Fireware Pro 9.1

What’s New

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What’s New in Fireware 9.1Overview

This presentation has three categories:

•New Features in 9.1

•Enhancements to existing features

•Miscellaneous changes

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• Factory Shipped User Area

• New power-on mode

• New steps for Quick Setup Wizard

• Quarantine Server

• HTTP proxy exceptions

• POP3 proxy

• Automatic redirect after firewall authentication

• New authentication web server certificate

• Server load balancing

• Import/export proxy actions and rulesets

• Support for jumbo frames

• Support for Windows Vista

• Find Policy feature

Fireware 9.1New Features

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Benefits:

Improved out-of-box experience

Faster, easier deployment

• One computer can get to the Internet during QSW

•Register box with LSS and get feature key during QSW

•No need to disconnect from Firebox, connect to live Internet connection, get feature key, reconnect to Firebox, continue Wizard

• User can still finish QSW if user forgot to (or did not know to) install Fireware

on the management station

Not sure yet when manufacturing cutover happens

Factory Shipped User AreaFireware pre-loaded from factory

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Safe Mode (New boot method)

• Power-on + down arrow button

◦ Hold button until LCD shows WatchGuard Technologies

• Available only if 9.1 image is installed on box

• Allows one computer out to the Internet

• Saves time: Loads new Fireware image only if image on computer is newer

Recovery Mode (Same as current method)

• Power-on + up arrow button

• Used to be called Safe Mode

• No Internet access until QSW is done

• Must have feature key to finish

• New Fireware image is always loaded

Power-on optionsSafe Mode & Recovery Mode

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Skip instructional steps if user knows that the box is in a discoverable state

Quick Setup WizardNew and different steps

Next step, discovery

At least four more steps until discovery

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Quick Setup WizardNew and changed steps

Set external IP address information during QSW

• External interface settings are saved to Firebox immediately

• Lets user out to Internet before or during feature key step

DNS information

• The Firebox must have DNS information for spamBlocker to work, and to get Gateway AV/IPS updates

Feature key step of QSW: “Click to go to LiveSecurity site”

• Works only if 9.1 installed

• Works only if booted using down arrow

• Detects and displays current license if user ran the QSW previously

Remote management step

• Adds an external IP address to the From: field of WatchGuard policy

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Quarantine ServerQuarantine spamWorks with spamBlocker only

Does not quarantine based on virus signature or content types

• SMTP proxy yes; quarantine spam, bulk, or suspect email

• POP3 proxy no; cannot quarantine POP3 email

New icon in WatchGuard toolbar

Install with server components during WSM install

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Quarantine ServerNew “Quarantine” action in spamBlocker

• Quarantine based on spam classification

• Quarantine based on Exception

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Quarantine ServerServer Settings

• Set maximum database size

• Admin notification when database gets close to capacity

• SMTP server settings

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Quarantine ServerExpiration Settings

• How long to keep messages

• For which domains the Quarantine Server will keep email

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Quarantine ServerUser notification

Customize body text for notification emails sent to

users

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Quarantine ServerRules

Automatically remove messages based on:

• From specific domains

• From specific senders

• With specific text in the Subject

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Quarantine ServerStatistics

Export data to:

•Excel

•CSV

Filter report by:

•Date

•Spam classification

View data by:

•Month

•Week

•Day

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Quarantine ServerUser notification

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Quarantine ServerSimple for user to delete or release emails

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HTTP Proxy ExceptionsBypass rule checking

An easy way to allow content from:

• Windows Updates

• Symantec Updates

• Other friendly sites

Proxy sets all rules to Allow for these sites

• Allows all content from hosts that match this list

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POP3 ProxyServer and Client POP3 proxies

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POP3 ProxyBenefits

Content Type filtering

• Strip or lock attachments based on declared MIME type

Filename filtering

• Strip or lock attachments based on filename pattern

AV scanning

• Strip or lock attachments if virus found

IPS scanning

• Strip or lock attachments if signature matches

spamBlocker

• Allow or tag based on categorization

• No quarantine for spam with POP3 email (only SMTP email can be quarantined)

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POP3 ProxyBenefits

Simpler, easier-to- understand defaults

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POP3 ProxyLimitations

POP3 proxy cannot block POP3 emails:

In POP3 transaction, client gets message count first

• Client keeps trying until number of messages received matches count

• We must deliver the correct number of messages

Attachment scanning

• Inline engine – not store-and-forward

• Client may get truncated attachment along with the deny message

spamBlocker cannot quarantine POP3 messages

• For the same reasons we cannot block POP3 mail

• spamBlocker can [Allow] or [Add Subject Tab] only

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Firewall Authentication Automatic redirect after authentication

Setup > Authentication > Authentication Settings

• Authentication settings moved here from Setup > Global settings

• New Redirect option:

User’s browser is redirected to this URL five seconds after successful authentication

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No more security warnings!Why does the user get warnings from the browser?

