RDR-IT - Sophos

Sophos XG: routing DNS queries

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 02:00:33 +0000

Presentation of routing DNS queries on Sophos XG The routing of DNS queries is similar to a conditional redirector under Windows, which allows to indicate for a DNS zone …

Sophos XG : add a vlan

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 02:00:56 +0000

In this article, I’ll explain how to declare a vlan on your Sophos XG firewall. Before you create it on the firewall, you must make sure that the port of the switch where …

Sophos XG configure a DHCP relay

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 03:00:12 +0000

Présentation A DHCP relay is a service that listens for DHCPDISCOVER frames to transfer them to a DHCP server. The DHCP relay avoids installing a DHCP service by network …

Sophos XG: installation on Hyper-V

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 03:00:55 +0000

In this tutorial, we will have how to install a Sophos XG firewall on a virtual machine with Hyper-V . For this article, I used the Sophos XG home version which is …

Sophos XG: Configure the SNMP Agent

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 03:00:51 +0000

If you want to supervise the firewall using the SNMP service with software (PRTG , Centreon …), you must activate and configure the agent on the firewall. 1. From the …

Sophos XG: configure a Netflow server

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 03:00:22 +0000

Netflow is Cisco’s network-developed networking protocol, which collects information about IP flows. It is possible under Sophos XG to configure a Netflow server. PRTG …

Sophos XG : port forwarding rule

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 03:00:55 +0000

This tutorial explains how to create a rule on a Sophos XG <= 17 firewall to transfer internet traffic to a DMZ server.

Sophos XG: change the SSL VPN port

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 03:00:25 +0000

By default the SSL VPN port on the Sophos XG firewall is 8443, since version 17.1 it is possible to change the VPN listening port. Using port 443 for VPN blocks listening …

Sophos XG: add a host

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 03:00:14 +0000

This tutorial shows how to add a host (object) on a Sphos XG firewall in order to be able to use it in the different traffic rules

Sophos XG: secure emails

Fri, 15 Feb 2019 03:00:56 +0000

Introduction In this tutorial, we will see how to secure emails with a Sophos XG firewall. The firewall offers two modes of operation for filtering emails: MTA : the …

Sophos XG: Web and application filtering

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 18:00:29 +0000

In this tutorial, we’ll see how to put filtering on outgoing streams with a Sophos XG firewall. I will show you the two filter modules: Web: which is an internet proxy …

Sophos XG : The user portal

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 05:27:33 +0000

The user portal Introducing the Sophos XG User Portal, users can: -> Consult their internet statistics (volumetry / time / quota). -> Unblock quarantined email if email …

SOPHOS XG : clientless access

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 05:25:28 +0000

Clientless access presentation Client-free access to Sophos XG firewalls allows connections to corporate servers without a VPN client by going directly through an …

Sophos XG high traffic on the BITS application

Fri, 02 Nov 2018 09:03:13 +0000

The Windows and Office 2016 updates use the operating system BITS to download the updates. The passage in the proxy of the firewall and the antivirus scan “prevents” the …