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Shutting XG down until v17 available

rfcat_vk

I am retiring shortly so will only have 1 data link. So until the XG is closer in functionality to the UTM I will be shutting it down.

Powering it on occasionally just to keep the anti-v/software etc updated. I will power it on if somebody want something specific tested.

Also had to do some work in my UTM and realised how much easier it is to configure when compared to the XG.



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  • 0 in reply to rfcat_vk

    From my point of view the v16.05.2-mr2 has not been a great improvement in anything, but more about missed or broken opportunities.

    XG goes on holiday again until there is some progress on fixing what wasn't broken before 16.05.2-mr2.

  • 0 in reply to Aditya Patel

    Unfortunately that's the truth. They are even using prices to force XG into customers as its way cheaper than UTM OS even though the hardware of the box is the same; as a partner we are having nightmares over this.

    One other thing I miss hardly is the "astaro.org" forums; you could find pretty in depth discussions there which magically 'vanished' when Sophos merged it with this one.

    A dream would be that Sophos sells UTM rights to another company so we can have the masterpiece solution Astaro developed back in play. If you thing about it, its a pretty old architecture which still prevails over most of what we have today; if only we still had a full team/company on it.

    A funny thing when you look at the marketing is: Sophos is the only company that competes with itself maintaining 2 NGFW security solutions with the exact same objective. This only is enough to represent how superior UTM is in regards to XG.

  • 0 in reply to thiagopalmeira

    I have been crying about sophos competing with itself since v16 beta. Gartner report in 2015 said the same thing

    ■ Gartner believes that Sophos' dual-line UTM products and expected rationalization may be confusing to existing customers looking for a product upgrade in the next 12 months.

    ■ Except for the reporting solutions, there has not been any significant integration between the two product lines since the acquisition of Cyberoam. Gartner believes that managing two UTM product lines is a significant burden for the vendor and channel sales, presales and support teams.

    The original plan when sophos acquired cyberoam was to kill UTM9 in a couple of years but now they realize that its a cash cow that is still better than XG so they keep on milking it without any significant updates. Lets see what v17 brings.

  • 0 in reply to Billybob

    Feels like staring at the Firing Squad waiting for the call, doesn't it?

  • 0 in reply to Billybob

    Allow me to disagree with you. I've worked with CYberoam for years, and i'm certified in the product.The code was very good UNTIL Sophos came in. The Bugs you see weren't there, i can assure you. Surely it wasnt perfect, but not as bad as it is now.