• Setting up exceptions for sites

    Valeriy Korobka
    Valeriy Korobka
    Hello. I am starting to get acquainted with Sophos Firewall sf01v (sfos 21.0.0 ga-build169). I have configured blocking of sites (for testing I have prohibited access to facebook.com). Tell me how to configure an exception for access to facebook for certain…
    • 1 month ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • Impact to the internet speed when creating firewall exceptions

    David Grahammer
    David Grahammer
    Hey there, How much of an impact to the internet speed does it make, if I create a new firewall exception? Since the firewall has to go through the entire ruleset, it should slow down every request a little bit. Is there an upper bound of…
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    • 4 months ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • SSL/TLS inspection vs HSTS

    Digit23
    Digit23
    I have enabled SSL/TLS inspection to do MITM for HTTPS(443) trafic from LAN to WAN. I have push by GPO certificat CA to windows computer. That work just fine for most site. Now I have an issue with site that have HSTS enabled. For those site that enable…
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    • 4 months ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • Best Whitelisting Method: Web Policies vs Firewall Rules

    iamroot
    iamroot
    Hello everyone, I'm trying to understand what the best or correct whitelisting method is. Scenario: I need to whitelist URLs for a new application. Method 1: Firewall Rule 1) Create FQDN Host: *.example.com 2) Create Firewall rule Source…
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    • 5 months ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • XGS: Ebay Login blockiert

    Revan
    Revan
    Guten Morgen, seit einigen Tagen ist der Login bei eBay mit der folgenden Fehlermeldung deaktiviert: Stop! This Download is blocked. Wenn ich ebay.de auf die Liste der Ausnahmen für die SSL/TLS Inspection setze kann ich mich wieder normal einloggen…
    • 5 months ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • German Forum
  • SG650 - e-mails from trusted sources being blocked

    Bradley Moogan
    Bradley Moogan
    Hi, We currently have an issue where e-mails from trusted sources. The issue is a changing domain name and mailbox name for example mailbox@em2058.uk.selfemployed.intuit.com where the number after em changes. We are able to add a wildcard exception…
    • 7 months ago
    • UTM Firewall
    • Mail Protection: SMTP, POP3, Antispam and Antivirus
  • Migrating webfilter exceptions from SG to XGS

    Luis Prunn
    Luis Prunn
    Hallo community, I've now migrated a bunch of firewalls from SG to XGS. Usually, I didn't encounter to many problems, but now I might need your help. We have a firewall with a lot of webfilter exceptions (like 1000+ URLs). Is there a better possibility…
    • 8 months ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • Article with bad link for addition details. Affects product compatibility with Configura CET

    Vincent Wolfe
    Vincent Wolfe
    There is the article at https://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000036331?language=en_US&c__displayLanguage=en_US In there is a paragraph about Configura CET configuration changes needed for compatibility, but the link is broken, and no amount…
    • 8 months ago
    • Product Documentation Feedback
    • Feedback
  • Webfilter Exceptions and Policies

    Luis Prunn
    Luis Prunn
    Hello community, while migrating a Sophos SG to Sophos XGS, I was wondering wheter it is possible to add the defined web exceptions to a web filter policy? So that the exceptions only count for firewall rules with the appropriate web filter policy…
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    • 8 months ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • Possible? Webfilter exception for specific filetype on certain website

    seroal
    seroal
    Hi there, is it possible to create an exception for a filetype that should be allowed on a specific website only? We have a webpolicy, that restricts filetypes based on file type category. We want to allow one of that types for a certain website.…
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    • 9 months ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • Sophos XGS | TLS/SSL Encryption - SFIRM

    Chris Jungmann
    Chris Jungmann
    Hallo, ich habe mit einer Sophos XGS 2100 im HA ein Problem mit der SSL / TLS Encryption. Wir benutzen das Programm SFIRM, welches Probleme mit der Encryption hat. Ich habe dementsprechend Kontakt mit dem Sparkassen-Support aufgenommen und die…
    • Answered
    • 10 months ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • German Forum
  • Solution to ESO updater not working; Halo MCC updater resolution

