Hi folks,
these are my opinions and thoughts.
This is a review of the Copernicus v1 beta
1/. difficult to register
2/. virus checking and other similar updates slow to come through, for a beta they should coming through much more regularly to test the process
3/. Reports
a) memory usage incorrect
b) update package count incorrect
c) no way of identifying the internal source for some of the bad activities
d) throughput is not realistic
e) report shows traffic through mail protocols, but does not register mail as being sent or received and is not delivered
4/. Policies
a) application policies -
a) you cannot add server groups
b) when individual policies are setup to manage specific port (applications) don’t pass traffic
c) mail policy only works with all services not specific services
d) protected servers are the internal port of Copernicus - strange
e) shows traffic in both directions when used with specific ports, but nothing is delivered
f)Not all ports or applications are included in the lists - mail types
b) Network polices
a) only all services works.
c) user policies
a) couldn’t get that to work at all, I need to rethink for v2b
5/. Asset management
a) very difficult - reportedly improved in v2b
a) not all items are readily located and the configuration order is difficult to workout
6/. Application classification
a) just plain strange - political is acceptable, but photography isn’t, web mail is not acceptable.
7/. Logs - not being able to have open while working on policies
8/. The low level of support from the developers is very disappointing especially to the UTM 9 beta testers.
9/. The low level advice about identified bug and acceptance of bugs and likely fix availability is also very disappointing. No real dates for next beta release.
10/. the long delay after a policy is changed or added before it affects can be seen.
11/. Having to return to the main menu all the time after making changes (more gui changes promised)
12/. Not being able to convert dhcp dynamic to static
13/. IPv6 support on external interfaces is very poor and assumes a lot of information is available when in reality it is not. No DHCP PPPoE on external interface.
Ian[:S][:S][:S]
Yes, an unusually long ramble for me.