DMZ Gateway®

Globalscape DMZ Gateway® for EFT secures transfers across firewall boundaries without opening inbound ports in the firewall. DMZ Gateway does not store or process data. It acts as a liaison between external connections and your internal network, ensuring that your data remains safe behind the firewall for EFT to store and process. Using a two-way connection originating inside EFT, the DMZ Gateway acts as a communication proxy that replaces inherently insecure inbound connections from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to your network.

Learn more about Globalscape DMZ Gateway by visiting https://www.globalscape.com/managed-file-transfer/dmz-gateway.

March 2022

Version 3.5.0.35

March 18, 2022

Updates

  • Updated Log4j to v2.17 (TFS 383247)

  • Updated DMZ graphics to include HelpSystems branding (TFS 383503)

March 2020

Version 3.5.0.23

March 18, 2020

Updates

  • Updated build with EFT v8.0.2-compatible DEI library

  • Extended Accelerate module trial to August 2020

February 2020

Version 3.5.0.21

February 13, 2020

Updates

  • Updated JDK to v8u202

March 2016

Version 3.4

March 24, 2016

New Features

  • Added support for EFT Accelerate Module

December 2014

Version 3.3.1

December 08, 2014

New Features

  • Added the Business Activity Monitor (BAM) application as a recognized server type

Enhancements

  • Upgraded the Java Service Wrapper to Version 3.5.19. This version includes an automatic deadlock detection/restart feature

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the DMZ Gateway Server would fail to start due to encountering a network interface with an invalid configuration. This has only been seen when the Dell Remote Access driver (RACPORT) is present on the system

  • Fixed an issue where a deadlock could occur when a Site disconnected and reconnected before the DMZ Gateway Server had disconnected and cleaned up the original Site. This issue appears to be very timing- specific and to date has only been seen in one environment

  • Fixed an issue where IPv6 would become disabled when running against future releases of recognized servers when their major version number increased

  • Desupported Windows Server 2003

February 2013

Version 3.3

February 15, 2013

New Features

  • Added support for IPv6 addressing when operating with Mail Express Server version 3.3 and later

  • Added support for Unicode strings in the log files and xml-based configuration files

  • Added support for Unicode strings in communications with EFT Server 6.5 and later

Enhancements

  • Changed installer so that it now ensures the DMZ Gateway Administration Interface is not running prior to making modifications

  • Upgraded the embedded Java Runtime Environment to Version 1.7.0_09

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that prevented binding to interfaces if IPv4 or IPv6 support was disabled in the operating system

  • Fixed an issue that would cause large delays in connection processing if a port mode connection was attempted through the DMZ Gateway and outbound connections were blocked by a firewall

  • Fixed minor user interface issues in the DMZ Gateway Administration Interface

December 2011

Version 3.2

December 07, 2011

New Features

  • Added support for IPv6

  • Added minor usability features in the Windows installers

Enhancements

  • Upgraded various third-party libraries to the most recent versions

  • Upgraded the embedded Java Runtime Environment to Version 1.7.0

Fixes

  • Fixed minor user interface issues in the DMZ Gateway Administration Interface

  • Fixed an intermittent issue that would cause PORT mode to fail when the DMZ Gateway was running on Linux-based operating systems

  • Fixed an issue where client logins would time out when no banner was defined within an EFT Server Site

March 2011

Version 3.1

March 22, 2011

New Features

  • Added support for v6.3 EFT Server's enhanced IP Access Rule functionality

  • Added ability for DMZ Gateway to support compressed messages sent from EFT Server

  • Added support for client connections from IP addresses that don't have a co-resident Server

Enhancements

  • Incorporated complete Mail Express support

  • Enhanced installer to provide upgrade option for v3.0.x installations

  • Changed the default maximum number of network access policy exceptions from 100 to 1,000 to match EFT Server requirements

Fixes

  • Fixed rare timing-based error related to handling transitions between PNC and Active/Passive connections

  • Fixed listener port management for PASV connections that never connect

  • Fixed randomization of PASV ports assignments

  • Fixed issue where Network Timing may adversely affect system's ability to service connections

  • Fixed connections issues when significant configuration data was passed between GUI and Server

  • Fixed message processing issue that occurred under certain network environments

  • Fixed issue in DMZ Gateway's management of invalid SOCKS5 client connections

  • Added support for client connections from IP addresses that don't have a co-resident Server

  • Changed some ERROR logs to DEBUG as they were not Application Errors

  • Fixed a problem with regular Java errors appearing in Event viewer logs

April 2010

Version 3.0.1

April 05, 2010

Fixes

  • Fixed a problem where EFT Server Denial of Service updates could block legitimate client connection attempts

  • Fixed a resource leak that appears under some environments leading to resource exhaustion

March 2010

Version 3.0

March 01, 2010

New Features

  • Added ability to install DMZ Gateway on Unix, Linux, and Solaris operating systems (in addition to Windows). Available on both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.

