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RdpGuard Changelog

What's new in RdpGuard 9.4.5

Mar 26, 2024
  • Added support for Serv-U FTP Server
  • New Geo-IP feature: Allow whitelisted addresses and ranges
  • Minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 9.4.3 (Mar 25, 2024)

  • Added support for Serv-U FTP Server
  • New Geo-IP feature: Allow whitelisted addresses and ranges
  • Minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 9.3.7 (Mar 18, 2024)

  • Added support for SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server
  • New Geo-IP feature: Allow local connections
  • Various internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 9.3.1 (Mar 11, 2024)

  • New custom action: Report to AbuseIPDB
  • New Geo-IP feature: Allow loopback connections
  • Important bug-fixes and improvements for Geo-IP engine

New in RdpGuard 9.2.5 (Mar 4, 2024)

  • Added support for Geo-IP Inverse Mode
  • Two Geo-IP database versions - Lite and Max
  • Other improvements and bug-fixes for Geo-IP engine
  • Various internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 9.0.3 (Jul 12, 2023)

  • Added SmarterMail support for IMAP, POP3 and SMTP
  • Improved support for Microsoft Exchange Server
  • Added the ability to block TOR exit nodes
  • Improved username detection for MailEnable
  • Improved detection of SMTP username enumeration for hMailServer
  • Added support for the X-Forwarded-For Header in the RD-WEB engine
  • Various internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 8.8.3 (Apr 26, 2023)

  • Fixed an issue with audit settings detection on domain machines
  • MSSQL - restored support for 17832 and 17836 events (probe attempts)
  • Fixed an issue with SMTP protocol in Exchange engine
  • Fixed display issue for IMAP and SIP links on localized Windows editions

New in RdpGuard 8.5.7 (Apr 22, 2023)

  • Maintenance release:
  • Restored Windows Server 2008 support
  • Improved compatibility for FTP engine
  • Minor UI improvements and bug-fixes
  • Internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 8.5.7 (Apr 10, 2023)

  • Added support for MDaemon Email Server.
  • Redesigned blocking engine for faster and more reliable performance.
  • Enhanced Geo-IP engine for more accurate results.
  • Various internal optimizations and refinements.
  • User interface improvements and bug-fixes.

New in RdpGuard 8.5.5 (Apr 6, 2023)

  • Added support for MDaemon Email Server
  • Redesigned blocking engine for faster and more reliable performance
  • Enhanced Geo-IP engine for more accurate results
  • Various internal optimizations and refinements
  • User interface improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 8.3.5 (Jan 26, 2023)

  • Added support for HTTP protection.
  • Bug-fixes for OpenSSH detection engine
  • Bug-fixes for MS-Exchange engine
  • IP Cloud improvements and optimizations
  • Whitelist/Blacklist UI improvements (sorting, simplified bulk addition)
  • Block/Unblock CLI commands now accept IP ranges via CIDR
  • Other internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 8.2.5 (Dec 27, 2022)

  • Improvements and bug-fixes for RD-WEB detection engine
  • Improvements and bug-fixes for ASP.NET detection engine
  • Improvements and bug-fixes for OpenSSH detection engine
  • Improvements and optimizations for IPCloud
  • Added support for user name detection for MS-Exchange (SMTP)
  • Added support for user name detection for MailEnable (IMAP)
  • Help, Product Activation now shows maintenance information
  • Improvements for Custom Actions GUI
  • MSI installer for automatic deployment
  • Added support for whitelist remove * for CLI
  • Fixed an issue with settings changes do not apply
  • Other internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 7.9.9 (May 24, 2022)

  • New custom action events (maintenance expiration, new version)
  • Customizable exclusions for User Logged In custom action event
  • IP Cloud and Geo-IP improvements and optimizations
  • RD-WEB Engine now reports user name
  • FTP Engine improved to support new FileZilla log format
  • Improved support for Windows Filtering Platform
  • Fixed an issue with MS-Exchange (SMTP) monitoring configuration
  • Whois links now open in default browser
  • Minor UI improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 7.8.7 (Feb 17, 2022)

  • Added support for Windows Filtering Platform as a blocking method
  • Improved ASP.NET Web Forms engine to catch more events
  • Custom inclusion rules for ASP.NET Web Forms engine
  • Added support for Exclusion Rules for RDP engine
  • Whitelist/Blacklist improvements and bug-fixes
  • UI stability improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 7.6.9 (Dec 6, 2021)

