I do not agree with all of the classifications, but it works in most cases."The product is easy to implement." "NG Firewalls allow us to permit or deny applications we don't want to run. Sophos has a great database for web and applications. In this timeframe, the firewall will be a bit more protective, like blocking nudity (Right now it is just set to Warn in a testing period).
My kid is also getting more and more curious on the Internet, so I have now added a time-schedule called “KidsTime”. I started with both web and application-filter, but I had to remove the application-filter, as it flagged Skype as a level 5 (highest level) security breach. When I finally got the web-interface up, it was mostly next-next-next.
I did not find much information on the installation, so I had to google the username/password and try/fail on what network interface was WAN or LAN. The installation was simple, but a bit tricky. One for Internet/WAN and the other on the LAN-side. My firewall is running on my Vmware ESXi, which has two network cards. It also don’t show any security/health related info – so I had no idea if anything on my network had a virus or doing anything something out of the ordinary. Endian uses ntop for a graphical network flow, but it is a separate page/GUI. The interface is very static and does not show the health-status on your network. Endian also has a great log view, but it mostly stops there. The UTM GUI is starting to get a bit out-dated, where the XG is more up to date.Įndian reminds me of any default firewall from a basic router. It shows charts and has great reports of what is going on – this is the same on both UTM and XG. I mainly like Sophos because the nice interface. It is a lot simpler to navigate and you can find the things you are looking for.ĭifference between Sophos UTM, XG and Endian Sophos has done great things in the last version of XG. It probably took you 10 minutes to find the feature you were looking for. You had to hover the menu to multiple levels, which was poorly described. Sophos XG was not a great product at the start. It did not take long before they retracted that comment after high amount of comments from the users. I tried Sophos XG early in the progress, when they announced that Sophos XG should take over for UTM. Endian was great, but had a very static interface. The Sophos UTM home-license had a 50 IP-address limit, which was too small for my network – so I ended up running Endian. I understand basic networking, but it is not my strongest side.Īfter most of my tries on different firewalls, I landed on Sophos UTM 9.
#Sophos utm home versus sophos xg firewall home software#
I have used Sophos XG at home for about one week now, and I could not have been happier 🙂įor the last year I have tried most of the software firewalls out there, but let’s face it, I am a home user – I need a simple and nice GUI! It does not matter how great a functionality is, if you cannot use it.
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