Software Update: Sophos XG Firewall 17.5 MR5

Sophos has released a new version of its XG Firewall with 17.5 MR5 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 17.5 MR5 Released

Hi XG Community!

We’ve released SFOS v17.5.5 MR5 for the Sophos XG Firewall. Initially, the firmware will be available by manual download from your MySophos account. We then make the firmware available via auto-update to a number of customers, which will increase over time.

What’s New in XG Firewall v17.5 MR5

APX 120 support for XG Firewall – The APX 120 is a new entry-level, 2×2 MIMO access point. It comes with dual-radio technology and supports 802.11ac Wave 2 for much improved performance over the equivalent AP Series models. With 17.5 MR5, you would be able to manage APX 120 from XG Firewall.

Issues Resolved in SF 17.5 MR5

• NC-42458 [Authentication] CAA error “Username already logged in too many times. Client will try again shortly”
• NC-43413 [Authentication] access_server does not always react to service heartbeats
• NC-43108 [Email] Unable to use a Russian search string in SMTP quarantine search
• NC-40223 [Licensing] Unable to send license sync request after not receiving CSR response
• NC-44226 [Wireless] MAC filtering cannot be configured for a SSID using API