PMParth

14 Dec 2020

Hi Community,

The latest maintenance release (MR15) for SFOS v17.5 is now available through the MySophos licensing portal.

Maintenance Release

Several security and hardening enhancements
SSMK (Secure Storage Master Key) for the encryption of sensitive data
- See https://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000040174 for more details
Secure encryption for storing admin password hash
- Admin (default administrator account) will be asked to change their password
- Optional but highly recommended
Password complexity have been enabled for all the passwords

Important Issues Resolved

NC-61620 [Authentication] Not Able To Restore Backup From CR50iNG To XG135
NC-62695 [Authentication] SATC: Users Are Not Coming In Live
NC-58344 [Clientless Access] [SMB Bookmark] Delete file/folder with specific special characters in name, Deletes all contents of shared from smb server
NC-62210 [Firewall] CSC Unresponsive After Back-Up Is Uploaded From An HA Pair
NC-65158 [Hotspot] Voucher Export Shows Encrypted PSKs With SSMK
NC-62807 [IPsec] Responder Not Accepting SPI Values After Its ISP Disconnects
NC-63825 [PPPoE] For 17.5- PPPoE Link Does Not Reconnect After Disconnecting
NC-62024 [RED] XG86 /tmp Partition Fills Up
NC-62072 [RED] RED Log Folders Are 1 Month Behind
NC-63803 [RED] FailSafe Mode After Backup Restore - Reason Unable To Start RED Service
NC-63904 [RED] Network Tab Slow Loading Issue
NC-60457 [SSLVPN] Incorrect Count of Remote User's
NC-60863 [UI Framework] Improper Color Status In Control Center Widget
NC-61206 [Up2Date Client] XG Fails To Fetch hotfixes/patterns : File /conf/certificate/u2dclient.pem Missing
NC-63058 [VirtualAppliance] Incorrect Virtual XG Firewall Model Name Showing in GUI and CLI