Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP


New Features

1. HTML AntiPhishing (available as a function in the base WinProxy)
2. Kaspersky AntiVirus Supported (for NT/W2K/XP, not available on W98/Me OS)
3. Single Help file (whole help file is now browser-based)
4. Ability to change all User-Agent headers (available as a function of AntiSpyware)
5. Sorting added to AntiSpyware exceptions list
6. WPAdvisor module added to catch common system problems (runs at beginning of install)
7. WPAdvisor module added to catch common WinProxy misconfigurations (runs at end of install wizard)
8. Editable 'scanned by' message for outgoing emails
9. added template and profile directories
10. WPService (for 'running as a service') can now auto-restart WinProxy

Modified

1. 'minimize' click goes to system tray when running as a service
2. outdated user manual removed from installer
3. additional incoming ports blocked by default
4. "pending" for unregistered services changed to 'expired'

Fixed

1. Fixed: telnet DoS vulnerability [IDEF1257]
2. Fixed: internal html DoS vulnerability [IDEF 1209]
3. Fixed: host buffer vulnerability [IDEF 1290]
4. Fixed: sometimes failed to carry reg info forward on upgrade
5. Fixed: statistics pane resize on main window resize

Known issues

1. sometimes see box from gcasAlertService on shutdown/reboot (this is Microsoft's desktop antispyware program)
2. some help pages are unfinished

New Features

1. now scans seven protocols [for AntiVirus]
   • NNTP (news) protocol added
   • IMAP4 (mail) protocol added (note: antispam for IMAP4 is not supported)
2. recognizes .msi (Microsoft Installer) files [for AntiSpyWare]
3. recognizes .chm (Windows Help) files [for AntiSpyWare]
4. Connection Limiting added; can limit simultaneous connections for
   • max external connections
   • max external connection queue
   • max connections per client
5. added "continue" option for Winproxy AntiSpyware URL exception list
6. Sophos AntiSpam 2.0 support [upgrade from 1.6]
7. NAT upgraded from 4.0.176.0 to 4.0.181.0
8. "Help" menu item added to left column of html interface
9. Registry folder changed from "Ositis" to "Blue Coat Systems". This completes the major parts of the branding change from "Ositis Software" to "Blue Coat Systems".
10. new functionality to allow "net send" for alerts
11. Alert autotext includes additional AV info

Fixed following problems

1. "do not enforce site restrictions" still enforces
2. incoming NAT-mapped port doesn't work if port count > 1
3. AV extension info lost on upgrade
4. user sometimes gets 'spyware' info page instead of 'restricted' info page
5. broken HTTP access when AV engine files missed and ASW enabled
6. WP6 on start copies old version of Alerts.xml from WP5
7. failing tests from http://www.webmail.us/testvirus
8. Just-installed WinProxy shows all plugins expired

Known Problems

1. WPUninstall does not restore "Run as a Service" on downgrade
2. Autotext portion of Email Content Filtering has broken
3. Complains when user chooses not to install transparent proxy drivers
4. Alert edit rights are not consistent across categories

