Protector UTM VPN Firewall 24.0 released

SecPoint® Protector 24.0 Firmware Release October 2013

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Protector 24.0 Firmware release

Protector 24.0 – October 2013

-‐ New Interface The web interface has been renewed and made more user friendly. The menu has been moved to the left and has been unified with the Advanced Menu. New icons have been added to the top level menu items. All menus have been reorganized to allow an easier search of the desired items. All menus have been limited to the 2nd submenu level.

The main setup functions have been grouped together, to make setup easier and faster. All OK buttons have been removed, and all changes will be immediately effective.



-‐ Modules

All Protector’s modules are controlled from the Control Panel on the home page. Here they can be started/stopped/restarted. All these functions have been improved, to display the current state in real time while the state itself

is being changed.

Moreover, there is a better control over dependencies: If a module requires another one to work, both modules

will be started. For example, a startup of the Web Filter will cause a startup of the Web Proxy. A shutdown of the Web Proxy will cause a shutdown of the Web Filter.

-‐ New Quarantine features

Three more functions have been added to the new Anti Spam Setup page. In this page, the Quarantine section groups together all available settings of the Quarantine pages. These new parameters are available:

-‐ Automatic whitelisting of sender: when a quarantined email is released, by default the sender is automatically added to the white list. If this feature is not required, uncheck the checkbox.



-‐ Disable mail deletion: users who log in to the Anti Spam pages are by default allowed to delete their own messages. Unchecking this checkbox, users cannot delete such messages any more.

-‐ Case Sensitive Search: by default searches in the Quarantine pages are case sensitive. To make searches not case sensitive, uncheck the checkbox.

-‐ Alternate Relay Server

The Protector allows to add Alternate Relay Servers to the default one. Each of these servers will be associated to a domain, meaning that all mails delivered from the Protector to that domain will use the Alternate Relay Server, through the specified port. An Alternate Server can be defined only if a default Relay Server has been already defined.

To create a default Relay Server, just leave the first field blank. The Protector will automatically add the text (every other domain) in the list. If you leave the port blank, the default port (25) will be used.



-‐ Web Filter Interface

The customization of Web Filters is now available through the graphical interface. This makes easier to understand the concept of web filters and groups.

The Protector has one built-‐in web filter group, and all settings refer to that group. Consequently, all computers in the network under the Protector are affected by these changes.

By creating a new group, you can alter this behavior and have different filtering for different subnets or even for single computers. It is enough to create a new group, assign it one or more members and alter the other parameters, such as tolerance, range of hours, black/white lists etc.

Everything can be done through this interface.



-‐ And… In White/Black listing, moved the entry field on top, to avoid scrolling

Mail Server by name: added the possibility to specify a mail server by name, not just by IP, in the Mail Server(s) field of SMTP configuration (menu E-‐Mail – SMTP – SMTP configuration)

Improved mail release: when there is more than 1 recipient the mail is released to all recipients

Multiple mail release: the release of multiple emails is processed in the background, to avoid to lock up the unit during the release process.

Smart Host and System Status: When a port different than the default port 25 is used, the system status processor will look for a SMTP server on that port. The system status will be Not Good only if the server is not available at the specified domain/port.

Interface renovation: Renovation of various lists (entry fields moved to top), of the Web Filter interface, added a shading to the right column

Web Proxy and Mail Proxy have been removed from the standalone menu and have been placed in the Web Filter menu and E-‐Mail settings menu.

LDAP/ web filter / web proxy improvement: Avoided possible inconsistent states, that allowed to turn on LDAP without web filter / web proxy. Now LDAP can be turned on only if the web filter is active.

Removed a “Permission denied" error in the web server log

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Protector UTM VPN Firewall 24.0 released