We are pleased to announce the availability of PortRemoter v2.0 for Windows and Linux.

PortRemoter is a software-based TCP/IP port forwarder and network monitoring service. The software accepts connections on a particular TCP port, and establishes connections to a different TCP port to fulfill requests. Administrative web interface allows the monitoring of connection and data transfer statistics.

Some of the new PortRemoter 2.0 features include:

• Added support for HTTPS to the build-in Administrator web server.
• Added the "Max Connections per IP Address" property to limit the number of allowable active connections for a single IP address.
• Added support for load balancing distributes the processing over a set of servers.
• Added support for virtual hosting that allows a single server port to host multiple domains.
• Added the ability to control the number of worker threads used to transfer data.
• Changed the PortRemoter service so it runs as "Local Service" (Windows).
• Added the optional capability to integrate with systemd (Linux).
• Added a collection of new features when two or more instances of PortRemoter communicate with each other:
  
  
  • Server-side ports can be shared to reach a collection of destination servers.
  • Shared server-side ports can automatically match the product features of the client.
  • Classic Deflate (ZIP), fast LZ4 or tunable Zstandard data compression can reduce data transfer sizes.
  • Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), ChaCha20/Poly1305 or XChaCha20/Poly1305 encryption for safe communication.
  • Data transfers can be verified correct with a cryptographic hash function.
  • Additional logging for invalid data received during paired mode operations.
  • Additional product statistics provide metrics on the paired mode operations.
• Added the new Application Settings that allows the customization of various global application options.
• Added the new Storage Locations page that helps locate where all application settings and logs files are stored.

A free trial download of either product is available for all users.