SonicOS 5.8.1.13 Release Notes - SonicWALL

• Botnet Filter—The Botnet Filter feature is available as a free trial and can be activated by navigating to the
Security Services > Botnet Filter page. The Botnet Filter page provides configuration options for Block
connections to/from Botnet Command and Control Services, Block all connections to public IPs if
BOTNET DB is not downloaded, Enable Logging, defining Botnet exclusion objects, and checking Botnet
server lookup.
Select the Block all connections to public IPs if BOTNET DB is not downloaded option if you want all
public IP addresses to be blocked whenever the firewall cannot download the Botnet database that contains the
list of Botnet IP addresses to be blocked. For selected IP addresses to be blocked, the Botnet database must
be downloaded from the internet. If the Botnet database is not downloaded successfully, the firewall cannot
block Botnet IP addresses.
The Botnet page also has a Diagnostics section containing a Show Resolved Locations button and a table
displaying cache statistics.
SonicOS 5.8.1.13 Release Notes
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