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| 2013-01-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 9.4 |
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Untangle, Inc. has announced the release of Untangle Gateway 9.4, a new version of the Debian-based network gateway with pluggable modules for network applications: "Untangle, Inc., a network software and appliance company, today announced the release of Untangle 9.4, the latest version of its award-winning multi-function firewall software. Untangle 9.4 includes a new Captive Portal as well as a new Host Table and improvements to Session Viewer. Captive Portal receives an entirely new implementation in Untangle 9.4. Captive Portal's role in Untangle's offering is growing more important in several key markets including hospitality and retail alongside established verticals like education and small/medium business. Despite adding new features and functionality to Captive Portal, Untangle has also made it simpler and easier to maintain. Captive Portal is now part of Untangle's Integrated Rules Engine (IRE) and can address critical use cases frequently requested by customers." Here is the full press release. Download (MD5): untangle_940_x64.iso (415MB). |
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| 2012-08-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 9.3 |
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Untangle, Inc. has announced the release of Untangle Gateway 9.3, a Debian-based network gateway with pluggable modules for network applications: "Untangle, Inc., a network software company, today announced the release of Untangle 9.3, the latest version of its award-winning multi-functional firewall software. The new version includes full tunnel OpenVPN, performance improvements, and enhanced reporting. Support for full tunnel OpenVPN allows administrators to force all remote client or remote site traffic through Untangle before going out to the Internet. This new feature allows an unprecedented level of control for network administrators using Untangle to protect remote offices and employees. The connected VPN clients and sites can now benefit from Untangle's full suite of features, including web content filtering, application control, anti-virus, spam blocking and more." Read the press release for more details. Download (MD5): untangle_930_x32.iso (423MB), untangle_930_x64.iso (428MB).
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| 2012-02-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 9.2 |
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Dirk Morris has announced the release of Untangle Gateway 9.2, a Debian-based distribution designed for firewalls and gateways. What's new in this release? "New application for identifying and controlling network traffic; general performance improvements; a new 'Full Refresh' has been added to event logs to force flush events to database; an 'Export' ability has been added to allow exporting event logs to a CSV file; 'Full Refresh' now immediately dumps all events so there is no delay; remove ntpdate to prevent immediate aggressive time changes; add a 'Force Time Sync' button in UI for setting the date on the server; change installer to use the entire disk; fix Source Interface matchers in Port Forwards, Bypass Rules, and Packet Filter Rules.... Read the rest of the changelog for a full list of new features, improvements and bug fixes. Download (MD5): untangle_920_x32.iso (454MB), untangle_920_x64.iso (459MB).
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| 2011-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 9.1 |
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Dirk Morris has announced the release of Untangle Gateway 9.1, an updated version of the project's specialist Debian-based distribution for firewalls and gateways: "Untangle 9.1. With this release, we have made enhancements and fixes to the platform itself and to a number of applications. Changelog: the application order in the rack has been revised; event logs have been reimplemented, columns have been added, improvement improved, and options added; many usability improvements in the installation and setup wizards; application downloads now show progress correctly; many application settings have been moved from PostgreSQL to files; local directory users are now saved in a file; BerkeleyDB has been removed; DHCP renewing no longer restarts networking (nor disrupt VPN connections); SIP helper is now disabled by default; improve start-up time." Here is the complete changelog with more detailed notes. Download (MD5): untangle_910_x32.iso (417MB), untangle_910_x64.iso (421MB).
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| 2011-06-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 9.0 |
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Dirk Morris has announced the release of Untangle Gateway 9.0, an updated version of the project's Debian-based distribution for gateways, firewalls and routers: "We are pleased to announce general availability of Untangle 9.0. Our latest version includes a new application for seamless integration with other Untangle or third-party firewalls via IPsec as well as a host of enhanced features and improvements. Untangle's easy-to-configure IPsec module allows for seamless integration with third-party firewall products. Tested platforms include: Cisco, Sonicwall, and Astaro. Key features include: orovides support for all current encryption protocols; no per-tunnel licensing; seamless integration with existing IPsec VPN networks; full mesh tunnel support." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (MD5): untangle_900_x32.iso (437MB), untangle_900_x64.iso (441MB).
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| 2011-02-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 8.1 |
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Dirk Morris has announced the release of Untangle Gateway 8.1, a specialist distribution for firewalls, gateways and routers, based on Debian GNU/Linux 5.0: "We are pleased to announce general availability of Untangle 8.1. Our latest version includes a new application for caching web content as well as a host of enhanced features and improvements. Web Cache stores copies of online files passing through it; subsequent requests for the same files may be satisfied from the cache if certain conditions are met, rather than being re-downloaded each time. Web caching can help organizations increase responsiveness of web applications and save bandwidth costs. Key features include: stores frequently requested items locally; serves content from local cache; decreases bandwidth usage; decreases response time; supports the caching of web content and software updates." More details can be found in the release notes. Download (MD5): untangle_810_x32.iso (451MB), untangle_810_x64.iso (436MB).
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| 2010-11-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 8.0 |
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Dirk Morris has announced the release of Untangle Gateway 8.0, a Debian-based network gateway with pluggable modules for network applications: "The 8.0 is now available! It contains a new Bandwidth Control application and many platform enhancements. Changelog: added ability to import/export rules and settings in tables; new 'Session Viewer' to view sessions currently being scanned; sessions now shown as stat at top of rack; DNS is now bypassed by default; new kernel for additional features required for Bandwidth Control and QoS; new ExtJS toolkit for UI; new QoS implementation for more functionality and better usability; added the Bandwidth Control application for bandwidth and traffic shaping; added Bandwidth Monitor for real-time session viewing; Bandwidth Control reports for viewing bandwidth usage on the network...." See the release announcement and changelog for a complete list of changes and new features. Download (MD5): untangle_800_x32.iso (447MB), untangle_800_x64.iso (432MB).
