Hi folks, I have been investigating an issue with my Apple devices using an application called manual proxy surfing. The strange behaviour is if I block proxy and tunnel then I get error rs in the application log and in the daily reports. If I don…

I've noticed that Sophos classifies 1Password as, among other things, a "Loss of Productivity" application. In fact, it may be a high productivity application that encourages security. And I notice that LastPass -- a similar application -- is not categorized…

Is there a way with my XG, that I can require that users use specific, sanctioned browsers? Standards are being applied across the organization, and would like to ensure they are using sanctioned user agents. Exploring on my own: The Applications…

Hi, aynone an idea, why shrew soft vpn is blocked by the xg 330? I tested it with my "All you can do token", where everything is open, but xg is blocking the traffic to a external fritzbox. A computer in the vlan 100 want to connect to a fritzbox…

Hello! Skype chat (normal version, not business) does not work on our network, video calls work fine, as well as Microsoft Teams which works perfectly (chat included). We have been checking firewall rules, FQDN host groups and it still does not…

I have added a Firewalla device to my network so that I can control device access (shutting off established connections for example). I am trying to troubleshoot something in the device that isnt working (a block against a group didnt work, but should…

Hi, beside all the existing meeting tools, some of our users are starting to evaluate something called MeetAnyway. This tool establishes peer to peer connections on high port ranges if there are less than 4 attendees. Described in the documentation…

I am having an issue with the NFL app on my network. We have a firewalla device in front of the xg. I set the firewalla to not monitor traffic on a device. I don't see anything that stands out (looking at the web filtering for example) as to why it…

Hi, Dear All, I am not able to block Psiphon proxy using through mobile after blocking all the tunnel / proxy / vpn base applicartion. I have also enabled https decriptions. If any more solution is ther ekindly help!

We have a customer that we just put a Sophos XGS 116 firewall in to replace a PfSense. They have a business partner that has a Wireguard VPN tunnel that they use to connect to a remote NAS. The Wiregaurd VPN runs directly on the remote NAS. Our customer…

hello our XG (SFOS 17.5.16) can't block psiphon3 using application policy, we want to block it without enable ( Decrypt & scan HTTPS) thanks

Hi, I was using to block Tor "proxy and tunnel", "anonymizer", "can bypass firewall", "tunnels other apps", few years ago it was working to block it, but not any more, does anybody have any idea what to do? thanks.

Hello Guys We came across this issue. One of our clients wants to block all VPN traffic that goes through his XG Firewall, except from Ivacy VPN and Radmin VPN. Can you please help? Thank you

Dears, I have firewall xg, I want block sopohs xg. how i can do it. regards,

The app was still working even though it was blocked. Does anyone know how to block this?

A while after updating to 18.5.0 MR1 this morning, we noticed we're not getting incoming mail from Apple iCloud. I kept assuming it's an issue with TLS or something, but email worked on my iPhone when I turned off WiFi and went with cellular. In the…

I recently set up a new XG firewall at our main branch location in order to assist with IPS and application control service. I am currently using the "Block high risk (Risk Level 4 and 5) apps" setting for app control. What I am noticing is a large…

hi everyone, i would like to ask if there anyway to block browser extension on Sophos XG firewall. because i noted some of users using VPN on chrome extension so i decided to block them but i don't know how. i already block Gaming P2P Proxy and Tunnel…

Hi I have a rule and web policy that blocks google drive for all users. I would like to allow some users access to google drive. So far I've achieved this via an extra rule and policy linked to the users that need access. Its a clone of the current…

This issue start from 2 weeks ago , without change any configuration , and i tried to change IPS search method from 80 to 300 fail to block sophos, tried to deny all applications except (whatsapp - Facebook - google - gmail ) again failed tried…

HI, Skype application and skype web able to open but messages not send and application not running. please help me on it

Thank very much for taking the time to answer my question. I recently got an XG 135 rev 3. I am having issues with the firewall blocking all the traffic from my Amazon firestick I created a FW rule to allow all the traffic from the firestick but I think…

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I created a "traffic shaping default" in applications for youtube to limit it's bandwidth usage. Set the bandwidth with to 2kB( So it should be very slow). In the firewall rule i checked "Apply application-based traffic shaping policy". I am still…