  • Maintenance release
  • MS Exchange engine improvements and bug-fixes
  • Stability and resources usage improvements
  • Diagnostics and Logging improvements
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 7.5.3 (Nov 4, 2021)

  • Improved Blacklist support
  • Improved IP Security Policies blocking method
  • Stability improvements for RdpGuard Service
  • New Get Maintenance Days command for CLI
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 7.4.1 (Aug 16, 2021)

  • Added support for SSH protocol (OpenSSH)
  • Stability improvements for MS-SQL detection engine
  • Custom Actions improved to allow templates in HTTP POST task Endpoint
  • Whitelist improved (do not block whitelisted ranges when Geo-IP used)
  • UI stability improvements and bug-fixes
  • Internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 7.2.9 (Jun 17, 2021)

  • Added support for Blacklist
  • Performance imrovements for system event log based detection engines
  • Improved support for MariaDB monitoring
  • Detection improvements for SMTP engine
  • Stability improvements for blocking engine
  • UI improvements and bug-fixes
  • Other internal stability improvements and bug-fixes
  • Dropped support for Windows Server 2003

New in RdpGuard 7.0.3 (Sep 9, 2020)

  • Maintenance release
  • Improved IPv6 support
  • IPCloud optimizations
  • Improvemenets and bug-fixes for the Whitelist feature
  • Diagnostics and Logging improvements
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 6.9.7 (Jun 23, 2020)

  • Added support for Axigen Mail Server
  • Added support for plugins.
  • Improved MS Exchange log parser (log format detection)
  • Other internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 6.8.9 (Apr 8, 2020)

  • Maintenance release
  • Improved support for Kerio Connect mail server
  • Fixed IPCloud availability for Windows Server 2003
  • Fixed an issue with premature trial expiration
  • Fixed the UI issue with pagination bar
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 6.8.1 (Mar 23, 2020)

  • Improved MS Exchange log parser (log format detection)
  • Stability improvements for log-based detection engines
  • UI improvements and bug-fixes
  • Other minor internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 6.7.7 (Mar 11, 2020)

  • Improved support for hMailServer SMTP Engine
  • Improved support for MS-Exchange IMAP engine
  • Improved support for FileZilla FTP Server
  • UI improvements and bug-fixes
  • Other internal imrovements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 6.7.5 (Mar 10, 2020)

  • Improved support for hMailServer SMTP Engine
  • Improved support for MS-Exchange IMAP engine
  • Improved support for FileZilla FTP Server
  • Minor UI improvements and bug-fixes
  • Other minor imrovements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 6.6.7 (Feb 13, 2020)

  • Maintenance release
  • Minor imrovements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 6.6.5 (Feb 11, 2020)

  • Maintenance release
  • Minor imrovements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 6.6.3 (Feb 10, 2020)

  • Maintenance release
  • Minor imrovements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 6.5.9 (Jan 24, 2020)

  • Added support for SMTP user enumeration detection
  • Added support for log based FTP monitoring
  • Memory and CPU usage optimizations
  • Stability improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 6.5.7 (Jan 23, 2020)

  • Added support for SMTP user enumeration detection
  • Added support for log based FTP monitoring
  • Memory and CPU usage optimizations
  • Stability improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 6.3.7 (Jan 23, 2020)

  • Maintenance release
  • Fixed an issue with IP Cloud accessibility on some machines
  • Fixed an issue with MS Exchange monitoring via Application event log

New in RdpGuard 6.3.1 (Oct 24, 2019)

  • Fixed an issue with RDP detection engine on Windows Server 2012-2019
  • Fixed an issue with Custom Actions/Notifications
  • Improved support for traffic based IMAP/POP3 detection engines
  • Added support for the %HOSTNAME% custom actions variable
  • Added support for successful login notifications for Windows Server 2003
  • Core stability improvements and bug-fixes
  • UI improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 6.1.7 (Aug 22, 2019)

  • Maintenance release
  • Minor imrovements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 6.1.1 (Aug 16, 2019)

