A new beta appliance firmware is now available on Mon, 16 Oct 2023

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A new beta appliance firmware version is available. Firmware MX 18.205 was just released on 2023-10-13 and has been in this firmware category since 2023-10-16.

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Security appliance firmware versions MX 18.205 changelog

What’s new

• Significant performance improvements for MX250, MX450, and MX75 appliances.
• Enhanced IPv6 support for AnyConnect and DNSv6
• Improved AutoVPN’s self-recovery capabilities
• Detailed, live firewall logs can now be seen through a new live tool
• Adaptive Policy now supports SGT transport on the WAN interface for MXs in VPN Concentrator mode
• Adaptive Policy now supports SGT assignments per-port and by VLANs.
• Trusted Traffic Exclusions - IP addresses and objects, as well as applications can now be “allow listed” and bypass IDS/IPS inspection
• Talos Content Filtering support in Group Policies
• SD-Internet powered by NBAR2 traffic classifications

Legacy products notice

• When configured for this version, Z1 and MX80 devices will run MX 14.56.
• When configured for this version, MX400 and MX600 devices will run MX 16.16.9.
• When configured for this version, MX64(W), MX65(W), MX84, MX100, and vMX100 devices will run MX 18.107.5.

Known issues

• Due to an issue under investigation, uplink shaping will not limit traffic speeds on MX250, MX450, and MX75 appliances.
• Due to an issue under investigation, mandatory DHCP will not function correctly on MX250, MX450, and MX75 appliances.
• Due to an issue under investigation, MX250, MX450, and MX75 appliances will not relay DHCP traffic.
• There is an increased risk of encountering device stability and performance issues on all platforms and across all configurations.