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May 2024

05/02/2024

This article helps answer frequently asked questions regarding Security as a Service (SECaaS) End of Sale in Canada, EMEA, APJ & LATAM.I am in the USA, what about me? This program is already end of sale in the USA but existing contracts continue to remain functional. What happens on Aug 1st, 2024? No new contracts (12-month commitments) can be started through the Security as a Service Program, but existing subscriptions will continue to be renewed.What happens to my existing contracts and units? Nothing happens to existing SECaaS units, th

October 2023

10/09/2023

1695304901OverviewAs part of our ongoing commitment to security, we are discontinuing support for the TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 encryption protocols in our license manager. This will cause GEN 5 and GEN 6 firewalls running older firmware to not communicate with the license manager leading to licensing issues. The firewall will not be able to validate its license or obtain necessary updates resulting in a licensing failure. The firewall will operate with reduced functionality or disable certain advanced features that require periodic license validatio

May 2023

05/23/2023

SonicWall will be updating IP addresses for the Hosted Email Security (HES) platform in North America and in Europe Network administrators will need to update access rules to allow for the following HES subnets:North America 173.240.210.0/24173.240.213.0/24204.212.170.0/24Europe173.240.221.0/24The subnets can also be found in the HES FAQ KB article and firewall settings.HES FAQ KB article: https://www.sonicwall.com/support/knowledge-base/sonicwall-hosted-email-security-faq/170504903060180/Firewall rules for HES: https://www.sonic

April 2023

04/06/2023

1677675623We are pleased to be announcing the general availability of SMA 100 10.2.1.7 release supporting all SMA models (SMA410, SMA210, SMA400, SMA200, SMA500v for ESXi, SMA500v for HyperV, SMA500v for KVM, SMA500v for AWS, SMA500v for Azure) This release includes several key security features that protect the operating system from potential attack as well as updates to the OpenSSL Library. For more details on any of these features, please refer to the SMA 100 10.2.1 administration guide or the release notes. Links have been provided bel

February 2023

02/14/2023

1675879078DescriptionWe have identified an inconsistency in Capture Client Windows 3.7.6 and older clients on endpoints running Windows 11 version 22H2. This results in Web Content Filtering (WCF) policies that enforce blocked categories to be no longer effective on impacted endpoints.   NOTE: The ability to allow or block domains/URLs using custom lists continues to function normally.CauseAs part of category-based Content Filtering, Capture Client sends requests to the SonicWall Content Filtering Service. The encrypted and decrypted

February 2022

02/02/2022

Feb. 2 Update: An earlier version of this article indicated that firmware 9.0.0.10 would be compatibile with end-of-support (EOS) SRA models. Additional investigation has found that the supported 9.0.0.10 firmware and the unsupported SRA models are incompatible. The last SRA models reached EOS status in 2019 and are no longer supported per Terms of Service.SonicWall is aware of a vulnerability, reported by CrowdStrike, impacting end-of-support Secure Remote Access (SRA) products, specifically the SRA 4600 running an old version of firmware (9.0

April 2021

04/29/2021

Update: April 29, 2021, 12:30 P.M. CSTSonicWall is announcing the availability of new firmware versions for both 10.x and 9.x code on the SMA 100 series products, comprised of SMA 200, 210, 400, 410 physical appliances and the SMA 500v virtual appliance.Upgrade StepsAll organizations using SMA 10.x or SMA 9.x firmware should immediately implement the following:Upgrade to the latest SMA 100 series firmware available from www.mysonicwall.com.SMA 100 series 10.x customers should upgrade to 10.2.0.7-34sv firmware.SMA 100 series 9.x customers should

04/20/2021

Through the course of standard collaboration and testing, SonicWall has verified, tested and published patches to mitigate three zero-day vulnerabilities to its hosted and on-premises email security products.In at least one known case, these vulnerabilities have been observed to be exploited ‘in the wild.’ It is imperative that organizations using SonicWall Email Security hardware appliances, virtual appliances or software installation on Microsoft Windows Server immediately upgrade to the respective SonicWall Email Security version listed belo

January 2021

01/15/2021

Updated January 15, 2021The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have confirmed that malicious threat actors have been and are actively exploiting vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Orion products, specifically affecting versions 2019.4 through 2020.2 HF1. These malware variants are capable of transferring data, file execution, system profiling, rebooting and more.Both SolarWinds and the CISA strongly suggest that organizations using SolarWinds Orion verify the version they’re run

October 2020

10/28/2020

The SonicWall Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) collaborated with a third-party research firm to test, confirm and correct discovered vulnerabilities related to physical and virtual SonicWall next-generation firewall appliances. These findings included:In some cases, vulnerabilities allowed remote attackers to cause Denial of Service (DoS) attacks against a firewall, which may lead to an appliance crash.In some cases, there existed a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the firewall's SSL-VPN portal as well as possible user