  • Implemented the IP Cloud feature
  • Added support for Geo-IP blocking
  • Optimizations for Windows Firewall (one rule per 1000 addresses now)
  • UI optimized to work with large blocks of IP addresses
  • Max block period is increased to 1 year
  • Improved support for Kerio Connect mail server
  • Added basic support for IBM Domino SMTP server
  • Improved successful login notifications to filter out local processes
  • Support for multiple e-mail recipients for custom actions
  • Improved Custom Actions to allow cmd/bat files execution
  • Custom Actions variable changed from %COMMENT% to %PROTOCOL%
  • Memory optimization for traffic based detection engines
  • Fixed rare service crash on Windows Server 2012-2019
  • Various internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 5.4.9 (Aug 28, 2018)

  • Maintenance release
  • Improved support for RdWeb detection engine
  • Improved support for Kerio mail server
  • Fixed an issue with UI settings saving

New in RdpGuard 5.3.5 (Jun 18, 2018)

  • Added support for POP3 Protocol
  • Added support for log-based monitoring for MS-Exchange (IMAP, POP3, SMTP)
  • Other internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 5.2.3 (Apr 2, 2018)

  • Added support for IMAP Protocol
  • UI - added sorting for Blocked IP Addresses table
  • UI - added support for IP Ranges and CIDRs to IP Filtering Dialog
  • Various internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 5.1.1 (Mar 14, 2018)

  • Maintenance release
  • Fixed service crash when using WinPcap monitoring method

New in RdpGuard 5.0.9 (Mar 12, 2018)

  • Improved RDP detection engine for Windows Server 2012
  • Improved Whitelist to accept CIDRs
  • Whitelisted IP addresses unblocked automatically now
  • SMTP - improved support for Kerio Connect Mail Server
  • SMTP - improved support for MS Exchange Mail Server
  • Fixed an issue with IP blocking on Windows Server 2003
  • User name detection for MS-SQL and MySQL
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 4.8.9 (Dec 19, 2017)

  • Maintenance release
  • Fixed an issue with Raw Sockets monitoring method
  • Fixed an issue with IPSec blocking method
  • Fixed an issue with empty Blocked IPs list in rare cases
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 4.8.7 (Dec 18, 2017)

  • Maintenance release
  • Fixed an issue with IPSec blocking method on some machines
  • Fixed an issue with empty Blocked IPs list in rare cases
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 4.8.5 (Dec 15, 2017)

  • Added support for VoIP (SIP Protocol)
  • Improved RDP detection engine for Windows Server 2012
  • Auto-reset counter of failed login attempts if user successfully logged in
  • Added new TOTAL_IP_BLOCKED variable for Custom Actions/Notifications
  • Added User Logged In event for Custom Actions/Notifications
  • MS-Exchange SMTP Server moved to SMTP Settings
  • Improved support for Kerio Connect SMTP Server
  • Support for multiple ports for RDP and FTP protocols
  • RdpGuard now works on computers with FIPS compliance enabled
  • Various minor/internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 4.2.5 (Jun 22, 2017)

  • Added support for Custom Actions (Notifications)
  • Improved SMTP detection engine (support for log based detection)
  • Improved Windows Server 2012 engine to optimize resources usage
  • Added WinPcap support for FTP Protocol
  • Added RdWeb settings
  • Minor UI improvements and bug-fixes
  • Various internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 3.7.9 (Apr 19, 2017)

  • Maintenance release
  • Fixed the number of minor bugs

New in RdpGuard 3.7.3 (Apr 10, 2017)

  • Added support for Remote Desktop Web Access (RD Web Access)
  • Added support for MS-Exchange
  • Added MS-SQL settings
  • Added support for WinPcap
  • Improved compatability with Windows Server 2012/2016
  • New and improved MySQL Engine
  • UI improvements and optimization
  • Various internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 3.1.7 (Dec 30, 2016)

  • Added Advanced Blocking Settings
  • Added whitelist operations to command line interface
  • Improved support for Windows Firewall
  • Improved support for Windows Server 2008

New in RdpGuard 3.0.5 (Dec 5, 2016)

  • Maintenance release
  • Improved support for Windows Server 2012/2016

New in RdpGuard 3.0.1 (Dec 2, 2016)

  • Maintenance release
  • Minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 2.9.9 (Nov 29, 2016)

  • Switched to .NET 4.5
  • Added RDP protection settings
  • Improved Windows Server 2012 Detection Engine
  • Improved Whitelist to allow large sets
  • Improved MS-SQL detection engine
  • Improved command line interface to get/set block method
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 2.7.7 (Sep 27, 2016)

