What’s new in GFI Exinda AI
Version 7.6.4
Released: July 8, 2026
Fixes
- Improved performance: Resolved a slowdown introduced by a recent update to the deep packet inspection engine (Ipoque PACE2) by rolling it back to a known-stable release. Affected systems should return to normal throughput.
- Fixed incorrect NIC display in case Exinda has unsupported NIC installed.
- Stability fixes: Improved JSON parsing and clearer error output.
Features
- Enhanced support of Exinda 10065 and 12065 appliances.
Downloads and Upgrades:
For product downloads and information about upgrading GFI Exinda NetworkOrchestrator, visit the GFI Upgrade Center.
If you have additional queries about these changes, please do not hesitate to contact us or an authorized GFI Partner directly.
Version 7.6.3
Released: October 17, 2025
Improved
- Improved security configuration to only allow secure certificate generation and TLS1.2+.
- Improved the default SNMP configuration to enhance security.
- Upgrades Application database
Fixed
- Exinda AI EULA window always pops up when using GFI AppManager.
- Printing GeoIP statistics generates a blank page.
- Fixed AppManager issue where SNMP v3 Admin User defaults do not match Exinda Admin UI
Version 7.6.1
Released: August 13, 2025
New
- AppManager Control
- Added full policy creation and management capabilities
- Implemented optimizer circuit and virtual circuit management with bandwidth allocation controls
- Added optimizer community management for distributed optimization across multiple appliances
- Implemented optimizer policies management for traffic shaping and QoS configuration
- Added authentication management interface with support for Local, LDAP, RADIUS, and TACACS+ methods
- GeoIP Recognition
- Country identification by IP address with MaxMind GeoIP integration
- Automatic geographic mapping of all processed traffic
- Regional traffic analytics and reporting
- AI Capabilities
- AI Wizard integration, enabling natural language CLI command generation for network configuration
- AI Advisor integration providing intelligent network optimization recommendations
- Visibility and Compliance
- HTTPS URL tracking using SNI extraction for enhanced web traffic visibility
- EULA telemetry tracking for compliance and audit trails
Improved
- Streamlined AppManager integration for seamless management of Exinda deployments
- Enhanced authentication framework supporting multiple simultaneous methods
- Optimizer performance enhancements for high-traffic environments
- Updated security certificates
- Enhanced brute force protection mechanisms
- Strengthened SNMP v3 enforcement options
Fixed
- Resolved AppManager license registration issues
- Corrected DNS resolution edge cases
- Fixed optimizer policy priority handling
- Addressed memory optimization in high-load scenarios
Version 7.6
Released: April 7, 2025
- New
- Application classification engine update with new application signatures.
- Exinda AI adviser analyzes traffic and recommends optimal configuration changes to the user.
- DNS resolution for Device host names
- Improved
- Exinda AD connector warning about unsupported OS when running on Windows Server 2012R2, 2016 or 2019 has been fixed.
- Realtime monitor now correctly highlights discarded connections to indicate to the user that a traffic-blocking policy is in effect.
- Security Enhancements
- OpenSSH upgraded to version 9.9p1 for improved security.
- It is now possible to disable outdated SNMP versions and only allow SNMP v3 connections.
- Exinda now supports lockout after a configurable number of failed logins for improved security against brute force password-guessing attacks.
- Fixed
- Fixed an issue registering licenses via GFI AppManager (Clearview)
Version 7.5.7
Released: January 31, 2025
GFI AppManager Integration:
- AppManager support was added to Exinda via GFI Clearview.
Bugfixes:
- A bug was fixed where data could get corrupted when exindas were operating in High Availability mode, causing garbled records to appear in charts and reports.
Security Enhancements:
- Extra hardening against brute-force password-guessing attacks on the UI frontend.
- Dependencies updated to the latest versions.
General Enhancements:
- Added support for new Exinda hardware models 10065 and 12065
Version 7.5.6
Released: June 18, 2024
New:
- Application classification engine update with 86 new application signatures
- Support for the new Exinda 8065 hardware device
- UEFI Bios support
- LACP – New CLI switch added to avoid bandwidth splitting at the circuit level
Fixed:
- More accurate display of allowed features on the license pages
Version 7.5.5
Released: December 19, 2023
New:
- Application classification engine update with 214 new application signatures
- Support for the new Exinda 4065 hardware device
Improved:
- Reducing the number of ‘unclassified’ applications being identified within Exinda as of the 7.4.4 release
- UI branding update
Fixed:
- Clustered crashes when creating/editing an application object on the master node
Version 7.5.4
Released: April 25, 2023
New:
Fix:
The session is no longer valid, and only a reboot fixes it.
