Software Update: RouterOS 6.43.7

MikroTik has released RouterOS 6.43.7. RouterOS is an operating system that focuses on running router tasksThis includes routing network traffic, of course, but also a firewall, bandwidth management, controlling wireless access points, a hotspot gateway and a VPN server. It can be done on the hardware from MikroTik when doing its job on x86 or virtual machines. Before use, a license required, which is included with the purchase of MikroTik hardware. The list of changes for this release is as follows:

MAJOR CHANGES IN v6.43.7:

• upgrade – release channels renamed – “bugfix” to “long-term”, “current” to “stable” and “release candidate” to “testing”;
• upgrade – “testing” release channel now can contain “beta” together with “release-candidate” versions;

Changes in this release:

• bridge – properly disable dynamic CAP interfaces;
• certificate – fixed “expires-after” parameter calculation;
• certificate – fixed time zone adjustment for SCEP requests;
• certificate – properly flush old CRLs when changing store location;
• chr – fixed possible memory allocation failure when using multiple CPUs or interfaces on Xen installations;
• crs328 – fixed SFP ports not reporting auto-negotiation status;
• crs328 – improved link status update on disabled SFP and SFP+ interfaces;
• defconf – automatically accept default configuration if reset done by holding button;
• defconf – fixed default configuration loading on RB4011iGS+5HacQ2HnD-IN;
• discovery – fixed malformed neighbor information for routers that has incomplete IPv6 configuration;
• discovery – fixed neighbor discovery for PPP interfaces;
• discovery – properly use System ID for “software-id” value on CHR;
• export – fixed “silent-boot” compact export;
• health – fixed bad voltage readings on RB493G;
• interface – improved system stability when including/excluding a list to itself;
• ipsec – fixed hw-aead (H) flag presence under Installed SAs on startup;
• ipsec – improved stability when uninstalling multiple SAs at once;
• ipsec – properly handle peer profiles on downgrade;
• ipsec – properly update warnings under peer menu;
• kidcontrol – do not allow users with “read” policy to pause and resume kids;
• log – properly handle long echo messages;
• lte – added support for more ZTE MF90 modems;
• ospf – improved stability while handling type-5 LSAs;
• router board – renamed SIM slots to “a” and “b” on SXT LTE kit;
• routerboard – show “boot-os” and “force-backup-booter” options only on devices that have such feature;
• snmp – do not initialize interface traps on bootup if they are not enabled;
• timezone – updated timezone information from tzdata2018g release;
• traffic flow – fixed post NAT port reporting;
• traffic-flow – fixed “src-mac-address” and added “post-src-mac-address” fields;
• tunnel – made “ipsec-secret” parameter sensitive;
• usb – fixed power-reset for hAP ac^2 devices;
• user – speed up first time login process after upgrade from version older than v6.43;
• winbox – allow to specify SIM slot on LtAP mini;
• winbox – enabled “fast-forward” by default when adding new bridge;
• winbox – fixed neighbor discovery for IPv6 neighbors;
• winbox – show “System/Health” only on boards that have health monitoring;