Hi.
Important changes in this release:
Dropping Support for very old hardware appliances
It was decided that UTM 9 will drop support for some very old hardware appliance models (rule of thumb: everything older than 5 years). Starting with 8.970 the ssi ISO will refuse to install on these machines.
Affected models are:
More information about this (e.g. upgrade incentives for customers) to follow at a later date.
Disabled Flash Fallback in HTML5 VPN
The Flash emulation of the HTML5 VPN feature was disabled due to quality concerns This means that older browsers can't use the feature anymore. Supported browsers are: IE 10 (not yet released), Firefox 6.0 or greater, Google Chrome, and Safari 5.0 or greater on Mac (Safari on Windows is not yet supported).
Improvement program now also submits CPU/RAM/Swap usage
A note for people that enabled the Sophos UTM Improvement Program feature (Management >> WebAdmin Settings >> Advanced): The data collected now also includes the CPU, RAM and Swap usage over the last 7 days.
Fixed Issues
Download Information
ASG ISO for Software/Virtual appliance installation:
ftp://ftp.astaro.de/pub/UTM/v9/beta/asg-8.970-7.1.iso
ISO size................: 479M (502452224 bytes)
ISO md5sum..............: ceb519dba2c22ca04a630b1a6e602da2
ISO sha1sum.............: 7d8348ea9e5117c07a084efdd98785027f9cf720
SSI ISO for Hardware appliance installation:
ftp://ftp.astaro.de/pub/UTM/v9/beta/ssi-8.970-7.1.iso
ISO size................: 482M (505100288 bytes)
ISO md5sum..............: 702f9170c0695e1f3c767d932954518d
ISO sha1sum.............: 1417dbb97ecaa16d746ec55c4587cdcc0540125d
Up2Date package:
ftp://ftp.astaro.de/pub/pub/UTM/v9/b...970007.tgz.gpg
U2D size................: 97M (101510087 bytes)
U2D md5sum..............: 4dcd8971f6f85b6276506bdba331c6e2
U2D sha1sum.............: d4003b8b14f0268fa9ffbbe3b84f6c5e3a6d5055
Please note that the Up2date package will also be distributed over the Up2Date server, so your appliance should usually download the package by itself.
Important changes in this release:
Dropping Support for very old hardware appliances
It was decided that UTM 9 will drop support for some very old hardware appliance models (rule of thumb: everything older than 5 years). Starting with 8.970 the ssi ISO will refuse to install on these machines.
Affected models are:
- 110/120 revisions 0, 1, and 2 (aka 120A, only when RAM not upgraded to 1GB)
- 220 revisions 1 and 2 (aka 220A)
- 320 revision 1
- 420 revision 1, 425 revision 1
- 525 revision 1 (aka 525A and 525B)
More information about this (e.g. upgrade incentives for customers) to follow at a later date.
Disabled Flash Fallback in HTML5 VPN
The Flash emulation of the HTML5 VPN feature was disabled due to quality concerns This means that older browsers can't use the feature anymore. Supported browsers are: IE 10 (not yet released), Firefox 6.0 or greater, Google Chrome, and Safari 5.0 or greater on Mac (Safari on Windows is not yet supported).
Improvement program now also submits CPU/RAM/Swap usage
A note for people that enabled the Sophos UTM Improvement Program feature (Management >> WebAdmin Settings >> Advanced): The data collected now also includes the CPU, RAM and Swap usage over the last 7 days.
Fixed Issues
- [21251] [UBB][8.940] Flow monitor showing no data
- [21366] Flow Monitor doesn't work in IE8/9
- [21650] [UBB][8.960] Can't clear alert due to tamper protection override
- [21707] Full transparent mode of http proxy causes timeouts for IPv4 clients in an IPv6 setup
Download Information
ASG ISO for Software/Virtual appliance installation:
ftp://ftp.astaro.de/pub/UTM/v9/beta/asg-8.970-7.1.iso
ISO size................: 479M (502452224 bytes)
ISO md5sum..............: ceb519dba2c22ca04a630b1a6e602da2
ISO sha1sum.............: 7d8348ea9e5117c07a084efdd98785027f9cf720
SSI ISO for Hardware appliance installation:
ftp://ftp.astaro.de/pub/UTM/v9/beta/ssi-8.970-7.1.iso
ISO size................: 482M (505100288 bytes)
ISO md5sum..............: 702f9170c0695e1f3c767d932954518d
ISO sha1sum.............: 1417dbb97ecaa16d746ec55c4587cdcc0540125d
Up2Date package:
ftp://ftp.astaro.de/pub/pub/UTM/v9/b...970007.tgz.gpg
U2D size................: 97M (101510087 bytes)
U2D md5sum..............: 4dcd8971f6f85b6276506bdba331c6e2
U2D sha1sum.............: d4003b8b14f0268fa9ffbbe3b84f6c5e3a6d5055
Please note that the Up2date package will also be distributed over the Up2Date server, so your appliance should usually download the package by itself.