Version 7.5.3
Released: December 20, 2022
Vulnerability fix:
Fixed critical vulnerabilities in cryptographic algorithms
Replaced insecure cipher suites
New:
Application recognition engine update with 118 new signatures
Fix:
HTTPS Edge Cache not working on sites with HSTS enabled on the server
Optimizer UI is showing the source filter Empty, but in the config the filter is enabled in the backend
Version 7.5.2
Released: September 8, 2022
New:
Application recognition engine update
Version 7.5.1
Released: February 22, 2022
New:
Major application database update with 600+ new application signatures and 22 new application groups
Fixes:
Fixed issue with policy name not displaying when matched by traffic in Exinda HA configuration
Fixed stability issue when there is an insufficient amount of free RAM
Version 7.5
Released: May 4, 2021
Core Security Technology Updates:
Upgraded Apache to version 2.4.41
Upgraded OpenSSL to v1.1.1d
Upgraded OpenSSH to v8.0 (SSHv1 also made deprecated)
Updated squid to support new OpenSSL
Upgraded small management utilities like: ipmitool, wget, nslookup, nsupdate, dig, host, racoon, saslauthd …
Added HTTP Security Headers
Fixes:
Handle network objects correctly with ampersand in the name
Do not allow more than one job to be run export tasks at the same time
Properly escape password export message during config export
Monitord shall not crash when connection to SQL server times out
Eliminating Binding not consumed warning + Couldn’t load dynamic library from path error from logs
Version 7.4.13
Released: May 28, 2020
New:
Updated Classification Engine
New detected application/protocols
Improvements in multi-core CPU on Virtual Exinda with Acceleration (should be enabled via config)
Fixes:
Fixed Skype for Business (Video and Audio) Classification
Show link-state CLI command does not show if link-state is enabled or not
Exinda AD Connector not able to connect to Exinda after TLS 1.0 is disabled
Edge Cache command warning: No command structure registered
AAA ASCII authentication not working
PE2G6BPI35-SD-R NIC not recognized by Exinda
Uploading config to an SFTP server failing
Version 7.4.12
Released: December 18, 2019
New:
Reduced CPU utilization in accelerated clusters
Support for 40Gbps Network Card
Monitor Realtime – 1 Second refresh rate
Fixes:
Disabling cluster sync acceleration does not show in configuration
iPerf execution from WebUI is not retained when moving away from the tab
Disable RC4 on port 8015 and 443
iPerf not stopped by CLI command: no iperf
Realtime pages can be printed if No Refresh is specified for Auto-Refresh Rate
Version 7.4.11
Released: October 4, 2019
New:
New 8064 hardware platform
UI improvements to support a large number of policies
Hostname and Version number added to the login page
Fixes:
The appliance cannot connect to EMC via HTTP Proxy with basic authentication
TCL error when generating report after upgrade from 7.4.8 to 7.4.10
Disable weak SSH algorithms on Exinda
Security scan potential vulnerability – cookie does not contain secure attribute
Multicast traffic showing more than the actual bandwidth on Realtime
Detailed Subnet graphs not showing the same amount of data
Version 7.4.10
Released: April 1, 2019
New:
ipoque update
Inbound/Outbound connections graph still using flash
Monitor Control graphs for DVCs are still using flash
Ex10064 performance improvement
Fixes:
Monitord not able to connect to database after enabling SQL access
Exinda fails to retrieve HTTP(S) data via a Proxy server with Basic Authentication
Chart colors under Monitor Control not updating when changed
Potential Vulnerability: HSTS missing from HTTPS server
Potential Vulnerability: Cookie do not contain the HTTPOnly attribute
CLI command still shows Graph Display Options
Corrected protocol name for Poison Ivy
Traffic between cluster IPs showing in Monitoring
Monitor – Hosts graphs stopping when in Cluster
CIFS Acceleration transfers failing on Windows 2012
Monitor – System graphs not loading on Internet Explorer 11
Version 7.4.9
Released: November 27, 2018
New:
Traffic Categorization engine upgrade
Updated Edge Cache (Squid to v3.5.28)
Support for new Exinda Hardware Models – 10064, 12064
Performance improvements of the disk cache
Fixes:
Potential Vulnerability – Cookies do not contain security attribute
Potential Vulnerability – Sensitive form field has not disabled autocomplete
Removed Flash in Solution Center – Traffic Analysis – VoIP
Removed Flash in Monitor Control – Connection graphs
Policies, Circuits, or Virtual Circuits not allowed to be created with # in the name
Login timeout set to 60 seconds
Collectord errors on boot
Default gateway not showing on CLI
Subnet monitor should be scrollable with all option
Print from Realtime page is empty
HTTP traffic from Microsoft IIS is classified as Microsoft Services
SMTP password with = in the password does not work
Monitor conversations show number instead of Application
Updated charts library
Version 7.4.8
Released: September 18, 2018
New:
OpenSSH upgrade to version 6.9
Categorization engine upgrade
Fixes:
Subnet summary report under Detailed Subnet Report has no data for custom ranges
Changing bridge MTU breaks the device
Exinda Sending ICMP Unreachable to multiple hosts
Error message after double encryption blocks other operations
Insufficient error message for log encryption failure
Double encryption causes device mount failure after first reboot
Some applications are missing from Exinda
Error while creating custom Application in solution center
Version 7.4.7
Released: May 24, 2018
This new version of Exinda Network Orchestrator includes encryption of personal and sensitive data collected and stored by the product and numerous fixes.
New:
Added support for encrypting personal/sensitive data stored on the disk
Fixes:
Monitor -> Subnets drilled in Conversations doesn’t show External Hosts
“Preview” button is not working on HTML response
Facebook video classifying as HTTPS on 7.4.6
Real Time Monitor shows double amount of traffic when Acceleration ON
Subnet summary report under Detailed Subnet Report has no data for last 7 days range