  • Added more functionality to DMZ Gateway's interface to accommodate multiple profiles and extended communication information

  • Added ability to connect up to 15 EFT Server Sites simultaneously (with multi-site license)

  • Added automatic propagation of IP address access policy changes to DMZ Gateway when the policy is modified in EFT Server, whether in the interface or by the auto-ban logic

  • DMZ and EFT Server have been hardened to withstand attack from several Denial of Service (DoS) attack tools

Enhancements

  • Centralized DMZ licensing to EFT Server to simplify DMZ installation and licensing

  • Improved and expanded DMZ Gateway logging

Fixes

  • Fixed a problem where EFT Server Denial of Service updates could block legitimate client connection attempts

  • Fixed a resource leak that appears under some environments leading to resource exhaustion

November 2010

Version 2.0

November 11, 2010

New Features

  • Added support in the installer wizard to install EFT Server and DMZ Server in a cluster

  • Added - DMZ Gateway Enterprise - allows multiple EFT Servers to connect to the gateway (with multi-site license)

  • DMZ Single Site now accepts the queued EFT Server connection when the active connection ends

  • Added automatic propagation of IP address access policy changes to DMZ Gateway when the policy is modified in EFT Server, whether in the interface or by the auto-ban logic

  • DMZ and EFT Server have been hardened to withstand attack from several Denial of Service (DoS) attack tools

Enhancements

  • Enhanced EFT Server Enterprise installer to provide both the Single Site and Multi-Site DMZ Gateway sub-installers

Fixes

  • Fixed issue that occurred when two EFT Servers used same IP/port

  • Fixed issue where Multisite DMZ used the wrong interface when doing outbound transfers

  • Fixed issue where Multisite DMZ used the wrong interface when attempting to connect using PASV mode

June 2006

Version 1.2

June 27, 2006

Fixes

  • Corrected a problem with settings not being applied until a service restart occurred

  • Corrected a stability problem that occurred under certain high traffic conditions

May 2006

Version 1.1

May 25, 2006

Fixes

  • Corrected "Register on Web" button in EFT DMZ Gateway as it wasn't launching the registration web page

  • Corrected listing issue with NLST (ls) being unable to produce a directory listing when connecting via PORT mode over the DMZ Gateway

  • Corrected a thread dead-lock in the DMZ Gateway that would manifest itself under certain conditions

  • Corrected a display issue in the DMZ Gateway where it was showing a negative number of active connections

January 2006

Version 1.0.9

January 11, 2006

Fixes

  • Corrected an issue with the Help About -> Registration information being lost upon reboot of the DMZ Gateway server

  • Corrected crashing defect with DMZ Gateway server when stopping the service while transferring data

Version 1.0.8

January 10, 2006

Fixes

  • Corrected active mode FTP connections to bind to command channel port – 1

December 2005

Version 1.0.7

December 20, 2005

Fixes

  • Corrected issue with ports closing properly when connection is closed

Version 1.0.6

December 09, 2005

New Features

  • Added pong response to EFT Server ping message sent to DMZ Gateway Server to keep Peer Notification Channel alive

Fixes

  • Fixed issue where DMZ Gateway server incorrectly fragmented FTP responses to client

November 2005

Version 1.0.5

November 09, 2005

Fixes

  • Improved GUI when started in a Remote Desktop/Terminal Services instance

  • Corrected error in PASSIVE mode transfers to EFT Server when "Block Site to Site Transfers" was on

Version 1.0.4

September 23, 2005

Fixes

  • Corrected issue to honor PASV Mode Port Range values set in the peer EFT server.

Version 1.0.3

September 06, 2005

Fixes

  • Implemented "keep alive" message between EFT Server and Gateway to avoid network devices closing the peer notification channel because it is inactive.

Version 1.0

July 06, 2005

Initial release of DMZ Gateway®, as part of EFT Server. (Later released as a separate product with its own installer.)

New Features

  • Added support for GlobalSCAPE Enhanced File Transfer product for secure transactions across firewall boundaries with no inbound holes in firewall required

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