QuickVPN Client v1.1.00 Release Note

2/05/2007

1. To enhance the security of QuickVPN, this release of QuickVPN client will verify whether the SSL certificate presented by the remote QuickVPN server is trustable. Currently the client only trusts the certificates that are present in the installation directory of the QuickVPN client. Users of QuickVPN client need to get the certificate of the QuickVPN router from the administrator and store it in the QuickVPN client installation directory, e.g. C:\Program Files\Linksys\Linksys VPN Client\. This way the QuickVPN client will not be deceived by a hacker in the middle and connect to a hostile computer. With QuickVPN client v1.1.00, when the client encounters a certificate that is not trusted, the client will pop up an warning message, suggesting the user quit the connection attempt. For backward compatibility with older QuickVPN servers, users are allowed to choose not to quit the connection attempt and establish a tunnel.   

2. Added a configurable port for QuickVPN client to connect with the remote QuickVPN server. The port is defaulted to Auto, in which mode the QuickVPN client will try to connect to the remote QuickVPN server using port 443. If not successful, the client will change to port 60443. This could happen when the remote QuickVPN server has enabled port forwarding on port 443, or when the remote QuickVPN server does not use port 443 for QuickVPN, e.g. WRV200.