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| 2010-08-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 7.4 |
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Untangle, a Debian-based multifunctional firewall, has been updated to version 7.4 which is a major bugfix release: "This release has focused sharply on quality. Untangle 7.4 brings additional improvements throughout the Untangle suite of applications, and the Untangle platform itself. Untangle has also used this release as the opportunity to simplify its product line up. 'As our business has grown over the last two years, our offering has become increasingly complex,' Mark Floisand, COO, said: 'We have trebled our paying customer base in 18 months, and with that came more product packages and price points. With this release, we wanted to regain some of the simplicity inherent in our brand.' Untangle now offers three distinct packages: Untangle Lite Package, Untangle Standard Package, and Untangle Premium Package." Read the full announcement and check the changelog. Download (MD5): untangle_740_x32.iso (445MB), untangle_740_x64.iso (430MB).
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| 2010-06-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 7.3 |
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Untangle, a Debian-based network gateway with pluggable modules for network applications, has been updated to version 7.3: "We are pleased to announce general availability of Untangle 7.3. Our latest version has many feature enhancements and fixes. It also includes the capability to completely 'white-label' Untangle for OEM purposes. Enhanced download and upgrade UI progress meter - when Untangle applications are downloaded or when future upgrades occur, Untangle server will now display more details about the download / upgrade as it happens. Platform enhancements - our commitment to support different kinds of hardware and network interface cards (NICs) continues unabated, we now have much broader support for practically all Intel NICs and select Broadcomm cards. With this release we have also made performance improvements in Untangle to consume less memory." Read the rest of the release notes for a complete list of changes. Download (MD5): untangle_730_x32.iso (444MB), untangle_730_x64.iso (430MB).
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| 2010-03-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 7.2 |
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Untangle 7.2, a Debian-based network gateway with pluggable modules for network applications, has been released: "We are pleased to announce general availability of Untangle 7.2. Our latest version includes a new free application for Internet access control, as well as a host of enhanced features and improvements." These include updates to Captive Portal, Directory Connector and Reports: "Captive Portal supports a wide array of authentication mechanisms, from basic local directory-based authentication (on the Untangle server) to authentication through an Active Director server or RADIUS server when coupled with Untangle's Directory Connector. Untangle's AD Connector has been renamed Directory Connector. This is because it now supports both Microsoft Active Directory server, and RADIUS server." See the release notes for additional remarks about the many improvements in this release. Download (MD5) the installation CD images from here: untangle_720.iso (449MB), untangle_720_amd64.iso (435MB).
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| 2009-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 7.1 |
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Untangle Gateway 7.1 has been released. Untangle is a Debian-based network gateway with pluggable modules for network applications like spam blocking, web filtering, anti-virus, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, VPN, SSL VPN and firewall. From the release announcement: "We are pleased to announce broad availability of our latest version, Untangle 7.1, which includes a host of new features and improvements: hierarchical policy management - managing multiple policies is now much more productive, with much less task repetition; automated sessions ending - sessions are now automatically ended is the user's policy changes at a point in time; safe search - Esoft web filter can now enforce safe search for popular search engines, such as Google; password override - administrators can now allow for block pages to be bypassed using a password...." Download: untangle_710.iso (435MB), untangle_710_amd64.iso (421MB).
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| 2009-10-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 7.0 |
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Untangle, Inc. has announced the release of Untangle Gateway 7.0, a Debian-based network gateway with pluggable modules for network applications: "Today we announced our latest version, Untangle 7.0, which includes new reporting features that provide unmatched visibility at the Internet gateway to help small businesses identify web misuse and troubleshoot network issues for increased productivity. Untangle 7.0 enhanced reporting features allow small businesses to: monitor behavior at the user, client and incident level to detect productivity issues; understand traffic flows and network usage patterns to optimize performance; provide web content analysis to prevent bandwidth issues and policy violations; log access to sensitive data to respond to any security incidents; manage and reduce vulnerabilities associated with social networking and rich media sites." See the blog announcement and press release for more information. Download: untangle_700.iso (438MB).
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| 2009-06-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 6.2.0 |
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Andrew Fife has announced the release of Untangle Gateway 6.2.0, a specialist, Debian-based distribution for firewalls and routers: "We are pleased to announce that Untangle Gateway 6.2 is now available for download. Highlights of the release are our new multiWAN services: WAN Balancer and WAN Failover. Also included in this release is Ad Blocker, for filtering out banner advertisements. WAN Balancer allows companies to easily split traffic across up to six separate Internet connections. The traffic is spread based on user-specified weightings, ensuring less contention and higher performance. WAN Failover allows companies to prevent network downtime caused by their Internet Service Provider (ISP)." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: untangle_620.iso (474MB, MD5).
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| 2009-04-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 6.1.0 |
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Andrew Fife has announced the release of Untangle Gateway 6.1.0, a specialist Debian-based distribution for firewalls and gateways: "Here at Untangle we are extremely pleased to announce that version 6.1 is now available for download. The highlight of the release is our new application, Commtouch Spam Booster, but there are several other significant upgrades and enhancements as well. Commtouch Spam Booster adds extra premium filters to spam blocker, claiming the detection rates of over 98% of spam while still maintaining industry's highest accuracy rates. The Untangle Platform also got a major upgrade; the biggest change was upgrading the kernel 2.6.26 and the installer, which is overall a nicer 'Welcome to Untangle' experience for newbies installing their first box. Additional enhancements: improvements to spam blocker and web filter; bug fixes." Read the full release announcement and changelog for further details. Download: untangle_610.iso (456MB, MD5).
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