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Will the UTM continue to function after EOL?

alan weir

Which features will still be available after the UTM EOL? Can it still be used but with no more updates, or will the license expire and make the modules not active?



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  • 0 in reply to alan weir

    I would recommend to start evaluating the SFOS platform (aka XG/XGS) now. Then you have enough time to decide.

    Mit freundlichem Gruß, best regards from Germany,

    Philipp Rusch

    New Vision GmbH, Germany
    Sophos Silver-Partner

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  • 0 in reply to PhilippRusch

    I'm sure SFOS will be a worthy replacement especially within the next three years. By then maybe version 20 will be available.

    I recommend Sophos firewall to t others whenever I can as a next gen firewall solution to anyone serious about their security. Thank you to Sophos for offering such a great product for home users. (UTM/XG)

  • 0 in reply to alan weir

    Looks like I'll be moving to one of the *sense options. I need to be able to execute wpa_supplicant to get my isp authenticated. So far I see no way of adding it to XG, so no XG.

    Also as mentioned elsewhere, the 6GB ram home user license limitation is significant unless you're running a very basic configuration.

  • 0 in reply to Jay Jay
    Jay Jay said:

    Looks like I'll be moving to one of the *sense options. I need to be able to execute wpa_supplicant to get my isp authenticated. So far I see no way of adding it to XG, so no XG.

    Also as mentioned elsewhere, the 6GB ram home user license limitation is significant unless you're running a very basic configuration.

    In that case you should check out ZenArmor. The free tier is similar to what SFOS offers but with no malware/botnet protection. works with pfSense/OPNsense.

    It looks promising but I'm not giving up my Sophos access point and jump ship just yet. I'll wait to see how affordable the newer access points are when they are released

    If you haven't' tried the XG due to RAM limitations, I was using the XG firewall and 6Gb or ram was plenty. With all IPS rules enable and web filtering /TLS decryption, my system was only using around 50% of RAM. just under 4Gb.

  • 0 in reply to alan weir

    Oh I've tried XG a number of times... Each time I can't stand the UI and/or the logic flow. It makes little sense to me. Also, as a tinkerer it's too locked down for my tastes.

  • 0 in reply to Jay Jay

    I agree the GUI of OPNsense looks very polished. But the features of XG are what would keep me using it. Maybe version 20 will have an improved GUI. The access points are kind of expensive for home users but worth it considering the firewall is always free.

  • 0 in reply to alan weir

    It's not so much even the features, the flow makes no sense to me, illogical. I do understand your point if you have $$ invested in AP's, you got little choice of using a third party fw.

  • 0 in reply to Jay Jay

    If you want to discuss the flow and life of a packet again, we can create another thread. But we should stay on topic on this thread as well for people reading this topic later. 

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