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Forefront TMG has now been discontinued and a replacement will have to be found sooner or later. There are now several manufacturers who are filling the gap left by Forefront TMG. I will test some promising solutions and publish a howto for each of them. Finally, there will be an article comparing the solutions with each other. Read more
My small Sophos UTM filters HTTP traffic (Web Filter) and scans it for viruses and malware, which works quite reliably, unless the websites are encrypted (HTTPS). By default, the UTM cannot scan encrypted traffic and therefore cannot filter out viruses/malware. However, this can be easily changed. In the ... Read more
The long-awaited update for Sophos UTM was released today. Michel has published a detailed article with changes. With regard to Exchange, this feature is particularly interesting: WAF: Outlook Anywhere Passthrough Support 15089 Support for Outlook Anywhere via the Webapplication Firewall The Webapplication Firewall now supports Outlook Anywhere (RPCoverHTTPS). I will test it ... Read more
I have already reported on the Sophos UTM Firewall, which is even free for private use. Unfortunately, there was the restriction that the Web Application Firewall previously did not provide Outlook Anywhere support. But now that Forefront TMG has been discontinued, other manufacturers seem to be jumping on the bandwagon and adding Outlook Anywhere support to their products. Read more
