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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 .

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…

Can anyone point me to XG/XGS configurations or exceptions designed to improve Google Docs performance?

Hi there folks, I am a new user to the firewall using it because I have many sites of my own and a lot of important data on my PC so after reading reviews I decided to use the firewall to protect all of it from brute force attacks and viruses but some…

Hello, I’m seeing that our Sophos XG firewalls are blocking M365 install and updates. What is the best way to push the M365 exceptions out to all firewalls? We currently have about 25 XG firewalls. I found the article Sophos Firewall: Configure web…

Hello, At work I have a situation that Sophos Support has been unable to resolve. We use Addigy as our RMM for Apple devices, to have remote connections it uses Splashtop. We have not able able to add sufficient exceptions or maybe I am doing…

Hi, today we're facing something new: issues when rolling out the Sophos Endpoint to Mac Books. Windows Endpoints: no problem. They fail to install. Workarounds like https://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000044045?language=en_US were unsuccessful…

Hi, We recently deployed a couple of XGS107w units (SFOS 19.0.0 GA-Build317) and have been unable thus far to configure them to allow client devices to connect to ESET servers for updates and LiveGrid. The only filtering enabled on these routers are…

Hello, I need to create a authentication exception in XG for the webproxy. There is one internet rule, that is applying a webpolicy, this rule requires authentication. Additionally in the webpolices, users are also configured. Webproxy configured within…

hello I have an xg210 and im trying to allow the activation of office 2021 i added all the urls in the web exception , and gave allow all to a specific ip to test , still it is not working nothing is shown as blocked in the logs edit : when…