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11-17-2010, 10:29 PM
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Untangle, Inc., through Dirk Morris, announced (http://forums.untangle.com/announcements/18665-8-0-available.html) yesterday, November 16th, a new release of its popular gateway solution. The Untangle Gateway 8.0 Linux-based operating system provides a large collection of the best open-source applications, designed to improve the stability and security of servers.
The new Untangle Gateway 8.0 release brings a new Bandwidth Control application and lots of platform enhancements. Among these, we can mention:
· Linux kernel 2.6.26-2 (with additional features for Bandwidth Control and QoS);
· Added the ability to export and import settings and rules in tables;
· Added a new "Session Viewer" option to view the sessions that are currently scanned;
· Sessions are now shown as stat, at top of rack;
· DNS is bypassed by default now;
· Added a new ExtJS toolkit for UI;
· New QoS implementation for better usability and more functionality;
· QoS has now eight priorities, with modifiable behavior for each one;
· Added outbound and inbound limiting for QoS;
· Added a new session viewer to see session priorities in QoS;
· Added Bandwidth Control app for traffic and bandwidth shaping;
· Added Bandwidth Monitor app to view sessions in real-time;
· The Bandwidth Control app reports for viewing bandwidth usage on the network;
· The Bandwidth Control app rules allow for traffic prioritization;
· Penalty Box app can now handle misbehaved users;
· Bandwidth Control quotas allow for allocation of daily/hourly/weekly bandwidth quotas;
· The eSoft Web Filter now uses SNI in order to filter HTTPS traffic by hostname (it reverts to old behavior if no SNI is found);
· Added the ability to manually start report generation task in Reports;
· The maximum retention time was increased in Reports;
· Top CSVs incorporate now all the data (not just top 9);
· Various bugfixes for Reports;
· Added the ability to view current logged in users in Captive Portal;
· Added the ability to force log out the logged in users in Captive Portal;
· Fixed a bug for the enable checkbox not working properly issue in Captive Portal;
· Directory Connector will no longer count "captive portal user" as a valid user;
· Added a "Groups" column to the Status page table of Directory Connector;
· OpenVPN wizard was improved;
· OpenVPN pushes search domain to connecting clients;
· OpenVPN no longer enables the 443 port automatically;
· OpenVPN client was updated to version 2.1.3 (supports Windows 7 and Vista);
· WAN Balancer sessions created during startup are now handled;
· Some UDP fixes.
Softpedia.
Untangle, Inc., through Dirk Morris, announced (http://forums.untangle.com/announcements/18665-8-0-available.html) yesterday, November 16th, a new release of its popular gateway solution. The Untangle Gateway 8.0 Linux-based operating system provides a large collection of the best open-source applications, designed to improve the stability and security of servers.
The new Untangle Gateway 8.0 release brings a new Bandwidth Control application and lots of platform enhancements. Among these, we can mention:
· Linux kernel 2.6.26-2 (with additional features for Bandwidth Control and QoS);
· Added the ability to export and import settings and rules in tables;
· Added a new "Session Viewer" option to view the sessions that are currently scanned;
· Sessions are now shown as stat, at top of rack;
· DNS is bypassed by default now;
· Added a new ExtJS toolkit for UI;
· New QoS implementation for better usability and more functionality;
· QoS has now eight priorities, with modifiable behavior for each one;
· Added outbound and inbound limiting for QoS;
· Added a new session viewer to see session priorities in QoS;
· Added Bandwidth Control app for traffic and bandwidth shaping;
· Added Bandwidth Monitor app to view sessions in real-time;
· The Bandwidth Control app reports for viewing bandwidth usage on the network;
· The Bandwidth Control app rules allow for traffic prioritization;
· Penalty Box app can now handle misbehaved users;
· Bandwidth Control quotas allow for allocation of daily/hourly/weekly bandwidth quotas;
· The eSoft Web Filter now uses SNI in order to filter HTTPS traffic by hostname (it reverts to old behavior if no SNI is found);
· Added the ability to manually start report generation task in Reports;
· The maximum retention time was increased in Reports;
· Top CSVs incorporate now all the data (not just top 9);
· Various bugfixes for Reports;
· Added the ability to view current logged in users in Captive Portal;
· Added the ability to force log out the logged in users in Captive Portal;
· Fixed a bug for the enable checkbox not working properly issue in Captive Portal;
· Directory Connector will no longer count "captive portal user" as a valid user;
· Added a "Groups" column to the Status page table of Directory Connector;
· OpenVPN wizard was improved;
· OpenVPN pushes search domain to connecting clients;
· OpenVPN no longer enables the 443 port automatically;
· OpenVPN client was updated to version 2.1.3 (supports Windows 7 and Vista);
· WAN Balancer sessions created during startup are now handled;
· Some UDP fixes.
Softpedia.