Untangle 7.2 Release Features
We are pleased to announce general availability of Untangle 7.2. Our latest version includes a new free application for internet access control, as well as a host of enhanced features and improvements.
Captive Portal
Terms-of-Use Acceptance: Most businesses, schools and government departments have an Internet policy in force. However, raising awareness of it, and ensuring adherence to it, remains a problem. Untangle Captive Portal enables organizations to display a mandatory default web page to all users, before they are able to access the internet. This Captive Portal web page can display and enforce an acceptable use policy, as well as authenticate users, to control internet access.
Organization may wish to require users that want access to the internet to first agree to the organization’s terms of use. Only on acceptance are they given access to the internet.
Authentication Mechanisms: Captive Portal supports a wide array of authentication mechanisms, from basic local directory-based authentication (on the Untangle server) to authentication through an Active Director server or RADIUS server when coupled with Untangle's Directory Connector.
Maximum Flexibility: Captive Portal is highly customizable. It allows organizations to establish User Defined Capture Rules, to handle a variety of exceptions that may be required. For example, authentication may only be required during a specific time period; certain computers and users may be exempt from authentication by adding them to Pass Lists
Customizable: Captive Portal has a completely customizable log-in page, which allows for organizations to add their own messages to the log-in screen. Web developers can write fully custom login pages allowing for more complex setups, like charging users for internet access.
Access Logs: All attempts to log in to the internet through the Captive Portal are automatically logged. This provides a clear acceptance-of-terms audit trail for organizations and with it the teeth to enforce policy.
Directory Connector
Untangle's AD Connector has been renamed Directory Connector. This is because it now supports both Microsoft Active Directory server, and RADIUS server. This provides a wider range of user directories against which Untangle administrators can authenticate users.
Directory Connector now supports the notion of groups in Microsoft Active Directory server. This significantly reduces the administrative burden for Untangle administrators, as polices can be set for existing AD groups and will automatically apply to all users and subgroups within that group.
Reports
Many enhancements have been made to Reports, including:
* Daily, weekly and monthly reports
* New Highlights: a Summary of all reports
* New "Server" reports show memory, disk, CPU, swap
Other enhancements
For a full list of improvements in Untangle 7.2, please visit
http://wiki.untangle.com/index.php/7.2_Changelog