1. Change default installation company folder from "C:\Program Files\Ositis Software" to "C:\Program Files\Blue Coat Systems".
2. Change default installation directory from "WinProxy 5" to "WinProxy 6".
3. Preload ASW exceptions file with URLs of
   1. sites related to WinProxy operation [allowed]
   2. sites of common active-site updaters, like windowsupdate [allowed]
   3. sites of online AntiVirus and AntiSpyWare scanners [allowed]
   4. sites of known good antispyware under OEM names [allowed]
   5. sites of known spyware that pretends to be antispyware [restricted]
4. add Alert category for ASW, prepopulate Alert formats for ASW
5. add manual update option for ASW to menu
6. do not start DHCP service on 127.0.0.1 interface
7. fix crash related to null-stringlength http headers
8. add "why didn't you buy" query page on winproxy uninstall
9. raise "minimum requirements" for RAM to cover memory required for ASW and larger Web Filtering
10. modified email header parsing to fix problem affecting combo of XP-SP2 and Outlook 6.
11. fixed bug causing reports of 'internal error # 39' on WinProxy admin alerts.
12. implemented code-signing certification for winproxy self-extracting executable
13. change 'content filtering' to 'email filtering'. (partially implemented)
14. change static references of 'smartfilter' to 'Web Filter'
15. fixed problem with 'XPortIO driver failed to start' showing in Event Log by removing Watchdog functionality.
16. fixed problem with reported runtime error on WinProxy close
17. fixed bug in 'test' button on proxy cascading page (windows GUI).
18. update 'web filter download' warning message to include new higher size
19. fixed bug 'stats view disappears after crash'
20. fixed bug in quoted-printable decoding lower case chars
21. fixed bug in https connections through proxy cascading
22. fixed bug in disabling a protocol via GUI right-click
23. fixed bug where some old connections remain partially visible in ConnectionView screen
24. added test to avoid (loop) query of dns server that matches internal IP addresses
25. removed coded dns query for mail.winproxy.com
26. installer and uninstaller modified to allow case where WP6 is used without removing WP5
27. fixed bug where some new installs incorrectly report 'unable to connect to internet'
28. remove option to uninstall winproxy 5 while winproxy 6 is in use [to avoid inadvertant breaking WP6 operation]
29. fixed bug where some new installs show that WinProxy does not register.
30. set default values for DNS cache times in DNS protocol dialog box
31. updated connlogXP file in images folder
32. added proxylog file to images folder
33. add user message to indicate that web filter files are being loaded
34. add "AM" to the enabled features bar to indicate AntiSpyware [AM = AntiMalware; AS already used for AntiSpam]
35. Add info dialog box for install period after 'creating icons'
36. Add link for user feedback to html page indicating restricted status for Blue Coat Web Filtered URLs.
37. Change interface and html help files to refer to "email filtering" rather than "content filtering"
38. additional protections against corrupted Web Filter downloads

1. Works with XP Service Pack 2
2. Has Blue Coat interface [colors, icons, links].
3. Additional Blocks for Messenger Pops [UDP incoming ports 1025-1029 now blocked at Medium and higher firewall settings]
4. fixes problem starting detailed logs from windows GUI interface
5. drop/pass files per protocol, per extension
6. can scan additional ports for each scanned protocol
7. additional user choices for Spam-drop/redirect [SMTP only]
8. Platform Diagnostics
9. "find my name server" has been removed
10. winproxy will not ask website for arpexclusions file
11. POST field added to registration requests [fixes registration problems through some proxy servers]
12. shows correct version for antispam

KNOWN PROBLEMS:

1. [Intermittent] Runtime error R6025 briefly visible on WinProxy exit, seen on small minority of W2K machines. No known effects or side-effects result.

1. Include the fix for the starband bluescreen problem (formerly available only as a patch)
2. Increase robustness of ARP table and ARP handling
3. Modify "dont allow ping" to restrict only incoming ICMP echo requests

1. New option to add text "Scanned by WinProxy" at the end of SMTP emails.
2. Fixed bug where Antispam does not also update when users exclusively update Antivirus.
3. Fixed bug where Antispam appears to be active after it has expired.
4. Fixes made in Content Filtering Test page.
5. Fixed bug on rare cases where some viruses gets through Panda Antivirus on mail.
6. Fixes made to Antispam whitelist so it is no longer case sensitive.
7. Fixed bug where POP3 email gets corrupted if it is larger than the set value for Maximum File size passed without scanning.

1. Sophos' Antispam filtering feature available only when WinProxy Host machine is Windows 2000, XP or NT.
2. Enhanced Firewall to reveal true stealth.
3. Block ping requests coming from outside.
4. Additional Statistics added on WinProxy's main window.
5. Selectable logging formats.
6. Dedicated PC feature for enhanced performance.
7. Updated set of drivers (NAT version 108 and DNE version 2.21).
8. Fixed crash when Whitelist is enabled on Starband computers.
9. Ability to manually update AV, SF and Antispam separately.
10. Fixed bug where WinProxy was not saving registry information the first time.
11. Fixed FTP uploads failing when greater than 5megs.
12. WinProxy priority level is now set at Normal when running as a service on XP.
13. Further enhancement on antivirus updates.
14. Email header now adds "X-WinProxy-Antivirus-Message:" to know status of scan.

