XG Firewall - Roadmap?

Sophos Firewall Roadmap

XG v17.1

XG v17.1 will be released in April at the latest.

• Synchronized Application Control (SAC) - Various improvements and more well-known software
• CASB Visibliity - Even more insight into the shadow IT
• Email Protection - Per-user controls over black/allow list & exeptions
• Migration Tool from SG to XG (Sounds great, but unfortunately it’s not “yet”. Much is not taken over.)
• Support for new hardware models XG85 - XG135 Rev. 3

XG v17.2

• Stonewalling - When an endpoint is infected, the firewall stops other clients from communicating with it to prevent it from spreading across the network.
• Central Management & Reporting - Cloud Management and Reporting from the Firewall
• Email Protection - BATV/SPF/AD User verification - This will finally bring important features to the XG. The XG MTA is completely replaced by the UTM.
• Support for the new APX access points
• IPS TALOS categorization

XG v17.3

XG v17.3 will also be released this year. Here is a small extract of the expected features. More detailed explanations will be given by us shortly before the release.

• Lateral Movement Detection - Leverage Firewall to detect lateral movement attempts from Eps
• Device Discovery and IOT - Device detection and identification with Deep Learning
• Email Protection - DKIM Protection
• Air Gap Licensing Support - Support from enviroment where Internert access is limited for Firewall licensind and synchronisation
• Web & Firewall - Support classrom-wide URL overrides, Automatic firewall rule groupings

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Can you tell us if there are plans for any usability improvements like implementing separate logs for wireless security, DHCP, and system logs, and the ability to choose the default gateway address at install instead of 172.16.16.16? I tried the XG but went back to UTM because of the logging was terrible.

Apparently, they can't ....

Paul Jr

Of course. I forgot, it's top-secret.[H]

Mid-June 2018 ...  March 2018 is long gone ...

Well... 17.1 GA is out !!!

Hej,

v17.1 GA is not available for XG85 and XG105.

I've downloaded and installed v17.1 on multiple 105s so far. It's may just not yet be available for download in the GUI because it's rolled out slowly, but you can get it through your account online and manually install.

I've downloaded and installed v17.1 on multiple 105s so far. It's may just not yet be available for download in the GUI because it's rolled out slowly, but you can get it through your account online and manually install.

Hej Bjoern,

it is no longer available for download in the online account (MySophos). I have already downloaded it, but I was surprised that it is no longer there.