Password

Hello there,

Thank you for contacting the Sophos Community.

The secure storage master key provides extra protection for the account details stored on Sophos Firewall. The key encrypts sensitive information, such as passwords, secrets, and keys, preventing unauthorized access.

For the Email Notification password, I believe you are referring to the "Mail Server Settings"? If so, that would be required to Authenticate to the external Mail Server before sending the email.

The "Backup & restore" password is the password you would need to enter to be able to restore the backup.

Regards,

I see.  The backup password is the password we need when restoring the configuration.  This is the password we need to document.  What about the secure storage master key?  Do we ever need it after the setup?

I see.  The backup password is the password we need when restoring the configuration.  This is the password we need to document.  What about the secure storage master key?  Do we ever need it after the setup?

Hi,

You will need it when you want to restore from a backup.

Ian

Hello.

As Rfcat mentioned, when you are restoring the backup the system will ask you for the SSMK so you have to know both the encryption password of the backup (This one basically only encrypts the file itself) and the SSMK password to be able to use it.

Regards,