Editing WinGate (section)

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{{Infobox software
| name                   = WinGate 9
| screenshot             = 
| caption                = WinGate 9 management console
| developer              = Qbik New Zealand Limited
| released               = {{start date|1995|10|5|df=yes}}
| latest release version = 9.4.5<ref name="CurrentVersion"/>
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|2022|10|28|df=yes}}<ref name="CurrentVersion"/>
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date    =
| operating system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| platform               = [[x64]]
| genre                  = [[Proxy server]]{{Clear}}[[Router (computing)|Router]]{{Clear}}[[Firewall (networking)|Firewall]]{{Clear}}[[Antivirus program]]{{Clear}}[[Virtual private network|VPN Server]]{{Clear}}[[Web cache]]{{Clear}}[[Mail Server]]
| language               = English, Japanese, Russian
| license                = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[commercial software]], free for 10 users
| website                = {{URL|https://www.wingate.com/}}
}}

'''WinGate''' is an integrated multi-protocol [[proxy server]], [[email server]] and [[internet gateway]] from Qbik New Zealand Limited in [[Auckland]].  It was first released in October 1995, and began as a re-write of SocketSet, a product that had been previously released in [[prototype]] form by Adrien de Croy.

WinGate proved popular, and by the mid- to late 1990s, WinGate was used in homes and small businesses that needed to share a single Internet connection between multiple networked computers. The introduction of [[Internet Connection Sharing]] in [[Windows 98]], combined with increasing availability of cheap NAT-enabled routers, forced WinGate to evolve to provide more than just internet connection sharing features.  Today, focus for WinGate is primarily access control, email server, caching, reporting, bandwidth management and content filtering.

WinGate comes in three versions, Standard, Professional and Enterprise.  The Enterprise edition also provides an easily configured [[virtual private network]] system, which is also available separately as WinGate VPN.  Licensing is based on the number of concurrently connected users, and a range of license sizes are available.  Multiple licenses can also be aggregated.<ref>{{Cite web|title=WinGate Overview|url=https://www.lansweeper.com/brand/wingate/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=[[Lansweeper]] {{!}} IT Discovery Software|language=en-US}}</ref>

The current version of WinGate is version 9.4.5, released in October 2022.<ref name="CurrentVersion"/>