Friday, November 19, 2010

Untangle To Include Web Cache

Untangle is a gateway controller built on top of Linux. It can act as a router or a transparent bridge in the network.

Untangle is open source and offers a free version. The free version provides the following:

  1. Web URL filter
  2. Virus Scanner & Blocker
  3. Spam Blocker
  4. Attack Blocker
  5. Phish Blocker
  6. Spyware Blocker
  7. Protocol Control (Layer-7 filtering)
  8. Captive Portal
  9. Firewall
  10. Intrusion Prevention
  11. OpenVPN
  12. Reports

It currently does not provide a caching proxy, but I received an email notification today that the Untangle Web Cache feature request ticket, that was opened 2 years ago, has been assigned to a developer and should be included in Untangle 8.1. The current version as of this writing is 8.0.

I don't know when it's due, but that's certainly great news! I've been told by many people that making squid work with clamav is a huge headache as it often just dies (squid). So I'm guessing the Untangle team has finally worked a way to get around these issues.
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 15, 2011 at 8:47 AM

    Hi all... just wanted to write in and let you know that Untangle 8.1 is out and it includes the beloved Web Proxy Cache

    http://www.untangle.com/products/new-release-8-1

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  2. MBHFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:10 PM

    Hello!

    Thank for the announcement. I'm actually a bit disappointed at the fact that it's not free.

    We've been asking for this feature for so many years :/

    But, it's their right to charge for the time they spent into integrating all those modules.

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