    FNG_117
    FNG_117
    The thread was closed but I wanted to share my solution. Here is the original thread. https://community.sophos.com/sophos-xg-firewall/f/discussions/141624/can-t-get-eso-updater-to-work-as-exception-any-ideas Here was my solution. I created…
    • 11 months ago
    • Sophos Firewall
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  • XGS - How to make an Exception for unauthenticated users

    Ingo Buyny
    Ingo Buyny
    Hello, on my old UTM i got an exception which gave web access to unauthenticated users to several domains like microsoft.com or windowsupdate.com. How is that possible on xgs? The Webfilter does not contain an exception for authentication.
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    • over 1 year ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • Sophos Email Protection - Exception list unsorted sender addresses

    PhilippRusch
    PhilippRusch
    Why is this list unsorted? I suggest an alphabetical order. A list field implies being sorted in a way that you can easily find entries in that list or add missing ones.
    • over 1 year ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • Sophos XG Firewall Blocking Antivirus Updates

    Clawcity
    Clawcity
    We've recently installed WatchGuard EPDR and it's failing to download updates. Their support guys have provided a list of URLs that need to be accessible and I've had a go at allowing access through the XG Firewall but they're still inaccessible so I…
    • Answered
    • over 1 year ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • Web Filter Exception

    zeus1976
    zeus1976
    Hello All, I recently got a new Sophos XP - previously I was working with Sophos UTM. Now I wanted to make a web filter exception. With the Sophos UTM no problem, but with the XG I'm stuck :-) Adopted it 1:1. I entered the filter under Web - Exception…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • Microsoft store and Xbox services are being blocked on Sophos XG

    Yasha Burns
    Yasha Burns
    On my old PC I had this issue where I couldn't download anything from the Microsoft store or the Xbox app. I bypassed the firewall and everything started working, so I knew the firewall was blocking it. I messed around with the firewall and ended up making…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • Sophos XG web exceptions for Office 365 not working

    Soleil
    Soleil
    Hello, We implemented the Office 365 exceptions by following this guide: https://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000038173?language=en_US For example, one of those entries looks like this: However, it seems not working because our users…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • Revisit: Microsoft Teams Calendar through WAF

    Daniel Thau
    Daniel Thau
    For all searching for this Problem with Teams not showing the calender app using hybrid szenario. Refering to this basic guide: Sophos UTM: Create WAF to allow traffic through Exchange 2016 using the MS Connection Tool: https://testconnectivity…
    • over 1 year ago
    • UTM Firewall
    • Network Protection: Firewall, NAT, QoS, & IPS
  • Discord Firewall Exception(Sophos XG)

    Admin HTM
    Admin HTM
    Hi All Currently I am experiencing issues building a Discord firewall exception. When users are joining a voice/video channel within Discord, channel status is: No Route, connecting RTC. WHen I create a firewall exception, things are just not working…
    • Answered
    • over 1 year ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • Synology NAS Update blocked by Web filter (Example Exception)

    philbert
    philbert
    If you have a "strict" Web Filter policy, chances are your update download after the Synology DSM 7.x Update will be blocked. Either create a web filter exception or remove the categories from your web filter policy. Example Exception: Matching…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • Sophos Xg Firewall Target Domains

    Stefano Cherubini1
    Stefano Cherubini1
    HI on old sophos utm9 in web protection - filtering options -exception list under target domain I could enter the string ^https?://([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?adobe\.com/ on the new xg firewall under web categories/ domain/keyword this string ^https?://([A…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • Anyway to bulk enable Exceptions under Web -> Exceptions

    Liam Evans
    Liam Evans
    Just imported the Office 365 templates (All services) as per method 2 below and the process to manually turn each one on is. Sophos Firewall: Configure web exceptions for Office 365 .
    • over 1 year ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • HTTP Pipelining in XG

    Amodin
    Amodin
    So I have an application *cough* game *cough* that still utilizes pipelining. I know that it is not supported in XG based off a two year old thread that's locked, but it was noted that you can create exceptions without having to resort to changing from…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Sophos Firewall
    • Discussions
  • open access to all users only for a specific site (microsoft.com)

    chanklish
    chanklish
    hello i need to open microsoft website (for office 2021 activation and such) for every user i have i used the web exception to allow them but noticed that if a user is not present in any firewall rule , the exception don't apply is this normal…
    • over 1 year ago
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