You know the old saying, “The rich get richer”? Well, our UTM 9 platform is feature rich, but every year we pack more and more features into it. This year is no exception with our UTM 9.6 release.
Today Sophos has started pushing out their official UTM 9.3 release which has been in beta for the past few months now. Sophos says that they will start with an initial controlled Up2Date to select customer systems (approximately 1%) starting today (November 6th). I have to start by saying that I am a beginner when it comes to home firewalls and Sophos. I bought a cheap ASG 110/120 and installed UTM 9.7 Home yesterday. My setup looks like this: Modem/router (Fritzbox) - WAN port ASG. Switch - eth0 ASG. I have finally managed to get the ASG to register itself with the ISP via PPPOE. Sophos UTM and AP15: fixing “llread: dead socket: Resource temporarily unavailable” Sophos’ access points are very sensitive with PoE enabled cable connections. If your access point gets disconnected, disable PoE for the given Ethernet port. As a long time reader of my blog, you might know Read more.
Here’s what’s included in UTM 9.6
Let’s Encrypt integration
- Generate and renew Let’s Encrypt certificates from within the UTM
- Generated certificates can be used in all UTM components
Web Application Firewall (WAF) page customization
- Custom themes for all error pages that are delivered via the WAF
- Enables the use of a custom corporate identity on all pages
Manual Sandstorm submission
- Allows an admin to upload a file for detonation within Sophos Sandstorm
- Files that have not been received via email or web download can also be analyzed with Sophos Sandstorm
Persistent Sandstorm reports
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- Enhanced reporting for Sandstorm activity over time and with historic information
- Reporting also covers hash lookup based results from Sophos Sandstorm
Other enhancements
- Unified RED firmware with improved 3G/4G support
- Submission port support in SMTP proxy
- Configurable listen address in SMTP proxy
- New advanced thread protection library with better performance and protection
The full release notes can be found on the Sophos Community.
How to get it
The release will be rolled out automatically in phases over the coming weeks. For anyone that wants the latest and greatest now, you can download the latest firmware yourself.
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If you have any questions, check out the Sophos UTM 9 Community Forums.