Sophos Firewall: v18.5 MR1: Feedback and experiences

Looks like all FW rules and NAT broke.  Don't want to have to recreate them, but looks like I may have to.

Hi.

please be a bit more specific. What did you do, upgrade from which version? Do you have a backup that you can restore to after the upgrade?

Ian

SFOS 18.0.5 MR-5-Build586.  None of the firewall/NAT rules work anymore.  I have regular backups, but reverting a version doesn't seem optimal.  Then again, neither does having to completely rebuild FW rules and corresponding DNAT port configurations.
They really shouldn't have messed with rules/NAT, IMHO.
Now I have a TON of work ahead of me, to recreate what was already in place and working.

Hi,

I wasn't suggesting a rollback of version but to use a backup and restore function.

As far as I can tell there was a fix to the NAT regarding hairpin function but nothing else appears to have changed from what I can seen my system.

You might consider starting a support case?

Ian

Hi,

I wasn't suggesting a rollback of version but to use a backup and restore function.

As far as I can tell there was a fix to the NAT regarding hairpin function but nothing else appears to have changed from what I can seen my system.

You might consider starting a support case?

Ian

Looks like there was some sort of automated import function for FW rules and NAT, but it obviously didn't work for me as expected.
Now I have a mess of imported rules and NAT entries, on multiple pages filled with configuration drop-downs and links - many of which are grayed out.
Not happy with whomever managed this update.

There should not be any import or creation of any firewall rules? Or did you upgrade from V17.5?