Bardissi Enterprises: WatchGuard Releases Version 10.2.8 for WSM, Edge, Fireware, and Fireware Pro

WatchGuard is pleased to announce the release of version 10.2.8 for WSM, Fireware, Fireware Pro, and Edge. Version 10.2.8 contains a number of defect fixes for issues reported by WatchGuard customers. Areas affected include High Availability, Mobile VPN with SSL, Single Sign-On, and more. There is also a new Mobile VPN with IPSec client (v10.2) available with this release.

Contained in this release are:

• An enhancement for the Firebox X Edge that allows traffic to be masqueraded via 1 to 1 NAT in IPSec VPN tunnels with IKE KeepAlive
• Fixes to several stability issues on Firebox devices that have the upper four ports (eth4 through eth7) in use
• Several manageability improvements, including reduced configuration save times and better manageability of Firebox devices under heavy load
• Several improvements to Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Several improvements to real-time monitoring, reporting, logging, and notification
• Several improvements to SSL VPN client functionality on Macintosh OS X
• Several High Availability improvements
• Several improvements to Edge Wireless functionality
• Edge networking and stability improvements
• Improved Mobile VPN support for devices with dynamically addressed external interfaces
• Enhancements to the Mobile VPN for IPSec client (v10.2), including support for increased numbers of remote networks

Does This Release Pertain to Me?

10.2.8 is a regularly scheduled maintenance release. If you are impacted by any of the issues outlined above or those contained in the Release Notes, you should consider upgrading to version 10.2.8. Please read the Release Notes before you upgrade, to understand what’s involved.