1. Users registering WinProxy after July 17, 2003 will receive a FREE 30 day subscription to Secure Computings SmartFilter control list.
2. Fixed minor virtual memory problem.
3. Fixed client IP address name resolution problem. Clients with static IP addresses or who have leased an IP from another server now shows their computer names under the connection view .
4. Large HTTP responses greater than 5k now parse properly.
5. Antivirus and smartfilter update enhanced.
6. WinProxy ignores HTTP request initiated by Windows XP file sharing.
7. Intermittent POP scan failure fixed.
8. Proxy cascading exceptions are now allowed.
9. Domain names are now allowed under "Cascaded Proxy IP".

1. Nat Mapped Ports. This new feature now preserves source IP addresses on incoming connections.
2. IP Discovery disable for dial-up connections. You can now disable WinProxy from reloading and checking for any new IP addresses immediately after dialing.
3. Content Filtering direction. Now offers filtering in "Outgoing", "Incoming" or both "Incoming and Outgoing" directions.
4. Content Filtering rule order change. This improvement makes content filtering more efficient.
5. Fixes Starband users with Mission Control going black.
6. Logging change. Logging will no longer show lines without information and will now show long URL form.
7. Nat reserved ports are decreased to a range of 10,000. This will lessen the chances of NAT functionality interfering with other programs using a conflicting range of ports.
8. DHCP improvement. More RFC compliant. It also fixes a potential DHCP problem when behind a proxy arp router.
9. Fixed PDF file caching and PDF web viewing.
10. Blacklist fixes. Blacklist will now be enforced on "Classic" FTP connections and Socks connections.
11. Fixes users getting "URL/ARP Exclusion" alerts.
12. Fixed mime bug for messages with empty body.
13. Fixed Panda archive file scanning. There was a problem scanning archive files larger than 300K.
14. Namelist.pxy fix. WinProxy will show computer names instead of IP addresses under the connection view based on the namelist.
15. Wording changes. "Current Downloads" now show as "Maintenance Downloads" in the home page for the web admin page, MAC Addresses changed to WinProxy MAC Addresses in the home page for the web admin page, "Allow" now shows as "Drop" in the antivirus web admin page.
16. Some crash fixes have been implemented.
17. The message box "You have selected WinProxy to run as a service..." now displays only once when "Run as a service" has been checked.

1. HTML Interface. Allows you to make changes to WinProxy from a client computer (otherwise known as remote administration). Basic IP configurations are not included in the remote interface.
2. AccessNow Lite. The forgiving IP machine. Allows even mis-configured clients to connect. We also call it the 'office laptop' feature. Bring your office laptop home and plug it in. You're online with no laptop configuration changes needed.
3. Content-Filtering. Kill Your Spam with our powerful rules-based content-filtering engine. Modify subject or body of any matching email so your downstream email programs know what to do with them.
4. Socks scanning. We have added Socks to the list of protocols that WinProxy can scan for viruses.
5. Stats page. New stats page in the html interface keeps you in the know about numbers of files handled and viruses found.
6. DNS browse and delete. Now you can see both your web cache and your DNS cache at any time.
7. Auto-disabled mapped ports. You can set a mapped port to disable itself after a chosen amount of time. No more waiting around to close those security holes.
8. Edit menu. We've moved some of the more-requested html and text files into the interface where you can edit them.
9. ARP exclusion table. Used in conjunction with AccessNow Lite, this allows you to exempt needed IP addresses from the AccessNow Lite ARP function (standard ARP activities continue).
10. ConnLog. Another way to get some serious logs from your WinProxy firewall.

1. Whitelist is now fixed.
2. Fixes the "Starband Mission Control goes Black" problem.
3. Fixed the original concept of "Proxy Cascading". It should now cascade properly when behind another proxy server.
4. New feature under the General tab "Verify Computer Names". Enabling this will make WinProxy perform a reverse name lookup for each client and will show their computer names in the connection view rather than their IP address.

