have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message untangle inc. type private industry security software security appliances internet security network security founded 2003 headquarters san jose ca key people ceo bob walters founder john irwin founder dirk morris products web content filtering anti spam antivirus anti phishing anti spyware intrusion prevention application control firewall openvpn bandwidth management web cache website untangle.com untangle is a privately held company based in san jose california which provides network management software . untangle ng firewall is used by nearly 40 000 organizations worldwide . 1 contents 1 history 2 recognition 3 products 4 appliances 5 references 6 external links history edit untangle was founded in 2003 as metavize inc. by john irwin and dirk morris . citation needed in 2006 metavize raised a 10.5 m series a venture funding round from cmea ventures and rustic canyon partners named bob walters as ceo and renamed to untangle inc. 2 in 2007 untangle released the untangle gateway platform as open source under the gplv2 license . 3 in october 2009 untangle released untangle 7.0 which included improvements to its reporting capabilities . 4 in december 2009 untangle released untangle 7.1 which included improvements to its web filtering and policy management applications . 5 in march 2010 untangle released untangle 7.2 which included its captive portal application . 6 untangle released a free bookmark utility called saveface in may 2010 in response to continued loosening of default privacy settings in facebook user accounts . 7 8 in june 2010 untangle released untangle 7.3 enabling the company s software to be used by oem hardware manufacturers to produce their own branded multi function firewalls and utm appliances . 9 in august 2010 untangle released untangle 7.4 wherein it simplified its packages to lite standard and premium . 10 in november 2010 untangle released untangle 8.0 which included bandwidth control . 11 in february 2011 untangle released untangle 8.1 which included web cache . 12 untangle 9.0 was released later in 2011 and included ipsec vpn support . in february 2012 untangle released untangle 9.2 which included application control . 13 application control allows users to block flag or tarpit applications and protocols . for a greater degree of control administrators can create custom rules in the proprietary integrated rules engine ire which target more complex traffic patterns . in march 2012 untangle released a new appliance line answering the request of customers for an easier way to deploy untangle on certified hardware . 14 in april 2012 untangle changed the content of the standard package to include both ipsec vpn and application control . 15 in august 2012 untangle released untangle 9.3 including full tunnel openvpn . in january 2013 untangle released untangle 9.4 including an all new captive portal to work with its integrated rules engine ire allowing for varied use cases like mobile device management for bring your own device byod environments integration with payment providers to support paid access for wi fi hotspots and separate policies for wi fi and wired users . other changes included an improved session viewer and new host table view . in september 2013 untangle released untangle 10.0 including https inspector a new app that allows untangle to inspect traffic over https . this allows https traffic to be scanned by the full suite of untangle applications and allow rules to be applied to it . other improvements include ipv6 configurability 802.1 q tagged alias vlan tagging support a simpler and more powerful nat implementation and better pppoe support . on october 1 2013 untangle acquired cymphonix corporation an internet management network appliance company . on december 5 2013 untangle acquired some assets of esoft a utm firewall company . in january 2014 untangle renamed its untangle product to untangle next generation ng firewall . it also introduced a new product line untangle internet content ic control . in february 2014 untangle released untangle ng firewall version 10.1 featuring high availability . in april 2014 untangle changed the name of its lite package to free and its premium package to complete . it also retired its standard package . on april 21 2014 untangle acquired the consumer end point protection division of total defense . recognition edit untangle was named winner of the security category in infoworld s best of open source software awards 2008 . 16 products edit untangle applications include anti spam content filtering antivirus anti phishing anti spyware intrusion prevention firewall openvpn router and web cache software . untangle s ng firewall platform and free applications are released under version 2 of the gnu general public license gpl many components with the gnu classpath exception . certain third party components distributed with the untangle software are licensed under other free license terms . the complete package is under a proprietary eula . 17 appliances edit untangle introduced its useries appliances in march of 2012 and mseries in october of 2012 . all appliances ship complete with software and are available with an extended warranty and cold spare . name processor ram hard drive ethernet ports dimensions u10 intel atom single core processor 1 gb 160 gb 7200 rpm four gigabit ethernet ports 7.1 w 5.9 d 1.65 h u50 intel atom dual core processor 2 gb 160 gb 7200 rpm four gigabit ethernet ports 7.1 w x 5.9 d x 1.65 h u150 intel pentium dual core processor 4 gb 500 gb 7200 rpm six gigabit ethernet ports 7.1 w 5.9 d 1.65 h u500 intel i7 quad core processor 16 gb 500 gb 7200 rpm eight gigabit ethernet ports 17.20 w 18.00 d 1.73 h m1500 dual intel xeon quad core processors 16 gb 1 tb 7200 rpm eight gigabit ethernet ports 17 w 22.8 d 3.5 h m3000 dual intel xeon six core processors 16 gb 1 tb 7200 rpm eight gigabit ethernet ports 17 w 22.8 d 3.5 h references edit youtube video explaining functionality and organization count . metavize changes name and raises 10.5 million in series a financing . security start up untangle goes open source . untangle announces availability of untangle 7.0 . untangle announces availability of untangle 7.1 . untangle launches captive portal with release of untangle 7.2 . quick fix promises to ensure facebook privacy . 4 tools to help reclaim facebook privacy . cnn . untangle announces release of untangle 7.3 . untangle announces release of untangle 7.4 . untangle 8.0 adds bandwidth control for network administrators . untangle 8.1 adds web cache . untangle 9.2 introduces application control . untangle appliance line . untangle press release . dineley doug . best of open source software awards 2008 . retrieved 2015 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