Software Update: Sophos XG Firewall 17.0.1 MR1

Sophos recently released a new version of its XG Firewall with 17.0.1 MR1 as the version number. This software runs on physical hardware as well as in a soft appliance for VMware, Hyper-V, Xen and KVM delivered. In addition to the paid variants for businesses, Sophos offers this firewall for home use at no cost, such as on this page can be read. For the various image and update files you can visit the MySophos Portal. The announcement of this release looks like this:

SFOS 17.0.1 MR1 Released

Hi XG Community!

We’ve finished SFOS v17.0.1 MR1. This release is available from within your device for all SFOS v17.0 installations as of now.

The release is available to all SFOS version via MySophos portal.

Issues Resolved

• NC-22472 [Base System] shm service found stopped
• NC-23068 [IPS] Device stopped responding
• NC-22950 [IPsec] Unable to login to GUI due to opcode stuck in v17.0 GA