Watchguard Fireware 11.9 Preview and APT Blocker

Over at the Watchguard YouTube channel they have released a new video previewing the next release of  Fireware (11.9) and a new service named APT Blocker. The APT Blocker service will be available for all WatchGuard Unified Threat Management (UTM) and Next-Gen Firewall platforms and detects advanced persistent threats and zero day evasive malware. The APT Blocker … More Watchguard Fireware 11.9 Preview and APT Blocker

Integrating Google Authenticator PAM module with FreeRADIUS Server

I was recently investigating two factor authentication solutions to use with a Watchguard XTM appliance for mobile VPN solutions, to where I came across FreeRADIUS (http://freeradius.org/). FreeRADIUS server is a daemon of a UNIX (like) operating system which allows for a radius protocol server to be setup.  FreeRADIUS is an open-source project and is developed … More Integrating Google Authenticator PAM module with FreeRADIUS Server

Configure monitoring of Watchguard devices with Nagios XI

Firstly, we will need to enable the Firebox  as a SNMP device, as below: 1) From Policy Manager, select Setup > SNMP. 2) Select the SNMP polling type and enter the configuration details. In my configuration I am selecting ‘v1/v2c’ for SNMP polling which requires a community string to be configured. 3) Select the SNMP … More Configure monitoring of Watchguard devices with Nagios XI