Nexwall Firewall
Release notes
What is new, what changed and what was fixed in every version of Nexwall Firewall, with the known issues, the requirements and the downloads.
New in 26.1
- Web Protection: block websites by category
- Inspection of encrypted (HTTPS) traffic
- Antivirus for downloads
- Profiles for home, school and company, websites included
- SafeSearch and YouTube Restricted Mode
- Traffic and applications in the Log Viewer, reports kept 35 days
- Licenses as a bundle plus add-ons
Already in the firewall
- Network Protection (IPS) against attacks
- Application Control (DPI) with profiles
- Threat Shield feeds: malicious IPs and domains blocked
- DNS filtering
- IP and country (geo) blocking
- Log Viewer and Traffic Analytics
- Guided setup wizard, secure from the first start
- Trusted web address with its own certificate
- Signed updates and licensing by module
- Fast path and performance settings
All releases
Nexwall Firewall 26.1.3
The final release of version 26: the 26.1.2 features with working package updates, a complete update server, and corrections to the IPS rule count, Top talkers and Threat Analytics.
Nexwall Firewall 26.1.2
Web Protection with separate block and inspect choices, block pages, a content filter, files tested in a sandbox, a new interface (3.0) with a blue light and dark theme, a traffic engine that no longer stalls under load, and an installer ISO.
Nexwall Firewall 26.1.0
Web Protection: websites by category with optional inspection of encrypted traffic, an antivirus for downloads, one-choice profiles for home, school and company, SafeSearch and YouTube restrictions, and a traffic and applications view in the Log Viewer.
Nexwall Firewall 26.0.0-rc4
A trusted web address with its own certificate for every firewall, quiet logs on a busy firewall, and the remaining system log errors fixed.
Nexwall Firewall 26.0.0-rc3
Fixes from testing a freshly installed firewall: signature installation, skipping the wizard, editable profile rules, logging of blocked applications and a live trace of dropped packets.
Nexwall Firewall 26.0.0-rc2
Secure from the first start: protections are on before the setup wizard, the wizard works without a login, the web interface has a trusted address and the Log Viewer was reworked.
Nexwall Firewall 26.0.0-rc1
First release candidate: intrusion prevention, Application Control, DNS filtering, IP and geo blocking, a Log Viewer and licensing by module.