What's new in Defguard
Find information about all releases and the latest features in one place.
Firewall rule migration
Existing firewall rules are automatically migrated to the new ACL engine.
High Availability - multiple Gateways and Edge components
See how easy it is to set up High Availability for Core, Edge, and Gateway components across your deployment.
LDAP and Active Directory auto-enrollment
You can now enable automatic enrollment initiation for each synced user from LDAP or Active Directory.
New UI/UX & easy setup with automatic component adoption
It's a significant change, introducing a new approach to management, new wizards, and a new method for automatically adopting and securing all Defguard components.
Open Virtual Appliance Images
You can now quickly deploy all components in a single image for testing purposes using an OVA virtual image, as well as deploy each Defguard component separately using the same image with Cloud-Init.
Registration required for instances without a license
In version 1.x, business features were free up to certain limits without requiring a license. If you were previously using these features without a license, starting with version 2.0, you will need to register for a free business license to continue using them.
Defguard Core & Edge built-in SSL termination
This feature will be useful for new deployments, as starting from version 2.0, there is no need to deploy a reverse proxy and configure SSL certificates it's built-in!
Static IP Assignment for Users and Devices
A feature long-awaited by many is finally here! You can now assign IP addresses to all networks and user devices via the user context menu, or to a specific device through the device context menu.