These forums have been very helpful to me in the last few weeks and I want to "pay it forward" by documenting solutions to particular issues I have encountered while using/configuring Sophos UTM Home Edition (currently version 9.309-3)... Especially if it may be helpful to someone else in the future.
I was having trouble getting Java Update to complete its process on my computers (Win7, Win8.1). It would notify that an update was available but it could not complete a download or install the update.
After searching the forum I was able to gather some helpful info that allowed me to get Java Updates working again. Using the principle of “least privilege” I tested the proposed solutions to see if everything suggested was necessary to the fix or not. Through trial and error, I removed any unnecessary (at least for my setup) proposed settings and I came up with a simple solution:
- Web Protection > Filtering Options > Exceptions Tab > New Exception List
- Check “Extension Blocking”
- “For all requests” choose “Matching these URLs” from the dropdown
- Add these two “Target Domains”:
- ^https?://([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?sun\.com/
- ^https?://([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?javadl\.oracle\.com/
- Then “Save” and make sure the status is Enabled.
Hope this helps someone else!
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