I want to be able to mostly block internet access for a specific LAN IP address. It was pretty easy to set up a Reject rule to do this for all traffic from that IP going LAN to WAN and that works perfect... All internet access is blocked for that IP.…

I found the prior solution didn't resolve my issue at multiple sites. That solution recommended: Create a Web filtering exception for 'tools.google.com' and 'dl.google.com' Login to your firewall Select 'Web' -> 'Exceptions Click 'Add Exception…

Hi I was wondering if the community could list common sites/apps that need a firewall exception. Sophos is pretty good at this now, but yeah I had an xg85w with mr16, can't wait to get my XG106W in 3 weeks Cheers

Hi community, For back-up purposes we are using backup software through dedicated local user account. For this procedure there is high amount of internal traffic being used. Is there a way to exclude this application or user's data from being…

Hi All, There are applications for back-up purposes on client/server sides. For this applications' performances there is a need for an exception definiton because of heavy bandwith usage. Is it possible on XG Firewall?

On my UTM firewall I was able to add a web exception like this: ^https?://([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?gstatic\.com/ But on XG 18.0.4 if I try to enter this, I get an error "You must enter a valid domain name" I was able to slightly modify the regex by removing…

I wonder why this is never blocked on our XG. Any idea? https://sophostest.com/adult/index.html No Exceptions fot this FQDN This Firewall rule applies. Which has no Webfiltering enabled. I wonder to which host sophostest.com belongs…

I have two Sophos XG330 (SFOS 18.0.3 MR-3). A page is blocked, which loads some more data from external pages. Error: Uncaught ReferenceError: YUI is not defined Cross-source (cross-origin) request blocked: The same-source rule prohibits reading the…

Hello, I have a false positive detection from Avira scanner for some url's. I don't want to exclude scanning for those url's as descried here: https://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/18.0/Help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/nsg/sfos/concepts/WebExceptions…

I'm a new XG customer on 17.1.2 coming from a competitor UTM. I'm trying to set up HTTPS decrypt & scan and it works...but with some caveats. I've got users claiming they can't download attachments from their email (G-Suite). I also don't care to decrypt…

Hello everyone Need help in this case block google.com , but accept google.com/recapcha Alread created Excptions for this address google.com/recaptcha. my problem is that when the log viewer for webfilter is listed ,, showing just google.com and…

Hello to who might concern the following. The issue : build in windows 10 mail client not synchronizing when HTTPS Scan And Decrypt is active ( certificates are installed on the endpoints ). And Google Music Manager ( windows 10 ) not connecting to…

Hello all, I've been looking for information about the correct way to use the web server module on XG but I couldn't find anything. Also ask to a Live support agent on chat and he didn't have any document that could help me. So, what I want to know…

Hi i have a strange behavior with XG , after applying the web protection filter and make exception for web whatsapp the QR worked and load without any issue but after a while it wont load anymore then i have to remove the web protection filter and…

I need to be able to exclude Splashtop and logmein from SSL Inspection for them to work. I tried ^[A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.splashtop\.com/ which lets me connect through the client, but I am not able to remote into any machines. I am assuming that is because the…

Just curious if anyone has run into OneDrive for Business syncing issues recently? We are having some issues but still trying to figure out if it's firewall related or not. Thanks.

Hello, I have groups of computers that I want to make web exceptions for with no authentication. For instance for IP group1, I want these computers to be able to access sites A.com B.com C.com. For IP group2 computers, they can access sites D.com E…

I tried adding Google Drive as an exception (either web category or HTTPS) and Drive still does not connect when I enable HTTPS decryption. I've seen two different methods for accomplishing this in the forums and these do not work. Part of the problem…

I'm trying to move over to XG from Sophos UTM. But I can't seem to define RegEx patterns in the Web Filter using the URL Group. I try to enter ^https?://([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?craigslist/ e.g. I want to block ALL craigslist domains, including global ones…

Hi. My battle.net client (Blizzard games like WoW, StarCraft, etc...) cannot update if HTTP scanning is turned on. It works if I disable HTTP scanning in the web filter. I do not have HTTPS scanning turned on. I have tried bypassing these sites from getting…

Hello. I am trying to add a URL exception that is normally blocked by a web category. It's just a single domain so I just need an exception. I've done the following steps: Objects > Content > URL Group Create a group and add the URL(s) Protection…

I installed Sophos XG about 3 weeks back. Until last Thursday I had no problems with the device. I haven't had a chance to dive in and tweak it to better protect my home network but that is for a different discussion. Right now my problem is the inability…

Hi, I've activated a webfilter Profile where Nudity is blocked. Now my wife asks me why all pictures on http://www.bild.de are missing. I checked the URL and find out that a subdomain bilder.bild.de is listed in the Nudity category. How could I add…