1. Updated set of drivers (NAT version 0032.D and DNE version 2.20).
2. Fixed Bug where Mapped Ports did not perform logical loop checking in Port Ranges.
3. Fixed Bug with "Do not enforce site restrictions".
4. Fixed Bug with not being able to connect to internal HTTP / FTP server via "incoming proxy,"
5. Fixed Bug with POP mail checking via Classic Proxy.
6. Antivirus tab now shows Panda logo if it is using the Panda scan engine.
7. Fixed crash bug related to internal DNS subsystem: closing application while alert is being sent.
8. Scanning of emails should mostly now happen from memory only.
9. Download version now adds shortcuts of the .pdf manual and quickstart guide to the desktop.

1. Updated SmartFilter engine version (from 3.1.1 to 3.1.3).
2. Introduces the new Panda antivirus scan engine on top of the current scan engine.
3. The Default Eval AntiVirus scan engine changed from Trend to Panda. (AV subscriptions already registered under Trend engines will continue to be honored with Trend pattern file updates).
4. 'Panda' now shows in email alerts when Panda engine used.
5. Panda scan engine now handles the "Zip-Of-Death".
6. The proper Antivirus scan engine will download and reload itself on any registration change.
7. The Antivirus tab reports its current status more precisely
8. SMTP and POP alerts differentiated.
9. Fixed 'apple-com' problem (loosened http formatting rules yet again to allow mis-formatted web pages and URLs to work).
10. A "Welcome" page pops up on first-time registration.
11. Fixed incorrect timing of SmartFilter's 'time left' dialog box.
12. The Download progress indicator properly shows KB instead of Kb (KiloBytes instead of Kilobits).
13. SmartFilter version 2.x's 'Sex' category when enabled upgrades to SmartFilter ver. 3.x 'Sex' + 'Nude' + 'Mature' categories.
14. Fixed incoming SMTP virus scan.
15. The Alerts database is compacted.
16. Fixed bug with overlapping Tcp and Udp mapped port ranges.
17. Fixed bug with scanned zip files containing same file in multiple subfolders.
18. The Uninstaller is updated.
19. The Connection View now shows "RealOne" instead of "Real Audio".

1. New SmartFilter Engine. Uses Secure Computing’s latest SmartFilter Engine.
2. Users with basic Smartfilter subscriptions will now have 7 categories instead of 5.
3. New AntiVirus features. Users can add exceptions in dropping or to not scan files with defined extensions.
4. AntiVirus updates every hour to provide up to the minute virus protection.
5. Multi-threaded scan calls, so computer remains responsive to user during Antivirus scans
6. File-resume implemented for pattern-file updates
7. New progress indicator for pattern file downloads.
8. Enhanced recovery when SmartFilter control files are corrupted or cannot be loaded. It now attempts to download the full control list files.
9. Installer now detects ICS and warns user to remove ICS before installing WinProxy.
10. Enhanced MIME-encoded email parsing.
11. Faster POP3 handling.
12. HTTP 1.1 Optimization. Support for NTLM & Citrix authentication on port 80. Previously this only worked when WinProxy was set to NAT. Users would run into this problem when publishing with Front Page.
13. Enhanced IPSec VPN Support.
14. IP limited Mapped Ports. Access through Mapped Ports can now be restricted by source IP Address
15. Mapping range of ports. Instead of mapping ports 1 by 1 you can now create a range.
16. The Connection View now says "America Online" instead of "America On Line".
17. Enabled Forced Restart. Any changes to WinProxy settings will close all connection after 30 seconds and update its settings. This includes "Right Click" and selecting "Terminate All".

Removal of Windows XP error message upon WinProxy installation.

Corrected a problem in incoming mapped ports in 4.0R1e (violation if proxy and destination ports the same).

Added support for DirecPC, on all platforms (tested on W98/Me, W2k already worked, and DirecPC does not support NT). WinProxy should be installed *after* DirecPC for the fix to work; recommended that you have the latest DirecPC drivers and a working DirecPC connection before WinProxy installation.