10/28/2020

Knowledge BaseHow Do I Configure The SSL-VPN Feature For Use With NetExtender Or Mobile Connect?How Can I Enable Port Forwarding And Allow Access To A Server Through The SonicWall?How Can I Configure WAN GroupVPN For Connecting With Global VPN Client?How Can I Setup SSL-VPN?L2TP VPN Configuration On Mac OS XPornographic Websites Not Blocked Due To "Not Rated" CategorizationHow Do I Recover Or Reset The Administrator Password For A SonicWall Firewall Appliance?How To Configure High Availability (HA)SSL VPN Client Is Connected And Authenticated B

September 2020

09/17/2020

There exists a potential domain name collision vulnerability in SonicWall SSL-VPN technology that could result from a security misconfiguration of the impacted products.SonicWall is not aware that the reported vulnerability has been exploited or that any customer has been negatively impacted by the vulnerability.A domain name collision occurs when an attempt to resolve a name used in a private namespace (e.g., under a non-delegated top-level domain, or a short, unqualified name) results in a query to the public Domain Name System (DNS). When th

09/17/2020

A vulnerability in SonicWall’s cloud-based product registration system that was publicly reported by a media outlet was quickly researched, verified and promptly patched on August 26, 2020. Approximately two weeks earlier, SonicWall identified the reported vulnerability (SNWLID-2020-0005) as part of its PSIRT program, and rapidly created a fix that underwent full testing and certification.At no time did SonicWall detect, or become aware of, any attempted exploitation of the vulnerability in the cloud-based product registration system. The fix w

09/17/2020

SonicWall SwitchesSonicWall Switches offer multi-gigabit wired performance that lets you rapidly scale your branch networks through remote installation. Available in seven models — ranging from eight to 48 ports, with gigabit and 10 gigabit ethernet ports — SonicWall Switches deliver network switching that accommodates the growing number of mobile and IoT devices in branch locations and provides the network performance needed to support cloud-delivered applications. SonicWall Switches also fit seamlessly into your existing SonicWall ecosystem,

09/17/2020

As of 2/13/2020 Chrome has updated to version 80.0.3987.106 which no longer causes issues with firewall management.In February 2020 Chrome released software version 80. In this version there were changes made to how cookies and JavaScript are handled. Due to this update, SonicWall firewalls using the self-signed certificate, are not able to be managed. Firewalls that use a trusted certificate (for example a GoDaddy CA root) are not affected by this Chrome update.Our engineering teams are working on this issue to provide a resolution to customer

June 2020

06/04/2020

As previously announced, SonicWall Analyzer 8.5 reached “End of Support” on the 24 April, 2020.Please see the SonicWall Analyzer product Lifecycle page: https://www.SonicWall.com/support/product-Lifecycle-tables/SonicWall-analyzer/software/.As the Analyzer license is perpetual and hence does not expire, customers can continue to use Analyzer. However, since 24 April 2020,  any new cases logged will not be supported. This includes patches, bug fixes and new feature updates.SonicWall On-premise Analytics 2.5 is the replacement

May 2020

05/06/2020

SonicWall recently launched a new online community to connect cybersecurity professionals. This is the go-to place for SonicWall users, partners, employees, and experts to ask questions, find answers and connect with one another from around the world. The community can be viewed by anyone and is free to join!What does SonicWall Community offers?Learn about best practices and use SonicWall to lower total cost of ownership and maximize the value derived from SonicWall products.Connect with product management and support to ask questions, get help

April 2020

04/16/2020

SonicWall is continuing to monitor COVID-19 (coronavirus) and the ever-evolving global impact it is having on our international community. The world is testing its ability to go remote or work from home during this outbreak. Many companies find themselves with the need to rapidly scale their remote work capabilities. Existing SonicWall firewall administrators can learn more about configuring and troubleshooting remote workforce access by visiting Popular firewall SSLVPN and GVC articles for the remote workforce. Existing SonicWall SMA admini

March 2020

03/27/2020

SonicWall Web Application Firewall (WAF) reaches End-of-Sale February 1, 2020 SonicWall is initiating a worldwide End-of-Sale for the Web Application Firewall (WAF) product beginning on February 1, 2020. SonicWall will no longer actively develop or sell the product. Please see the Product Lifecycle Table for a full list of key dates regarding this product. Why is SonicWall initiating End-of-Sale for the Web Application Firewall (WAF)? We are working to create an integrated system that delivers faster protection, detection and correction. We a

03/26/2020

SonicWall previously announced that the SonicWall Enforced Client offerings (both McAfee and Kaspersky) are End of Life (EOL) and no longer available for purchase starting April 2018. McAfee also previously announced an EOL for the endpoint technology that was used; with Kaspersky it was a strategic decision to no longer sell the product due to government concerns raised by the product around data privacy. SonicWall now announces the End of Support dates for SonicWall Enforced Client as follows: January 11th 2019 – Limited Support for SonicWal

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