Debian-Based Untangle 13.0 Linux Firewall Tackles Bufferbloat, Adds New Features

Untangle NG Firewall, the open-source and powerful Debian-based network security platform featuring pluggable modules for network apps, has been updated to version 13.0, a major release adding new features and numerous improvements.

The biggest improvement brought by the Untangle NG Firewall 13.0 release is to the poor latency generated by excess buffering in networking equipment, called bufferbloat, by supporting a queueing algorithm designed to optimize QoS and bandwidth to enforce a controlled delay.

"Version 13 brings with it a host of enhancements to the core NG Firewall platform," said Dirk Morris, founder and chief product officer (CPO) at Untangle. "We continue to optimize the NG Firewall administrative experience in an effort to make the lives of IT administrators easier."

Untangle 13.0's new features speed up enforcement, configuration

There are many innovative features implemented in Untangle NG Firewall 13.0, including Tags and Trigge...