Network Security

WatchGuard has posted a new maintenance update for Fireware 12.9. This update addresses several issues that have been resolved since the original 12.9 release.

Fireware v12.9 includes features like Multi-factor authentication (MFA) support for the WSM Management Server and enables Standard Support through WatchGuard Cloud.

On 3 October 2022, WatchGuard released Fireware v12.8.2 Update 1. This release includes a number of resolved issues.

WatchGuard Cloud allows Managed Service Providers (MSPs) the ability to allocate and manage their WatchGuard devices to their customers with simplicity and ease. With our recent post about Fireware 12.8.1's release, it's time to re-introduce and extremely useful feature in WatchGuard Cloud. Back in...

This maintenance release includes support for a new 8x1Gb copper network module, resolves an issue that caused traffic to stop on M390, M590, and M690 appliances, and addresses other issues fixed since previous releases.

We are pleased to announce the availability of WatchGuard Dimension 2.2.1. This maintenance release is now available from the Software Download Center, together with Release Notes and update instructions. WatchGuard Dimension 2.2.1 provides the following fixes: General An issue where the system root...

Fireware 12.8.1, 12.5.10, 12.1.4, and Mobile VPN client releases WatchGuard has posted maintenance releases for Fireware 12.8.1, and earlier branches, 12.5.10 and 12.1.4. These maintenance releases include some minor enhancements, address issues fixed since previous releases, and also include...

Supported Operating Systems for WatchGuard System Manager (WSM) To determine when WatchGuard ends support for an operating system our applications run on, we follow the support lifecycle of the operating system vendor. This post provides detail on how Microsoft's lifecycle affects this policy. In...

Deprecation of older WatchGuard Server components WatchGuard is announcing the deprecation of some older server components. WSM v12.8.x releases will still include these server components. Higher WSM releases, v12.9 and later, will include only the WSM Client and Management Server, and will not...

Key points: WatchGuard has posted a new maintenance update for Fireware v12.8. Update 1 includes several issues that have been fixed since the original 12.8 release. It also includes an update to the OpenSSL version to address CVE-2022-0778. See details in the Release Notes. Does this release affect...