When selecting a Web policy or an App policy from a drop-down list, there is a "None" option and also an "Allow all" option. If you select "None," doesn't that mean the same thing as "Allow all"?

Hi folks, a question about decrypt and scan that has me puzzled for sometime. The users have the XG certificate installed and functioning correctly except for Apple sites. I have web policies blocking advertisements and use the XG proxy, this functions…

Hi folks, I am trying to identify which web policy is identified on the logviewer reports causing traffic to be blocked. So far the reports have shown policies numbered 1, 2 and 13. The issue being I don't have 13 web policies and policies 1 and 2…

I am not sure which settings is causing it, but i have hard time finding anything usefull about it. On my network only https is allowed, now we got arduino boards which sadly downloads over the app their zips(firmware) over http (without the S ..…

Hi, I'm using Sophos XG virtual appliance and trying to add users as exclusions for the Web Proxy - Transparent mode (Direct Mode off). If Anybody is used, policy is doing the job and blocking .exe files (as example). But i need that some users to be…

Hello I need help, I can't get it. I want to block the entire internet, except the Google Map page, to a single user. I enabled STAS but I couldn't assign a rule to the user. Thank you.

YouTube is currently restricted by the policy, but we require access to be granted for a 2-hour duration during the lunch break using the Sophos XG330 firewall.Please help to resolve this problem

Hello Good Day, Im using Sophos XG 135 and web policy roles are working well but after a while when I search for sex images they appear but do not open the website. So please how to not appear in searching engine. I tried the article that closes…

Good morning, i installed sophos firewall to use it as wifi guest access, through the hotspot feature. I also bought the standard subscription, so with web Protection the possibility of doing url filtering. I then loaded the CA of my public domain, to…

Hello Sophos Community! I've got an XGS126 running 19.5.2, and I would like to be able to block Youtube Shorts, which are hosted at `www. youtube.com/shorts`, while conversely not blocking youtube.com on the whole (lots of learning/training available…

Web policy set up for a time quota is not working. Policy quota status never shows anything active. How is this set up to work properly?

Hello Everyone, I want to block Facebook website and WhatsApp Web using the Sophos XGS107 Firewall. It is running on latest firmware. Can someone guide me on how I can block these websites using Web Policy. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks…

my machine is XG125 (SFOS 19.5.2 MR-2-Build624 , I had tried to block facebook using webpolicy.policy tester shows that site is blocked but i'm getting the page.

any one can help me? please.... is there any way to block download exe files over browsers. if any one has answer please describe it step by step. i have xg230 with firmware SFOS 19.5.2 MR-2-Build624. i already do web policy and i blocked http…

Good morning Sophos Community, We have weapons as an allowed category in our Sophos Firewall but today - a user tried to go to a site, and it was blocked as weapons. I dug through the Firewall and can't figure out what is configured incorrectly.

Good morning. A user of my network has to download files received from the supplier in a sort of cloud box. When it tries to download the download starts but then stops. Can you recommend me a solution? Thank you.

A user is trying to connect to https://help.virginatlantic.com/gb/en.html which is in travel category and allowed in rule But on browser user get message that site is blocked by sophos . By Checking the log i Find one of my rule that is for to drop…

Hi there, im struggling with a really strange issue. Maybe im also not aware how this works exactly and only need an meaningful explanation. Ive nothing so far in the KB neither on other web sites. Situation: - Remote Access VPN Ipsec configured…

Hi there, I discovered Sophos XG and am pleasantly surprised by the configurations that can be put in place to secure your network. A big thank you for the work done on this tool. Also, I managed to create my various firewall rules based on groups…

One method of tenant control in SaaS is to insert information on permitted domains into HTTP headers by proxies on the path. In Sophos XGS, the "Restrict login domains for Google Apps" setting in the Web Policy is considered to be applicable to this…

Hello guys! As per the subject, I want to implement a time quota of 90 minutes per day for games for my kids computers. To elaborate a bit, I have a Kids policy created. There are some allowed categories there, some others are blocked. The policy…

Hi All, I try to add subnet network in Web exception, but it (example: 203.104.150.0/24 ) didn't work. So I have to bypass the subnet network in top firewall rule. Is there any way to bypass subnet network in Web exception? Shunze

Is it possible to set up different web filter profiles by source network? I have a guest network and an internal network, internal should be allowed to browse badsite.com, guest network should not. It seems the XG can only do this via user definitions…

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…

Not sure what is going on but my XG v18 sr5 not blocking any AV test viruses. Most all other blocks in polices etc work fine. I have everything selected in the AV settings, using dual realtime tried changing it, nothing, nothing in log. My PC AV reports…