Network Security

Supported Operating Systems for WSM

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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...

Log, Report, and Quarantine Server deprecation

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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...

Fireware v12.8 Update 1

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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...

New Fireware v12.8 Releases for Fireboxes

The latest release of Fireware v12.8 for Fireboxes delivers various enhanced features. Find out more about the release in the 12.8 Release Notes and What’s New in 12.8 Presentation. Key Features include: Networking: SD-WAN Load Sharing : SD-WAN actions enables you to share traffic load across...

New Fireware update releases

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In our last blog post of 2021, Corey shared 5 cybersecurity New Year's resolutions. Now is a great time to put one of those into practice: update to the latest version of Fireware! WatchGuard has posted new maintenance updates for Fireware 12.7.2 and earlier branches, 12.5.9 and 12.1.3. WatchGuard...