How to resolve Botnet symptom with log message "Botnet Filter Service is not licensed"

Description

If the license for the "Geo-IP & Botnet Filter"  expires, the appliance would keep generating the below logs in the INFO level saying that "Botnet Filter Service is not licensed".

sslvpn-syd SSLVPN: id=sslvpn sn= time="2014-02-02 01:39:21" vp_time="" fw= pri=6 m=0 c=703
src= dst= user="System" usr="System" msg="Botnet Filter Service is not licensed" agent="(null)"

sslvpn-syd SSLVPN: id=sslvpn sn= time="2014-02-02 02:39:35" vp_time="" fw= pri=6 m=0 c=703
src= dst= user="System" usr="System" msg="Botnet Filter Service is not licensed" agent="(null)"

Resolution

Engineering has worked on this and provided a fix which is in 7.5.0.1 or later firmware version. Please contact SonicWall Support for any further questions.

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