Direct Internet Method v1.5.3 — Stable

Direct Internet Method v1.5.3 — Stable

One maintained Windows/Linux product, one active installation per system, and verified in-place updates. This release incorporates the Windows legacy staged-updater finalization fix and preserves settings, custom Router Gateway provider data and user-managed files across the tested upgrades. The public v1.5.2 artifacts remain unchanged.

Download and integrity

Download the appropriate installer from this GitHub Release. The SHA256SUMS.txt attached here is authoritative.

Platform	Official file	SHA-256
Windows x64	DirectInternetMethod_1.5.3_Windows_Setup.exe	B517EA79C8949E960897CE814591F7C1518FDEA45E4419A891B64469E879B6FF
Linux x86_64	DirectInternetMethod_1.5.3_Linux_x86_64.zip	680343F86ABEC2D7B69CE807F4EC5B344789B2D6335C51C068BC49F4650DFC05

The checksums file itself is SHA-256 98B9AB15EA2894396CC8336BC0871C40388799E8EB211C6BA92437E28DB29331.

Windows: Run the single Setup executable. Installation or privileged upgrades use the normal Windows UAC prompt; normal application operation does not require permanently elevated privileges. It uses the existing Inno Setup AppId and installation directory rather than accumulating parallel versions. Do not force-stop a currently active DNS/DPI service or Tailscale connection; use a safe OFF state before upgrading.

Linux: Extract the ZIP, enter the extracted DirectInternetMethod_1.5.3_Linux_x86_64 directory and run ./install.sh. The installer preserves existing user data and can retain an exact compatible protected v1.5.2 backend without needlessly modifying root-owned files. A fresh protected-backend installation may request ordinary PolicyKit authorization.

Acceptance evidence

All of the following ran on disposable native hosted machines using the exact files attached to this release, with corresponding raw SHA-verified reports linked from the ACCEPTANCE_V153.json asset:

• Windows 2025 VM: run 38389324841. Official public v1.5.2 installed; this exact GitHub v1.5.3 Windows installer SHA verified and installed in place; five seeded user files including custom Router Gateway data, a single uninstaller, updater staging cleanup, Windows service ownership, DNS/routes and rollback to exact v1.5.2 binaries all passed.
• Ubuntu 24.04 fresh installation: run 38388513538. Genuine root-owned protected backend, PolicyKit/systemd checks, user installation and safe removal completed with preserved user configuration and zero leftover managed backend.
• Ubuntu 24.04 genuine upgrade: run 38390031680. Downloaded public v1.5.2 Linux ZIP and exact v1.5.3 GitHub draft ZIP; real protected v1.5.2 + user v1.5.2 installation, tested staged v1.5.3 transaction rollback, in-place upgrade to user v1.5.3 with byte-identical root backend retained, then safe removal. User settings and network routes/DNS were preserved.
• The release source tag includes only CI and provenance-verifier changes relative to the native-tested product source; exact Git blob SHA and file-mode equality has been checked for all shipped product files.

Security and limitations

The publisher distributes this Windows installer unsigned and does not require a signing certificate for publication. Windows systems enforcing Smart App Control or other unsigned-app policies may reject it; do not disable operating-system security protections to install it.

This application provides direct DNS/DPI methods; it is not a VPN, proxy or default-route tunnel. Network-specific filtering, HTTP 403 access restrictions, account authentication and site/geolocation policy cannot be guaranteed away. Hosted installation tests do not imply every user network is accepted. Take a configuration backup and preserve network recovery options before upgrades on active machines.

Corresponding upstream Cygwin and WinDivert source archives are attached, along with the SHA-attested release acceptance record.

Source lineage: Native-tested product commit eb6a7bf9a7c6a04cef5a85100e805d0575ef9c9a. Published tag target commit 581a063836a20ca3c0adb941bfc77146e33d693a (CI/provenance changes only; product blobs unchanged).