  • Maintenance release
  • Improved RDP-TLS detection engine for Windows Server 2008 family

New in RdpGuard 2.7.1 (Sep 5, 2016)

  • Maintenance release
  • Minor improvements in RDP, FTP, SMTP engines
  • Stability improvements

New in RdpGuard 2.6.3 (May 12, 2016)

  • Fixed an issue with RDP engine on Windows Server 2008 family
  • Improved SMTP detection engine (extended SMTP Servers support)
  • Stability improvements
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 2.5.1 (Feb 25, 2016)

  • Added support for multiple SMTP ports
  • Fixed an issue with RdpGuard Service crash on some systems
  • Minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 2.4.7 (Feb 10, 2016)

  • Added support for SMTP Protocol
  • Improved support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016 (TLS 1.2)
  • Various internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 2.3.5 (Nov 27, 2015)

  • Improved RDP Engine to work with all security layers including SSL (TLS)
  • Improved FTP Engine to work with any FTP Server
  • Added support for command line interface
  • Imroved UI to display the block reason for an each ip address
  • Other internal and UI improvements

New in RdpGuard 2.1.3 (Jul 23, 2015)

  • Fixed an issue with RdpGuard installer on x86 systems

New in RdpGuard 2.1.1 (Jul 23, 2015)

  • Added support for MySQL Server Protection
  • Added support for ASP.NET Web Forms Protection
  • Improved the Whitelist feature to allow bulk add of IP addresses
  • Improved MS-SQL Engine to catch more brute-force attempts.
  • Added an ability to enable/disable protection for particular protocols
  • User interface improvements
  • Various internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 1.8.5 (Oct 9, 2014)

  • Various internal improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 1.6.9 (Mar 31, 2014)

  • Maintenance release
  • Minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 1.6.7 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • Added support for Microsoft FTP Service
  • Improved work with IP Security Policies
  • Improved Whitelist dialog to validate IP Addresses
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 1.6.1 (Feb 10, 2014)

  • Improved support for Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Improved support for MS-SQL server
  • Improved GUI to work with large lists of IP addresses

New in RdpGuard 1.5.7 (Oct 30, 2013)

  • Maintenance release
  • Minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 1.5.5 (Oct 12, 2013)

  • Maintenance release
  • Minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 1.5.3 (Oct 7, 2013)

  • Added support for IP address ranges in Whitelist
  • Improved support for MS-SQL Server 2005
  • Improved support for Windows Server 2003

New in RdpGuard 1.4.9 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • Maintenance release
  • Fixed some minor bugs

New in RdpGuard 1.4.7 (Jul 4, 2013)

  • Maintenance release
  • Fixed an issue with MS-SQL support
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 1.4.5 (Jun 17, 2013)

  • Added support for secure logins on Windows Server 2012
  • Added ability to filter the list of ip addresses
  • Upgraded .net version, now .net 4.0 is required

New in RdpGuard 1.4.1 (May 2, 2013)

  • Improved support for MSSQL Server
  • Improved IPv6 support
  • Added proxy server configuration
  • Added ability to unban all ip addresses (see the Tools menu)

New in RdpGuard 1.3.7 (Mar 20, 2013)

  • Maintenance release
  • Minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 1.3.5 (Mar 8, 2013)

  • Improved support for Windows Server 2003
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes

New in RdpGuard 1.3.3 (Feb 6, 2013)

  • Maintenance release.
  • Minor improvements and bug-fixes.

New in RdpGuard 1.3.1 (Jan 28, 2013)

  • Added support for Windows Server 2003
  • Added IPv6 support
  • New option to automatically reset IP counters
  • New option to choose blocking method
  • Fixed an issue with service auto-start after reboot
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes.

New in RdpGuard 1.2.5 (Oct 4, 2012)

  • Added support for MS SQL Server.
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes.

New in RdpGuard 1.2.3 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • Added ability to manually unban an ip address.
  • Fixed appcrash during installation.
  • Other minor improvements and bug-fixes.

New in RdpGuard 1.2.1 (Jun 11, 2012)

  • Added IP Whitelist (now you can protect certain ip addresses from banning)
  • More Precise Windows Firewall Detection
  • Removed Limitation on Maximal Time to Ban