User guide

WATCHGUARD SYSTEM MANAGER 8.0 AND FIREWARE PRO RC2 – (3542/4049/7.4)
RELEASE NOTES APRIL 5, 2005 PAGE 5
 When the Log Server gets a large number of log messages at the same time, it now correctly rolls the log
files.
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Issues Fixed in Beta3
 The Firebox is set to its factory default configuration if the Quick Setup Wizard fails to setup the Firebox. [3700]
 The maintenance mode option of the Installer now works correctly. [3758]
 In certain conditions, a secondary appliance in a High Availability pair can become permanently caught in the
“initializing state” during configuration. This problem is now fixed.
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 After you move your DVCP and Certificate Authority server from the Firebox to a WatchGuard Management
Server on your computer, MUVPN tunnels now work correctly.
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 The Policy Manager can now save a configuration file to the Firebox that contains policies with Static NAT
rules when the external interface uses dynamic IP addressing.
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 The Policy Manager now makes the correct rules for your Firebox when the From field is set to an alias and
the To field uses static NAT.
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 The PPTP RADIUS client now does authentication server failover. [2642]
 The Log Server now installs properly if it is installed by itself. [3942]
 The Log Server now properly fails over to a secondary log server. [3798]
 After you install the WatchGuard System Manager 8.0 software, you no longer need to configure the log
system on the Firebox and on the management station.
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 When you save a configuration file to the primary Firebox in a High Availability pair, the secondary Firebox no
longer becomes the primary.
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 Policy Manager correctly saves a configuration to the Firebox if it contains a policy with one TCP port and a
TCP port range.
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 We added a check to prevent a user from accidentally adding their own network to the list of Blocked Sites.
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 Using Policy Manager, you can turn off the log message of allowed packets for a specified policy. This feature
now works correctly.
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Issues Fixed in Beta2
 VPN tunnels that use IPSec certificates now operate correctly. [501]
 There is no longer an error message when you click the Authentication tab of the Firebox System Manager.
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 You can now use a Firebox with Fireware 8.0 as a border Firebox for the management server. [573]
 You can use the Firebox System Manager to connect to a Firebox for more than one hour. [3540]
 When you move your DVCP server for a Firebox to a management server, the VPN connection to a remote
Firebox with a dynamic IP address now starts correctly in most conditions.
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 A timeout no longer occurs when you save a configuration with a large number of proxy policies to the
appliance.
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 Policy Manager did not correctly save the custom MSS adjustment value to the Firebox. The value incorrectly
saved as 1460.
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 When Using Policy Manager to restore a backup image to your Firebox, this error message can appear: “Lost
connection to the appliance, it is probably restarting now.” The backup did in fact complete successfully.
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