Product and Support News - Network Security

Fireware and WatchGuard Cloud Release Updates

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WatchGuard has released Fireware 12.7.1 and Fireware 12.5.8. The new releases include some enhancements, important security updates, and also support some new updates to the Firebox management capabilities in WatchGuard Cloud. Key Enhancements: FireCluster System Actions. FireCluster is the high...

UPDATE: Legacy TDR UI no longer available as of 19 July 2021

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Greetings! We would like to provide an update on the Legacy TDR UI. We will be discontinuing the Legacy TDR UI on 19 July 2021. After this date, all existing direct links to the Legacy TDR UI will be removed from the watchguard.com portal and existing bookmarks directly referencing your regional TDR...

New Fireware update releases

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Key points: WatchGuard has posted new maintenance updates for Fireware 12.7 and earlier branches, 12.5.7 and 12.1.3. The new releases address some issues that have been fixed since the original 12.7 release. See details in the Release Notes. WatchGuard is moving away from providing customer specific...

Fireware and Authpoint: The power couple.

Fireware 12.7 is now generally available, with a new simple integration between Authpoint and the Firebox. This new integration of two key products in the WatchGuard portfolio makes it easier to set up strong multi-factor authentication for VPNs through the Firebox. Security and convenience make...

New Fireware releases available

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WatchGuard has posted new maintenance releases in the Software Download Center. These updates introduce several key bug fixes, as well as ongoing improvements to support Firebox configuration from WatchGuard Cloud. Release Notes provide details of all the resolved issues (link in version name below)...

Legacy TDR UI no longer available as of 1 July 2021

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Greetings WatchGuard Partners and customers! Earlier this year, I shared the exciting news that TDR is now integrated with WatchGuard Cloud. Partners and customers migrated their existing accounts to WatchGuard Cloud with very positive reviews. Now I want to inform you that WatchGuard will retire...

DNSWatchGo for Chromebooks Beta

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Greetings WatchGuard Beta community! We are proud to announce the open Beta for the DNSWatchGO Chrome extension for Chromebooks. With the DNSWatchGO Chrome extension, you can extend the protection of DNSWatch to provide consistent policy enforcement and security protection when your users leave the...

Introducing WatchGuard Firebox Policy Management in WatchGuard Cloud

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We are excited to announce the release of Firebox Policy Management in WatchGuard Cloud. Our goal with WatchGuard Cloud has always been to build a powerful, cloud-hosted security platform that directly supports the way MSPs do business, and our latest release takes WatchGuard Firebox management to a...

End of Life of old versions of spamBlocker engine

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Important spamBlocker Update In June 2020, WatchGuard released a new version of Fireware that provided an updated spamBlocker engine which uses Cloudmark technology to replace the old Cyren engine. Response has been very positive and many customers and partners report significantly improved...