IPSecuritas Changelog

What's new in IPSecuritas 4.9

Jan 27, 2020
  • Support for macOS Mojave
  • Dark mode support
  • Optimizations in BSD layer

New in IPSecuritas 4.8 Beta (Nov 30, 2017)

  • Added High Sierra support.

New in IPSecuritas 4.7 (Nov 30, 2017)

  • Runs now in Virtual Machines
  • Removed some legacy code for older OS X versions

New in IPSecuritas 4.6.1 (Sep 24, 2016)

  • Bug fix for El Capitan: terminating background daemon does not cause a kernel panic anymore

New in IPSecuritas 4.5 (Jan 15, 2015)

  • Support for Mac OS 10.10 (Yosemite)
  • Removed 512-bit key size in certification request sheet (key size not considered secure anymore)
  • Bug fix: authentication of more than one connection works now
  • Bug fix: importing private keys PEM files works now
  • Bug fix: kernel extension does not leak memory anymore when unloading
  • Various small/cosmetic bug fixes

New in IPSecuritas 4.0 RC 1 (Jul 22, 2013)

  • Support for Mac OS 10.7 (Lion), 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and 10.9 (Mavericks)
  • Major overhaul to properly support the new system architecture of MacOS Lion and later
  • All applications are now 64-bit capable (32-bit versions removed)
  • All executables are signed for compliance with Gatekeeper
  • Retina Display support
  • Improved connection performance
  • More integrated support for Office Mode (MODE_CFG), replaced MODE_CFG option with endpoint mode 'Auto'.
  • More information in statistics window (RTT time, encryption and authentication method and key size)
  • Implemented automatic IPSec before system sleep
  • Improved 'Smart Environment Detection'
  • More connection templates
  • New log window and log export. Exported log now contains relevant system and network information simplify support.
  • Bug fixes:
  • DNS race condition fixed (sometimes, split DNS configuration did not work correctly).
  • Statistics were sometimes empty
  • Process hangs
  • Proper cleanup of DNS settings in case of unexpected quit while a connection was active
  • More minor bug fixes.

New in IPSecuritas 3.5 Beta 2 (Sep 15, 2011)

  • Support for Mac OS 10.7 (Lion)
  • The user is no longer bugged about installing the Dashboard Widget once she denied it once. Later installation is possible through the menu
  • New Widget look
  • New connection templates
  • Improved error messages of uninstaller
  • User manual corrections
  • Bug fixes

New in IPSecuritas 3.4 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • General 10.6 optimizations
  • Enabled NAT-T by default in the Fritz!Box wizard template
  • Wizard Template for McAfee Firewalls
  • Wizard Template for OpenBSD 4.6
  • Wizard Template for Symantec Gateway Security 300 Series
  • Fix for a kernel bug in 64-bit mode
  • Fixed a bug related to MTU reduction occasionally not working correctly
  • Fixed the version information display in the about window

New in IPSecuritas 3.3 (Jul 6, 2009)

  • Added Sparkle.framework for automatic software updates of IPSecuritas (MacOS 10.4 and higher only).
  • Added connection warning and error indication to menu bar item icon.
  • Added a traffic graph to the statistics window.
  • Dashboard Widget is now installed automatically when IPSecuritas is first run.
  • Visually vamped up Dashboard Widget.
  • Updated User Manual.
  • Added new HOWTO descriptions and updated others.
  • Bug fixes: Fixed a problem with traffic statistics that could lead to a crash of the daemon.