Documentation changes for the weeks of February 28th

7 Mar 2022

This blog post will list the main changes in our product documentation and knowledge base.

Sophos Firewall

Article about why the PCI compliance check fails on SMTP port 25 and how it can be resolved.
- KB 000043694: Sophos Firewall: PCI compliance failure on SMTP port 25

The network diagram was updated to reflect the WAN IP as a dummy IP. Configuration for the browser proxy settings was also updated to use the Sophos Firewall's LAN IP, the NAT rule to use MASQ, and a note to ensure that the WAN and LAN interface must not be in the same network.
- KB-000035921: Sophos Firewall: Configure a direct proxy when not the gateway device
Simplified the steps and referenced the documentation page Custom.
- KB 000035783: Sophos Firewall: View a user's web surfing report
Pointed to the online documentation Configure LDAP authentication.
- KB 000035738: Sophos Firewall: Configure LDAP authentication
Updated information of the Last Supported SF-OS SW Release column for all devices under Sophos RED except for RED 10.
- KB 000035279: Retirement calendar for Sophos SG UTM, Sophos Firewall, Wireless, RED and other network products
Added links pointing to the online documentation pages "Add an exception" and "Add a firewall rule".
- KB 000037190: Sophos Firewall: Bypass the web proxy in transparent mode