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…

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…

I did not get the issue solved that random categories are blocked. I have unchecked matched users now and that solves the login SSO, STAS, recheck timeout login screen and also the random blocking of random categories. I tested with Web Policy Allow…

Good day. I am quite new to XG - I am using the free version in a home environment. I have encountered an issue with Web Policy time Constraints (restrictions) and a search was not able to identify any potential solutions or workarounds. I am trying…

web policy edited to Prevent downloading of large files with value Maximum permitted size (in MB) 100 MB but not working The same web policy has been added in firewall rule. I am using sophos firewall xg135

Hi friends, Im trying to set an alert to show to the user "go to this site is not the best but, you can go, clic on continue" or something like, but instead of that it only shows a NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID on chrome. Does anybody know if i can…

I am still very new to a UTM Firewall so pardon me if this question is too basic. I recently setup a XG firewall for my home network and added a web filter policy to block explicit sites. While it appears to work as expected (e.g. opening up an explicit…

I have a new XG implemented as a replacement of an SG. One of the features I was most looking forward to reimplementing was web filtering - primarily for control of ads, malware and spam URLs etc. I have the XG default web browsing policy configured…

Hello, I'm working my way through the xg-firewall as a home user, so be lenient with me. I have adopted the default setting for the first time. My phenomenon is as follows: I've been going to my subscribed Youtube channel and there I'm on all my Apple…