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martyr444
Apprentice
Oct 04, 2020

What Security Improvements with latest XR700 Firmware

Hello, I would like to know how much or more details on what Security improvements were added for Version 1.0.1.34. I tried to just upgrade the Firmware from Version V1.0.1.20 and it causes my Content Filtering Schedules not to work properly. I then reset back to Factory and then tried my backup from 1.0.1.34 and still the same issue. It doesn't trigger the blocking of all Services for the chosen IP range during the set schedule.  I have the setting to start at 21:00 and to end at 7 hour 0 minutes. To get it to trigger I have to actually go to the schedule settings and hit apply which manually triggers it verses automatically doing this on it's own. To wipe it and add all of our Devices will take at least 1/2 day. I need to know how much improvement and any deatails you can give me on the Security improvements to weigh the gains verses the pain of doing all of this again. Thanks

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  • Netduma-Fraser's avatar
    Netduma-Fraser
    NetDuma Partner
    Oct 05, 2020
    Just generic security fixes as far as I am aware, there was no security advisory out that I can see. If you're having those issues then you should be fine to go back to .20.
    • martyr444's avatar
      martyr444
      Apprentice
      Oct 05, 2020

      Hello, I know that many Netgear Routers have been known to have vulnerabilities. That's why I wanted to get more details on what this fixed in making the XR700 more secure. I went ahead and set my XR700 back to Factory. I then configured everything to find out if using a backup from V1.0.1.20 to recover V1.0.1.34 was causing this issue. Even with a clean install and reconfiguring everything without using the backup still have the same issue. So it's this latest Firmware V1.0.1.34 it causing the issue. I set the Content Filter Schedules the same as before so the Service blocking starts at 21:00 and ends at 7:00. The only way I get it to trigger is to go to this schedule and hit apply at 7AM which I shouldn't have to do. I can go back to the V1.0.1.20 and it will work like it's supposed to. But then I'm losing the new Security updates which is a bad idea. How do I escalate this so the Engineers can get a fix? It it's a problem for my setup, it should be an issue for all setups that use this feature. Please advise.