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Reset XGS - First buy

Fabien Francois

Hello people !

I am currently in possession of a XGS 136 that I just bought, and I want to make sure that it hasn’t been modified or tampered with any kind of hardware modification or software change.

For that I wish to know if there is any way to make sure that everything is in order in term of hardware, maybe there is a standard picture of the inside ?

in addition of that, is there any way of installing or reinstalling (and not resetting) the software part ? And what about the bios in this kind of appliance ?

Finally about the difference in terms of home user license, and the base standard license, which one would be better. Is it applicable to the XGS platform ? I heard of a way to write the home user license on a standard platform without having to install the home user system OS ?

Many questions but I guess it is redundant Joy



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    Hi,

    i assume you have purchased this second hand?

    ian

    XG115W - v20.0.3 MR-3 - Home

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  • 0 in reply to rfcat_vk

    Yes, I was planning to use it as home lab to experiment with a siem.

    And I read somewhere that it was apparently possible to use a home license to write in a base standard firewall OS.

  • 0 in reply to Fabien Francois

    Hi Fabien,

    To use Sophos Firewall Hardware with Sophos Home, you must reformat the hard drive or the easiest way is to replace it.

    For additional reference, you may check the following KB 

    Erick Jan
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  • 0 in reply to Erick Jan

    Hi Erick,

    Many thanks for the link,

    By refering from the informations provided i can see the following :

    Can I install the Home user license on the base OS standard ?

    For Sophos Firewall hardware

    • Yes, however, you must either replace or reformat the disk.
    • Any Version

    But as I see below as Note: For XGS hardware, this won’t install/run/work, even with replacing the SSD.

     

    So currently what can I do with the XGS 136 ?
    And if i can manage to use it (with opnsense, pfsense, or sophos), will I be able send the logs to a SIEM (elasticsearch, qradar, etc) strictly for training on personnal use purposes (no commercial intent).

    Is there any workaround provided by sophos ?
    That would be nice to "save the planet" from the discarded appliances which could be reused.

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  • 0 in reply to Erick Jan

    Hi Erick,

    Many thanks for the link,

    By refering from the informations provided i can see the following :

    Can I install the Home user license on the base OS standard ?

    For Sophos Firewall hardware

    • Yes, however, you must either replace or reformat the disk.
    • Any Version

    But as I see below as Note: For XGS hardware, this won’t install/run/work, even with replacing the SSD.

     

    So currently what can I do with the XGS 136 ?
    And if i can manage to use it (with opnsense, pfsense, or sophos), will I be able send the logs to a SIEM (elasticsearch, qradar, etc) strictly for training on personnal use purposes (no commercial intent).

    Is there any workaround provided by sophos ?
    That would be nice to "save the planet" from the discarded appliances which could be reused.

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