Is there any way to implement a captive portal without any account or guest login? Just a disclaimer -> confirm -> web surfing allowed?

We're having some strange issues currently only reported for debian repositories. When trying to download random files from there with browser or wget - the requests randomly seem to time out and / or users get a STOP message from the firewall. Sometimes…

Dear Team can anyone tell us which Web policy blocks or enabled the identification of wifi connected icon in the taskbar. We have to implement tight restriction in our environment due to the fact of education institution. But enabling the policy now…

Hi, One of our users is continuously facing a problem with a website. After logging in to the website and using it for a little time, it starts showing "Wrong requested URL!" Page couldn't be found!. He tried using different browsers but same. Is…

Dear all, For some reason the search block policy is not working. Attaching screenshots from categories, policies and firewall rule.

We have Zscaler & SOPHOS XGS2300 in our network after creating web policy and to on any rule internet getting down

Hello! I´ve issues accessing disneyplus.com with web filtering enabled. The site is working, but when trying to register or login, nothing happens, except a spinning circle. However, allowing the specific client to access anything without web filtering…

Good day we have configured Web filtering to block peer to peer and torrents... but we still can access the Pirate bay website.. I have also added a category to block the urls , but we still can access the sites.. we tryed opening on private browser…

Hi there, we want to open the url: https://procurement.cern.ch and get the error: 502 Bad Gateway. If I open the URL without our firewall ( at home...) the website will open ! So the problem is our Firewall with SFOS 20.0.0 GA Build 222. I also…

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.…

XG SFVH (SFOS 20.0.0 GA-Build222) I have set up a web policy with quota for gaming. I would like it to disconnect user from site after time is used. The way it works now is the user can continue playing as long as they logged in before the quota time…

Hi everyone, is it possible to disable logging for specific (url) categories? For example disable logging for Health & Medicines Financial services I'm new to sophos firewalls and as far as I know it's only possible to add one web policy to…

Hi all, I have recently purchased an XG 125 rev3 and installed Sophos home on it. I have been playing with the web filter and have found that it works very well for the most part. However, I have been unsuccessful in blocking specific search terms…

I'm trying to test the web filter with a content filter and am experiencing unexpected behavior. I've created a blocked terms list with the following term: and uploaded it to a content filter called blocked_terms. I've also set up a web filter policy…

Hi all, So we have Sophos XG Firewall as well as the Sophos endpoint client for A/V, web filter etc etc... The issue I am having is that we have more detailed filtering at the firewall level so no issues when users are connected to the work network…

Is it expected behaviour for url keyword blocking not to work when DPI is enabled? See below for an example: I created the following category: With the following user activity: which I added to the following web policy However, when…

Hi Sophos Community, We're currently experiencing difficulties with Zoom calls after implementing Sophos XG Firewall rules and policies. Issue: Zoom calls encounter disruptions when our Sophos XG Firewall rules and policies are enabled. Disabling…

I blocked the adult and nudity category in my sophos xgs 2100 firewall. But still many porn sites are accessible. Is there any way to block it completely?

want to unblock translate.google.co.in for all in xgs 2100

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.