UNTANGLE FIREWALL WHO IS TAKING ALL THE BANDWIDTH INSTALL
Untangle much like the GUI interface looks more polished in the install environment while the Sophos installer looks like the “blue background” linux installers that we are used to seeing for the most part.
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The install time for both appliances on my older VMware environment seemed to be on par with one another. Let me detail a few of the comparisons and my thoughts between the two firewalls/UTMs.īoth Untangle and Sophos have pretty rock solid installers, both being 64-bit capable and both can run well inside of a VM environment. I have to say I wasn’t expecting a whole lot as far as being close to Untangle’s free offering, but I was really blown away at the functionality of the Sophos UTM appliance and have since swapped out my Untangle box in favor of the Sophos UTM appliance in my home network. The home use license includes almost all of the full blown functionality with the limit of 50 IP addresses as well as Sophos Endpoint Protection for up to 10 computers. Recently I was turned onto the Sophos UTM appliance that is a free download from Sophos for home use. However with more companies offering really good free firewalls and UTM’s I have been on a hunt and compare between Untangle and others out there. I have long been a fan of Untangle as a UTM and now as its branding as NGFW or Next generation firewall which in most senses is just a different way to brand UTM. Hackers and attacks have become more sophisticated and the attack vector has broadened with the ever increasing “connected” state of most individuals these days with mobile and other devices. 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.
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