UTM
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Security
Untangle 12.1 Review and Impressions
So virtual firewalls and appliances are all the rage these days and there are many options to choose from. Â Historically, I have used a variety of different firewall/UTM platforms. Â I have always been a fan of the Untangle product as…
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Networking
How to Configure Untangle site to site VPN
In working on a DR project utilizing two Untangle virtual appliances, I had the need to setup a site to site VPN connection between the Untangle firewalls. Â The OpenVPN documentation is fairly decent on the Untangle site, however, the information…
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Security
Untangle 12 Installation and configuration
I am constantly on a quest to keep finding the better or best firewall/UTM appliance for home/lab purposes as well as for small business use cases where installing a virtual appliance or other whitebox appliance makes sense. Â I have been…
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Security
Sophos XG UTM firewall virtual appliance install and configure
So the other day I received the announcement from Sophos they had released their “next generation” firewall appliance that would be providing the way forward for current 9.x users. Â Sophos did mention they are keeping both code branches however and…
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Security
How to Increase Home Network Security
Let’s face it, these days, our digital security is under attack just about anywhere we are and access our data. Â However, we may not think about security when we are at home. Â After all, home is our private place, our…
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Security
How to connect Shrew Soft VPN client to Sophos IPsec VPN
So far I have really been impressed with the features and power of the Sophos UTM appliance. Â I have ran it both in a software based applianced running on a whitebox atom powered machine and also in a VMware virtual…
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Security
Sophos UTM vs Untangle
UTM or Unified Threat Management devices are becoming more and more popular as businesses and corporations have realized in the past couple of years that a simple tradition firewall of allows and denies is not adequate any longer. Â Hackers and…
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Security
How to use Untangle to help prevent Cryptolocker infections
Cryptolocker is probably one of the most malicious and feared malware infections in quite some time. Â Most malware infections are a nuisance at most and a good sweep by a spyware utility such as malwarebytes will clean up the infection…
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Security
How to find an infected network host sending SPAM messages
A very challenging situation in a network environment where you may have several or even hundreds of network hosts is finding a specific host that is infected with malware. Many variants of malware may send SPAM messages from the infected…
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Networking
How to configure and implement network QoS using Untangle
In today’s networks, connectivity is an essential part of successful communication in businesses an enterprise environments. Â Even though bandwidth is cheap these days, it is still a priority for network administrators to prioritize and limit mission critical traffic and non…
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