WinGate Version differences

Product Info

There are be two versions of WinGate 2. WinGate 2 Lite and WinGate 2 Professional versions.

This is a list of features, and improvements over WinGate 1.3.*. The features listed below are explained in further detail in the rest of this manual.

WinGate Version 2 Professional Features

Caching WWW Proxy with HTTP FTP and HTTPS

SOCKS 5 server with HTTP hand-over

VDOLive, XDMA, POP3, FTP, RealAudio, Telnet Proxies

DNS and Remote Configuration services

TCP and UDP Mapped Links

DHCP Service

Runs as a Windows™ 95 and Windows™ NT Service

Dialer database

GateKeeper including Full remote administration

Advanced logging

Extensive rules

Accounting

Auditing

User database and authentication

3 level user security, Authenticated, Assumed, Guest

Messaging between authenticated users

Automatic Client install utility

WinGate 2 Lite

With WinGate 2 Lite, there are two built in users, and no more can be added. The Administrator user has full control over the WinGate configuration, but from the WinGate machine only. The other user is Guest. This means effectively that the following features are not available in WinGate 2 Lite. Remote Administration is not possible on Lite.

Advanced logging

Extended rules

Accounting

User auditing

User database and authentication other than Administrator and Guest

Assumption Security level

Messaging

Remote administration

As there are only 2 users, Administrator and Guest, no assumptions can be made based on IP of user. Therefore in the Lite version the Location icon will not appear on the configuration pane.