefsDB' is clearing all geo rules.

November 26, 2018

The new 1.43 version has been released.

• This is a maintenance release for compatibility with our products.

October 17, 2018

The new 1.42 version has been released.

• Updated internal geo definitions database

January 22, 2018

The new 1.39 version has been released.

• Added an option to open last opened file upon the program start.

November 26, 2017

The new 1.37 version has been released.

• Unlocked auto-update of geographical definitions database for all product editions.

June 14, 2017

The new 1.32 version has been released.

• Added routing statistics page.
• Added routing log page.
• Added Geo IP Lookup dialog.
• Fixed rules file not loading on startup in build release 1.31.
• Fixed crash when more than 30 user-defined networks are added.
• Upgraded driver version to 6.43 for compatibility with other released products.

April 25, 2017

The new 1.22 version has been released.

• Email-based product activation was replaced with Offline activation and manual license request upload to the website. Online activation is unchanged.
• Improved license dialog with periodic automatic license request approval checking when the dialog is open.
• Switched licensing to automatically use shared on the same computer licenses. Licenses are now stored within the local application data directory of a user profile.
• Added product edition and build date information to About dialog.
• Closing the main window now places the program on system tray notification area.
• Added settings for auto-start-on-user-login to load last used file.
• Improved centering of message boxes.
• Added capability to cancel saving a file on exit.
• Added a Close button to filter-bar.
• Updated geographical definitions.
• Incresed the maximum number of user-defined networks for Ultimate edition.
• Added Settings option to stretch the background to fit the window.
• Fixed: crash on Windows 10 during uninstall.

December 24, 2016

The new 1.12 version has been released.

• This is a maintenance release for compatibility with our products.

December 2, 2016

The new 1.2 version has been released.

• Added capability for a user to add user-defined networks. User-defined networks or IP addresses can serve as exceptions to other rules.
• User-defined networks are saved in a data file together with other rules.
• Changed data file format.
• Added settings allowing to start the program on system tray upon user login.

November 27, 2016

The new 1.1 version has been released.

• Fixed countries with no rules were blocking traffic instead of passing it through.

November 20, 2016

The new 1.0 version has been released.

• A geography-based router that can work with a single network card having a single IP address. This is a perfect router for the cloud environment when partitioning or isolation of country specific network traffic is needed.