| WatchGuard
Announces Fireware XTM and WSM v11.5.1 Available
for All XTM Appliances
30 November, 2011
WatchGuard is excited to announce the release of Fireware XTM
v11.5.1 and WatchGuard System Manager (WSM) v11.5.1, the latest
security operating system for our award-winning XTM appliance line.
Fireware XTM OS v11.5.1 can be installed on any WatchGuard XTM
device, including 2 Series, the new XTM 330, 5 Series, 8 Series, XTM
1050, and XTM 2050. Fireware XTM 11.5.1 cannot be installed on
e-Series appliances.
Fireware XTM and WSM v11.5.1 marks the first 11.5.x release of
our software, and delivers many valuable new capabilities and
enhanced features to our already feature-rich XTM products. Though
primarily a feature release, v11.5.1 also demonstrates WatchGuard's
continuing commitment to quality with a significant number of bug
fixes in different areas of Fireware and WSM.
Below are a few of Fireware XTM v11.5.1's new features:
- A newly designed Log and
Report Manager Web UI - We have
updated our already information-rich logging and reporting UI to
make it dramatically faster and easier to use. It now offers
drill-down capabilities on users, applications, URLs visited, and
more, as well as pivot capabilities that allow you to find the
information you need much faster than before. Some other logging
and reporting related updates include:
- UTC
log time stamping, which allows you to always know what time
logs arrived, regardless of which time zone your XTM appliance
and log server resides in.
- Report integration with ConnectWise,
which allows ConnectWise administrators to automate WatchGuard
XTM report creation and delivery to their customers.
- Mobile
VPN with IPSec support for Apple® iOS devices - We have
updated our XTM IPSec gateway to allow iPhones, iPads, and iPods
to make secure connections to your XTM appliance using Apple's
built-in IPSec client. This update also allows OS X Lion Macs to
connect using Lion’s built-in IPSec client as well.
- Mobile
VPN with SSL support 64-bit Mac clients - Our Mac SSL
client now supports 64-bit OS X installations.
- IPv6 Routing Support - Your
XTM appliance can now receive an IPv6 address, use IPv6 DNS/WINS
servers, create static IPv6 routes, and support SLAAC
router advertisement. 11.5.1 has achieved IPv6ready.org Gold logo
for routing, confirming that the basic “plumbing” -- the packet
routing building blocks of IPv6 -- works correctly. It's important
to note that v11.5.1 does not yet support IPv6 firewall policies,
which will come in a later release.
- Improved Dynamic Routing support
- We have updated and improved our Dynamic Routing engine, and it
now supports Dynamic Routing in FireCluster configurations as
well.
- SMTP
Proxy enhancements to support TLS encryption - Our SMTP
proxy now supports and enforces TLS encrypted user authentication
and end-to-end message body encryption.
- Clientless Single Sign-On (SSO) -
Fireware XTM v11.5.1 delivers improved SSO accuracy without the
need to install SSO client software on all your computers.
- FIPS
Support - XTM devices now meet the overall requirements for
FIPS
140-2 Level 2 security, when configured in a FIPS-compliant
manner.
For more information about the feature enhancements included in
Fireware XTM v11.5.1, see the Release
Notes or What's
New in Fireware XTM v11.5.1.
If you have an XTM series
appliance and wish to take advantage of the enhancements listed
above, or those mentioned in the Release Notes, you should consider
upgrading to version 11.5.1. Please read the Release
Notes before you upgrade, to understand what's involved.
How do I Get Fireware XTM v11.5.1?
XTM series owners that have
an active LiveSecurity Service subscription can upgrade for free by
downloading the applicable packages from the Articles & Support
section of WatchGuard's Support Center, which also includes clear
installation instructions.
If you need support with this release, please enter a support
incident online or call our support staff directly. (When you
contact Technical Support, please have your registered Product
Serial Number, LiveSecurity Key, or Partner ID available.)
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