Fixed a bug that truncates some email messages with a specific character sequence and position.
WinProxy for StarBand - Recognizes the new StarBand 360 and NettGain 2000 during installation.
Released: June 19, 2001

Minor bug fixes
Released: May 17, 2001

WinProxy release: 4.0R1a
NAT release: 2.02
DNE release: 2.05
Released: May 1, 2001

NEW FEATURES

1. Alerting
2. User Time Restrictions
3. SMTP Virus Scan
4. Outgoing SMTP Virus Scan
5. StarBand optimization.
6. StarBand Install Wizard
7. Provision to reset IP addresses for PPPoE connections after WinProxy has started.
8. Additional fields and functionality in registration form.
9. Change temp directory scanning file extensions to prevent Norton AV from 'hijacking' infected files.
10. Added 'drop-back' functionality to Uninstaller.
11. Added improved Auto-installer to CD-ROM build
12. Added 'F1' functionality to Help files.
13. Email mime-type information used to increase anti-virus scan effectiveness.
14. VPN client packet pass-through, including IPSEC protocol.

Bug fixes from WinProxy 3.0

1. Improved Gateway detection on external network connection.
2. Connections to IP addresses with no associated name have been sped up.

1. Fixes some problems with PPPOE connections.
2. Repairs StarBand 180 and 360 box connectivity issues.

1. 3.0R1q has an updated set of drivers (NAT version 1.15, DNE version 2.04). These drivers contain a fix for the Mini-Port problem. New users will not get the Mini-Port problem (multiple instances of 'mini-port' showing up in the network settings).
2. The new drivers should also repair an existing mini-port problem. A user who currently has the mini-port problem is encouraged to upgrade to this version.
3. Flash Acceleration settings have been moved from registry-based entry to a position in the GUI.

WinProxy version 3.0R1p addresses some earlier problems with connectivity through StarBand's satellite system and their acceleration software.

WinProxy 3.0R1o should always replace version 3.0n or 3.0m (version previous to M do not have this issue). It was changed to update web page handling and viewing in circumstances where web pages would not display properly.

WinProxy 3.0R1n is identical to 3.0R1m *except* that 'n' has newer DNE drivers. These DNE drivers (the low-level network drivers) have the same internal version numbers in WinProxy versions 'k', 'm', and 'n', and you will need to follow special procedures to ensure that you have the very latest drivers if that is important to your installation.

This version of WinProxy has a more recent set of DNE drivers than does WinProxy 3.0R1k (the previous release). This set of drivers fixes two problems:

1. K_Mode exception error on some NT machines, and
2. Failure to load Transparent Proxy on some Windows 2000 machines. The drivers in both 3.0R1k and 3.0R1m carry the same version number, so if you are upgrading from 'k' to 'm' specifically to fix one of these problems you'll need to take special care that you get the newer drivers. Upgrading to 'm' from an earlier version than 'k' will not require any special action to ensure that the drivers are updated.