1. The name on the certificate does not match the URL in the browser

• Fixed with new Fireware web server certificate

• Uses subject alternative names to match several possible URLs

• Three different options for Fireware’s web server certificate

Firewall Authentication Customizable Web Server Certificate

2. Certificate is not trusted

• User still must import the CA cert from the issuing authority or the (web server certificate itself)

• Import to trusted root store

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Firewall Authentication Customizable web server certificate

Three options:

Default certificate

• Uses each trusted interface IP address as subject alt names

Third party certificate

• Must import using FSM

• Mark purpose as “web server” when generating Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

Custom Certificate

• Signed by Firebox

• Option to add more subject alt name fields:IP addresses or domain names

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Server Load Balancing Balances incoming traffic to server clusters

Add it in a familiar, intuitive way.

• In the To: field, select Add > Add NAT

• New drop-down list to select Server Load Sharing instead of Static NAT

• Sticky Connections makes sure new connections from the same client use the same server for the specified time.

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Supports up to 10 servers per object

Algorithms:

• Weighted Round-robin

• Weighted Least Connections

Server Load Balancing Algorithms

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Policy Manager EnhancementsImport and Export from Policy Manager

Useful for managing many boxes

Copy back and forth between XML configurations

Must be from the same version of WSM/Policy Manager

• Cannot import 9.0 object into 9.1 Policy Manager, for example

• Convert older configuration before exporting for use in newer version

Objects you can import/export:

• Proxy actions

• Individual rulesets within proxy actions

• Custom policies

• WebBlocker exceptions

• spamBlocker exceptions

• Schedules

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Proxy actions

Import/export Objects you can import/export

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Individual rulesets within proxy actions

• SMTP: greeting rules; authentication schemes, content types, filenames, mail from, mail to, headers

• HTTP: request methods, URL paths, headers, authentication schemes, content types, cookies, body content types

• DNS: OPCodes, query types, query names

• FTP: commands, downloads, uploads

• POP3: authentication schemes, content types, filenames, headers

Import/export Objects you can import/export

Must be in Advanced View to see Import/Export buttons

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Custom policies

Import/export Objects you can import/export

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WebBlocker Exceptions

Import/export Objects you can import/export

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spamBlocker Exceptions

Import/export Objects you can import/export

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Schedules

Import/export Objects you can import/export

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Ethernet Driver UpdatesSupport for Jumbo Frames

You can now set MTU on Firebox interfaces up to 9000

• Previous limit was 1500

• 1500 is normal maximum MTU for Ethernet

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WSM EnhancementSupport for Windows Vista

All variants of Windows Vista are supported in WSM v9.1 for Firebox configuration, monitoring, and management

• Windows Vista not supported yet for MUVPN

• Vista-compatible MUVPN client scheduled for Fall

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Policy Manager Enhancements Find Policy (Edit Find)

Finds policies that match the search criteria

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If a policy uses PBR:

Policy Manager Enhancement Policy-Based Routing (PBR) Column

•Interface number used for PBR listed in new column

•Multiple interface numbers indicate that the PBR uses failover

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• Management Server

• HTTP proxy

• SMTP proxy

• FTP proxy

• GatewayAV/IPS

• spamBlocker

• WebBlocker

• Branch Office VPN

• IPSec Pass-through

• Firebox certificates

• DHCP

• HostWatch

• PMTU

Fireware 9.1Feature Enhancements

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Better efficiency

• Compiling and deploying policies is faster

• Better scalability

New “Hub” VPN resource

• For default-route VPNs (send all traffic through VPN)

Turn off logging of DVCP-generated VPN policies

• Custom VPN policies only

Phase 1 now configurable

• Still uses Aggressive Mode; no Main Mode tunnels

Several defects fixed

Management Server Enhancements

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Management Server EnhancementsNew Hub Network VPN Resource

•VPN sends all traffic through the Firebox that has “Hub Network” as the local resource.

•Warning tells you that a dynamic NAT rule may be necessary to let traffic from branch office out to Internet.

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All WebDAV methods now supported

What is WebDAV?

• Stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning

• A set of extensions to the HTTP 1.1 specifications

• Adds new HTTP request methods to the familiar GET, HEAD, POST, etc.

• Used for collaborative authoring of documents and versioning control:

•Outlook Web Access

• SubVersion (popular open-source version control system)

•Wherever you see team authoring and version control

HTTP Proxy Enhancements WebDAV Support

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HTTP Proxy Enhancements WebDAV Support

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• Turn off ESMTP altogether with one box

• Turn off logging of denied ESMTP verbs

• Auto-detect MIME types

SMTP Proxy Enhancements Benefits and limitations

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Full data channel inspection

• Gateway AntiVirus

• Intrusion Prevention

New option for maximum number of failed logins

• Auto-block the source if number is exceeded

• Protects against dictionary attacks on your FTP server

FTP Proxy Enhancements Benefits and limitations

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All inline scanning engine now

• Same inline scanning engine that has always been used in the HTTP proxy

• This means we no longer use the Clam AV scanning engine for the SMTP

• No limit to the size of attachments we can scan

• We do, however, still use Clam AV signatures

AV/IPS Enhancements Benefits and limitations

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•Proactive Patterns

• spamBlocker downloads small (no more than 20MB) database of patterns

• For quicker detection of patterns no longer in the wild

•Works only on legacy Peak, any e-Series

•Trusted email forwarders

•Bulk import/export spamBlocker exceptions (white/blacklists)

•Set Allow or Deny when spamBlocker server is unavailable

spamBlocker Enhancements Benefits and limitations

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• New organization for categories in UI

• New UI option to change listening port of WebBlocker Server

Right-click WebBlocker Server icon in Windows taskbar

Stop service, then right-click again:

WebBlocker Enhancements Benefits and limitations

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Phase 2 SA creation options expanded, more user-friendly

Branch Office VPN Enhancements Better explanation of SA creation

Old

New

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Rekey All

• Tools menu in FSM

Rekey Selected

• Right-click the active tunnel in the Front Panel tab

Branch Office VPN Enhancements Rekey BOVPNs

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IPSec pass-through code totally overhauled

• Multiple IPSec clients behind Firebox can make outbound VPN sessions to concentrators on the external network at the same time, with fewer problems

• Enable IPSec Pass-through at VPN > VPN Settings

IPSec Pass-through Enhancements Code Overhauled

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IPSec policy automatically added when IPSec pass-through enabled

1. Enable IPSec Pass-through at VPN > VPN Settings

2. Policy Manager automatically adds WatchGuard IPSec policy

IPSec Pass-through Enhancements IPSec policy automatically added

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Updated wizard for Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

• Same information; clearer presentation

Firebox Certificates UI Enhancements

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• DNS server IP addresses

DHCP Server Enhancements New DNS Settings

On each Firebox interface, you can specify new information to give DHCP clients:

• Domain name(connection-specific DNS suffix)

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• External PPPoE interfaces now show properly

• You can now monitor VLANs, but you must manually type the name

• VLANs do not show in the list (right-click, select Other)

• Create any combination of interfaces to monitor using a regular expression

HostWatch Enhancements Enhancements

Type the interface name without the (ethx) part.

Examples:

• VLAN10VLAN called “VLAN10”

• [RegEx] ^Optional- All interfaces that start with name “Optional-”

• [RegEx] Optional-[12]First two optional interfaces

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PMTU EnhancementTune PMTU for IPSec

Some Path MTU Discovery Parameters now configurable

• Minimum PMTU is to guard against Denial of Service attacks caused by ICMP “request to fragment” messages with trivially low MTU

• Aging time is to return the interface MTU value to the MTU set at top of this tab after specified number of [seconds/minutes/hours/days]

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• Remember my password

• SNMP MIBs no longer use RapidStream number

• VLANs show in Bandwidth Meter

• Terminology change Licensed Features to Feature Key

• Syslog – more facilities available

• Space allowed in interface names

Fireware 9.1Miscellaneous Changes

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Firebox System ManagerUI Enhancements

Remember my passphrase

• For actions that require the configuration passphrase

• No need to enter read/write passphrase every time

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Fireware MIBS now use WatchGuard private enterprise arc

• Old MIBs used RapidStream arc 1.3.6.1.4.1.4355

• New MIBs use WatchGuard arc 1.3.6.1.4.1.3097

SNMP Enhancements New arc for MIBs

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Setup > Licensed Features changed to Setup > Feature Keys

Policy Manager Miscellaneous Changes

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