Sophos Client Firewall release notes
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Product version: 1.5.3, April 2008

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New in this version
Known problems


New in this version
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The following items include the relevant identifier in brackets. You can use
this if you need to contact Sophos technical support.

* (DEF 17019) This version includes a fix for a problem whereby
  Sophos Client Firewall did not apply policies that were sent from the
  management console after installation. You no longer need to apply policies
  manually to workaround this problem.

* (DEF 16970) This version includes a fix for a problem whereby the log viewer
  could report that its database was corrupt when it was not.

* (DEF 17030) This version includes a fix for a problem whereby
  Sophos Client Firewall failed to be installed.


Known problems
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The following items include the relevant identifier in brackets. You can use
this if you need to contact Sophos technical support.

* All packets are blocked briefly during rule updates.

  (CR 27434) When you change rules in the configuration editor, packets of
  traffic that shouldn't be affected by the modified rules may briefly be
  blocked while the rules are updating. This will occur only very briefly but
  may be noticeable if alerts are being sent to the console.

* IPv6 traffic is not logged as expected in log viewer.

  (CR 27073) When you view the log of traffic, IPv6 addresses/interfaces are
  not logged in IPv6 format as you might expect.

* Tab navigation fails after adding and deleting process.

  (CR 26950) If you go to the Process tab and add and delete a process in the
  top frame, you won't be able to navigate using the Tab key.

* Under heavy load, the log viewer auto-refresh can fail.

  (CR 26248) If you are viewing the log in a view that auto-refreshes, such as
  Allowed connections, you may note that the view stops refreshing if the
  service is under a heavy load. If you change to a different view and back
  again, auto-refreshing will work normally again.

* Loopback IPv6 traffic is not blocked.

  (CR 25569) Although a rule blocking IPv6 traffic will block traffic that
  approaches or leaves the machine, it will not influence loopback IPv6
  traffic.

* Even when "Allow all traffic" is selected, system tray icon may stay blue.

  (CR 27039) If "Allow all traffic" is selected, the system tray icon should
  be grey. Sometimes the icon may stay blue. This will not affect performance
  of the application.

* Setup unexpectedly fails if run from .msi file on Vista with User Access
  Control enabled.

  (CR 26760) Sophos Client Firewall Setup may unexpectedly fail if you run
  "Sophos Client Firewall.msi" instead of "setup.exe" on a computer running
  Windows Vista that has User Access Control enabled.

For technical support, visit www.sophos.com/support.

If you contact technical support, provide as much information as possible,
including the following:

* Sophos software version number(s)
* Operating system(s) and patch level(s)
* The exact text of any error messages