1. Support for operation under Windows 2000 and Windows Millenium has been added.  WinProxy will work on Windows 95, 98, 98SE, NT4, 2000, and Me.
2. Feature names are now shortened in WinProxy's lower feature bar.  'BB' instead of BannerBlocker, for instance.  This is simply to make it easier to see all of the enabled features.  'Firewall' and 'Cache' are still spelled out in full.
3. Terminate ALL connections, as a right-click option.  Hi-lite a connection in ConnectionView, and right-click.  One option - 'Terminate' - has been there for a while, and allows you to immediately terminate that connection.  The new option 'Terminate ALL' will terminate all current connections immediately.  (WinProxy will not update settings while there is an active connection.  On a busy day, it can be impossible to 'terminate' the current connections fast enough to get a new setting to take.  This new option will do the trick.)
4. Routing table changes available for all connection types (not just for dialing).  WinProxy can make routing table additions for you, no matter what kind of Internet connection you have.  You can add these under File-Settings-General-DialUpSetup-RoutingScript, or under File-AdvancedSettings-ClientAccessMethod-ConfigureRoutes.
5. Updated route table algorithm for NAT.  The routing table and rules used in NAT only operations will match that used in Transparent and Classic Proxy to make IP trouble-shooting easier.
6. Updated External Gateway detection.  WinProxy will perform an automated test to find and use an external gateway address.
7. Cache search updated.  WinProxy employs a faster, more efficient method to find and return files from its cache of web documents.
8. Auto-updates virus scan engine.  WinProxy 3 has always updated virus data files on a daily basis for users who have subscribed to the Antivirus module.  Now, if a scan engine update is also required to catch that latest virus, it will be done automatically.
9. Checks more often for new anti-virus and smartfilter updates (every three hours instead of once a day).
10. Faster internal name resolution.  WinProxy has to know the names and addresses of the computers on your local network.  The method to find or confirm local names has been optimized to help make your connections as quickly as possible.
11. Supports AOL5 dialing.  Users who have AOL as their ISP are expected to use an AOL browser to connect.  WinProxy will use AOL's dial adapter to connect and disconnect for you; this release supports both AOL4 and AOL5.
12. Checks server for updated DNS default numbers on first connection.  WinProxy will use some default DNS numbers to help you get connected as quickly as possible even if you don't yet know what DNS means.  After initial installation and on your first connection to the Internet through WinProxy, WinProxy will check for a newer set of default DNS numbers and use them instead.  We still recommend that you configure WinProxy with your ISP's DNS addresses for best response, and to follow proper 'netiquette'.
13. DNE version displayed in About box.  We use Deterministic Network drivers to help provide Transparent Proxy and NAT; WinProxy will now display the version number in its About box.
14. NAT version displayed in About box even when it fails to load.  The NAT driver is another piece required for Transparent Proxy and NAT operation.  WinProxy has been displaying this number after the drivers load; starting in this release, it will report the version number whether the NAT driver has loaded or not.
15. 'Flush DNS Cache' now marks DNS entries as 'old' instead of removing them; marked entries are checked before use.  WinProxy maintains its own local cache of DNS lookups.  In 'the old days' we would allow the user to toss out the whole list; now as DNS and Transparent Proxy and maintaining a local network has become more complex a total flush can cause more problems than it solves.  This is a kinder, gentler way to have the DNS cache do your bidding.
16. When a DNS entry fails once, it is marked 'old'; entries older than 24 hours are also marked.  Any entry marked 'old' is checked before use.  More and more ISP's are playing fast and loose with mail and news server IP addresses; this helps ensure that the user won't even notice when the ISP changes those addresses.
17. FakeNameList file (the one that keeps track of those funny '1.0.0.x' IP addresses) now has an automatic entry for proxy.command.  Under certain circumstances, a user could lose access to administrative functions via http://proxy.command (it was an IP addressing issue).  This helps ensure that users won't lose that access.
18. RAS changes take effect within one minute, instead of several minutes later.  Changes to dialing, such as the allowed time period to dial, used to take effect only after several minutes.  These changes will now take effect within one minute of changing the setting.
19. 'Auto-user' feature that automatically added potential user groups has been removed (didn't work that well, and nobody much liked it when it did).  WinProxy 3 had been adding user groups (based upon dhcp) as a helpful little gesture to get folks started on filling out user groups.  No longer.
20. Changed IP survey to an ARP survey (WinProxy automatically checks all available internal addresses after every settings update to avoid DHCP surprises).  The ARP survey is less obtrusive and faster.  WinProxy will send out an ARP request to every possible address on the local network to keep straight what addresses are in use, and which are not.  WinProxy's DHCP - and this ARP survey - are limited to a class C address space.
21. Transparent Proxy port can be changed to a different port with a registry setting.  In rare cases, the default Tproxy port (29000) is needed by other programs that are not easily configured - in particular, client programs that *send* to that as a destination port.  Adding a registry key "TProxyPort" with the port number will change WinProxy's transparent proxy port.
