Version 5.0 installed smoothly. The visual changes are somewhat minimal for now, but the performance of the UI improved. Can't say for the rest of the device (performance wise) as I haven't finished migrating to it.
The backups are much smaller under 5.0 than under v4 *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > I will, as soon as I finish setting this device up today. :) > > > > > > *ASB > **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* > **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) > for the SMB market…*** > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Sam Cayze <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Speaking of Fortigate… (Much love btw).**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Has anyone taken the jump to V5 of the OS yet? They’ve patched it once >> or twice already; should be stable.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 06, 2013 8:06 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: OT: Guest network security**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Whoa!!! That looks awesome. Man, I could really have gone for that a >> few weeks back. >> >> My Fortigate 40C arrives tomorrow. :)**** >> >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> *ASB >> **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* >> **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) >> for the SMB market…***** >> >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> >> wrote:**** >> >> I chose to build a new system so it would be small and silent rather than >> use an old computer lying around the house.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I went with:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Intel D2500CCE fanless mini-ITX motherboard (Dual core 1.86 GHz Atom CPU >> with dual Intel NICs onboard)**** >> >> ** ** >> >> 4 GB RAM**** >> >> ** ** >> >> 128GB Vertex 4 SSD**** >> >> ** ** >> >> It has been in 'production' for a couple of weeks now, and is stable and >> very fast. I also really like having the content filtering and >> antivirus capabilities of a UTM firewall at home.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> The management interface is a little weird at first, but you get used to >> it.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I demo'ed the software in a VirtualBox VM for a week or so before pulling >> the trigger on the hardware expense.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> If anyone is interested, the page at Sophos describing the offering is: >> http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-home-edition.aspx >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote:*** >> * >> >> Our Sidewinders are EOL at the end of April, and my manager doesn't like >> them. >> >> He's a Cisco bigot, and wants ASAs in here. >> >> I'm fighting him to at least take a look at the Palo Alto platform, or >> perhaps the newest iteration of the Sidewinders (which are now called >> McAfee Enteprise Firewalls). >> >> That's an interesting tip on the Sophos solution. What did you use for >> the hardware? >> >> Kurt**** >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I was going to suggest using the SonicPoint solution from SonicWall, but >> > you've got Sidewinders, don't you? >> > >> > Does McAfee have anything like SonicWall's wireless solution where it's >> all >> > managed from the firewall? >> > >> > PS Sophos has this too, and they give their UTM firewall away free for >> home >> > use. Just bring your own hardware. I just switched to this the other >> day >> > and love it so far. I should write a blog post about it. (But then I'd >> > have to create a blog...) >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>**** >> >> >> All, >> >> >> >> Quite some time ago, I set up an unsecured guest VLAN in our network, >> >> providing wireless access to all of the sundry devices that staff and >> >> visitors carry. I set up a small FreeBSD machine to serve IP addresses >> >> via DHCP, and that was dead simple. >> >> >> >> It is a layer2 VLAN, traversing our backbone, and terminating on our >> >> corporate firewall. >> >> >> >> However, there are now other tenants in our building, and the subnet >> >> is getting too much bandwidth and address consumption - the range I >> >> set up is completely filled, and the VLAN is consuming about half of >> >> our Internet pipe, which is far too much for my comfort. >> >> >> >> I suspect the other tenants are leeching. >> >> >> >> What I've read of captive portals seems to indicate that the portal is >> >> part of the firewall. I could be wrong about that, though. Regardless, >> the >> >> corporate firewall will not be allowed to be part of this solution. >> >> >> >> The only other alternative I see right now is to set up a password on >> >> the SSID, and have the front desk hand it out to guests, after mailing >> >> it to staff, and I'm getting pushback on that from my manager. >> >> >> >> Does anyone have some ideas I could pursue on this? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Kurt >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> >> >> --- >> >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> >> or send an email to [email protected] >> >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> > --- >> > To manage subscriptions click here: >> > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> > or send an email to [email protected] >> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
