Sophos has released a public beta of UTM 9.6. Here is a list of the features that have made it into version 9.6:
- Let’s Encrypt Integration
- Generate and renew Let’s Encyrpt certificates from within UTM
- Generated certificates can be used in all UTM components
- WAF Page Customization
- Custom themes for all error pages that are delivered by WAF
- Allows to provide 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
- Reporting for Sandstorm Activity over time and with historical information
- Reporting also covering hash lookup based results from Sophos Sandstorm
- More Enhancements
- Unified RED firmware with better 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
Unfortunately, the long-awaited IKEv2 feature is not included in UTM 9.6 and will not make it into the RTM release. Here is the article in the Sophos Community:
Only the Let's Encrypt integration is really interesting for me. I only use the UTM privately, so I can do without the other features. I don't use most of the features anyway.
Sophos has not been very good with updates for some time, so I would be extremely careful with beta versions. There are already posts in the forum about Let's Encrypt. I'd rather wait a little longer and keep an eye on the forums, even though I'm really looking forward to Let's Encrypt support.
Nevertheless, I can already start writing an article for the Sophos UTM WAF with Let's Encrypt and Exchange 2016. At least I can install the test environment.