22. Transparent Proxy port (29000) automatically changes to a new value when port 29000 is not available.  If port 29000 is already in use by another program, WinProxy will automatically change to another port, and then continue using the new port on subsequent use.
23. Namelist is checked much more often for changes  (within seconds, usually).  The file Namelist.pxy, accessed through File-Settings-Protocols-DNS-"edit namelist", is used by WinProxy's DNS and DHCP servers to preferentially assign addresses.  WinProxy will check this file every few seconds for changes, and implement them as soon as possible (implementation may not be immediate if there are conflicting DHCP leases, for instance).
24. About box has a button to initiate re-installation of Transparent Proxy if it has failed to load.  If you click on this box, WinProxy will begin a test and reinstallation of the Transparent Proxy drivers.  It will probably take two reboots to complete the sequence.  The box will not be visible if the drivers have successfully loaded.
25. Better reporting of connections blocked by restrictions (who made the request and why it was denied) in the Activity Log.  This includes connections blocked by user restrictions, site filter, blacklist, and whitelist.
26. New registry entry for 'service is started'; shows value of Windows time ticker when service was started.
27. Better enforcement of user restrictions.  We closed a couple more loopholes where client browsers using socks could evade restrictions.
28. Query parameters are suppressed in ConnectionView display.  In some circumstances, it was possible to view user's passwords on the WinProxy screen.  We now suppress all query parameters from the main WinProxy window.
29. 3.0k Installer finds existing 3.0 dat files, and copies them to the new directory.  If you install to a different directory, WinProxy will find and import the data files from your previous installation.  This will include dns, dhcp, user group, mapped port, filter, and restriction files.
30. Uninstaller removes itself and the 3.0 folder.  We didn't use to.
31. 3.0k Installer modifies the previous 3.0 Uninstaller if it is in a different directory.  (once 3.0k is running, correct way to remove previous 3.0 versions not overwritten by the subsequent 3.0k installation is to delete the other 3.0 directory).
32. Installer puts a shortcut to 'How to Set up a LAN' guide on the users desktop.
33. Browser 'refresh' has been updated to recognize the formatting change in newer browsers (means it works correctly now on newer browser versions as well as the older ones).
34. PPPoE.  This isn't a bug fix, but it deserves mention since its been a big problem.  Early problems with PPPoE have now largely disappeared.  No changes have been made in WinProxy; all changes have been a part of third-party PPPoE software upgrades and fixes.
35. W98 Sleep.  TCP/IP entries no longer vanish when W98 goes into sleep mode.
36. SMTP dial.  SMTP, POP, and telnet connections would fail when they were the connection initiating a dial-up (WinProxy would continue to dial, and the second cllient connection would succeed).  This has been fixed, and the first client connection attempt will now work.
37. Blank lines in site restrictions.  A blank line in any of the site restrictions (BannerBlocker, Blacklist, Whitelist) would be interpreted as an "all" with horrific results.  Most of these blank lines were inadvertant (caused by such things as abandoning an editing session).  Blank lines are now mercilessly removed and will not affect site restrictions.
38. First dial after hours no longer succeeds.  Used to be, with both dial and user time restrictions enabled, the very first dial attempt after user times passed would succeed.  No longer.
39. App Path entry in the registry is now updated all the time to avoid problems with multiple versions of WinProxy installed in multiple directories, and a problem that occurred in conjuntion with the 'run' problem (below) which could start the wrong, old copy of WinProxy when it was set to start automatically and App Path got out of kilter and still pointed to the old version.
40. 'Run' entry in the registry is now checked every time WinProxy runs, and removed if it doesn't apply.
41. Abandoned new filter edit no longer leaves a new filter with zero rules.
42. Deleted filters are now marked (they will no longer return, a previous problem in certain circumstances).
43. System clock set to a future date will not break the automatic update of  new anti-virus and smartfilter files.  Used to be, if your system clock showed a date in the future, it would decide that you didn't need the update yet.  Now you'll get it anyway.
44. New default DNS numbers have been incorporated in the install.  The previous default numbers were no longer 'pointing' to working DNS servers.

1. Specific to W2000 and Me:
   1. W2000 allows you to change IP addresses without a reboot.  WinProxy does not see these changes, and needs to be stopped and restarted to know about the change.
   2. W2000 has cute little taskbar icons to tell you when your NIC isn't connected to the network, and also makes some internal changes to disable the card....upshot is, when your W2000 NIC is unplugged, WinProxy can't find it.
   3. Windows Millenium has the potential for a similar problem.  If you check the option 'detect connection to network media' in the Me TCP properties dialog box, it will act pretty much like W2000, above. 

2. Other:
   1. client ftp / whitelist problem is still there.  (clients can't connect via ftp when whitelist is enabled, even if they are individually excluded from site restrictions).
   2. ftp from WinProxy machine will connect, but fail on ls or download (still).
   3. system date with year of 2038 or higher will crash WinProxy (still).
   4. Blabby incoming ports. Connection attempts to incoming mapped ports will reveal the customers port name (meaning, it will report the name of the port which has been put into the 'Mapped Port Name' field; this field is only for convenience and readability and does not affect the function), which may be a security