Sophos XGS Network Protection Licenses, Subscriptions & Renewals
Unleash the full potential of your network

Base Firewall:

General Management

• Purpose-built streamlined user interface and firewall rule management for large rule sets with grouping with at-a-glance rule feature and enforcement indicators
• Two-factor authentication (One-time-password) support for administrator access, user portal, IPSec and SSL VPN
• Advanced trouble-shooting tools in GUI (e.g., Packet Capture)
• High Availability (HA) support clustering two devices in active-active or active-passive mode.
• Full command-line-interface (CLI) accessible from GUI
• Role-based administration
• Automated firmware update notification with easy automated update process and roll-back features
• Reusable system object definitions for networks, services, hosts, time periods, users and groups, clients and servers
• Self-service user portal
• Configuration change tracking
• Flexible device access control for services by zones
• Email or SNMP trap notification options
• SNMP and Netflow support
• Central managment support from Sophos Firewall Manager or Sophos Cloud Firewall Manager
• Backup and restore configurations: locally, via FTP or email; on-demand, daily, weekly or monthly
• API for third party integration
• Remote access option for Sophos Support
• Cloud-based license management via MySophos

Firewall, Networking, and Routing

• Stateful deep packet inspection firewall
• FastPath Packet Optimization
• User, group, time, or network based policies
• Access time polices per user/group
• Enforce policy across zones, networks, or by service type
• Zone isolation and zone-based policy support.
• Default zones for LAN, WAN, DMZ, LOCAL, VPN, and WiFi
• Custom zones on LAN or DMZ
• Customizable NAT policies with IP masquerading and full object support to redirect or forward multiple services in a single rule
• Flood protection: DoS, DDoS and portscan blocking
• Country blocking by geo-IP
• Routing: static, multicast (PIM-SM) and dynamic (RIP, BGP, OSPF)
• Upstream proxy support
• Protocol independent multicast routing with IGMP snooping
• Bridging with STP support and ARP broadcast forwarding
• VLAN DHCP support and tagging
• Multiple bridge support
• WAN link balancing: multiple Internet connections, auto-link health check, automatic failover, automatic and weighted balancing, and granular multipath rules
• Wireless WAN support (n/a in virtual deployments)
• 802.3ad interface link aggregation
• Full configuration of DNS, DHCP and NTP
• Dynamic DNS
• IPv6 Ready Logo Program Approval Certification
• IPv6 tunnelling support including 6in4, 6to4, 4in6, and IPv6 rapid deployment (6rd) through IPSec

Base Traffic Shaping and Quotas

• Flexible network or user based traffic shaping (QoS) (enhanced Web and App traffic shaping options are included with the Web Protection Subscription)
• Set user-based traffic quotas on upload/download or total traffic and cyclical or non-cyclical
• Real-time VoIP optimization
• DSCP marking

Secure Wireless

• Simple plug-and-play deployment of Sophos wireless access points (APs) - automatically appear on the firewall control center
• Central monitor and manage all APs and wireless clients through the built-in wireless controller
• Bridge APs to LAN, VLAN, or a separate zone with client isolation options
• Multiple SSID support per radio including hidden SSIDs
• Support for the latest security and encryption including WPA2 Personal and Enterprise
• Channel width seletion option
• Support for IEEE 802.1X (RADIUS authentication)
• Support for 802.11r (fast transition)
• Hotspot support for (custom) vouchers, password of the day, or T&C acceptance
• Wireless guest Internet access with walled garden options
• Time-based wireless network access
• Wireless repeating and bridging meshed network mode with supported APs
• Automatic channel selection background optimization
• Support for HTTPS login
• Rogue AP detection

Authentication

• Transparent, proxy authentication (NTLM/ Kerberos) or client authentication
• Authentication via: Active Directory, eDirectory, RADIUS, LDAP and TACACS+
• Server authentication agents for Active Directory SSO, STAS, SATC
• Client authentication agents for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux 32/64
• Authentication certificates for iOS and Android
• Single sign-on: Active directory, eDirectory
• Authentication services for IPSec, L2TP, PPTP, SSL
• Captive Portal

User Self-Serve Portal

• Download the Sophos Authentication Client
• Download SSL remote access client (Windows) and configuration files (other OS)
• Hotspot access information
• Change user name and password
• View personal internet usage
• Access quarantined messages and manage user-based block/allow sender lists (requires Email Protection)

Base VPN Options

• Site-to-site VPN: SSL, IPSec, 256- bit AES/3DES, PFS, RSA, X.509 certificates, pre-shared key
• L2TP and PPTP
• Remote access: SSL, IPsec, iPhone/iPad/ Cisco/Andriod VPN client support
• IKEv2 Support
• SSL client for Windows and configuration download via user portal

IPSec Client (available separately)

• Authentication: Pre-Shared Key (PSK), PKI (X.509), Smartcards, Token and XAUTH
• Encryption: AES (128/192/256), DES, 3DES (112/168), Blowfish, RSA (up to 2048 Bit), DH groups 1/2/5/14, MD5 and SHA-256/384/512
• Intelligent split-tunneling for optimum traffic routing
• NAT-traversal support
• Client-monitor for graphical overview of connection status
• Multilingual: German, English, and French

Network Protection Subscription:

Intrusion Prevention (IPS)

• High-performance, next-gen IPS deep packet inspection engine with selective IPS patterns that can be applied on a firewall rule basis for maximum performance and protection
• Top rated by NSS Labs
• Thousands of signatures
• Support for custom IPS signatures
• IPS Policy Smart Filters that enable dynamic policies which automatically update as new patterns are added

ATP and Security Heartbeat™

• Advanced Threat Protection (Detect and block network traffic attempting to contact command and control servers using multi-layered DNS, AFC, and firewall)
• Sophos Security Heartbeat™ instantly identifies compromised endpoints including the host, user, process, incident count, and time of compromise
• Sophos Security Heartbeat™ policies can limit access to network resources or completely isolate compromised systems until they are cleaned up

Remote Ethernet Device (RED) VPN

• Central Management of all RED devices
• No configuration: Automatically connects through a cloud-based provisioning service
• Secure encrypted tunnel using digital X.509 certificates and AES256-encryption
• Virtual Ethernet for reliable transfer of all traffic between locations
• IP address management with centrally defined DHCP and DNS Server configuration
• Remotely de-authorize RED devices after a select period of inactivity
• Compression of tunnel traffic
• VLAN port configuration options (RED 50)

Clientless VPN

• Sophos unique encrypted HTML5 self-service portal with support for RDP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, Telnet, and VNC

Web Protection Subscription:

Web Protection and Control

• Fully transparent proxy for antimalware and web-filtering
• Enhanced Advanced Threat Protection
• URL Filter database with millions of sites across 92 categories, backed by SophosLabs
• Surfing quota time policies per user/group
• Access time polices per user/group
• Malware scanning: block all forms of viruses, web malware, trojans, and spyware on HTTP/S, FTP and web-based email
• Advanced web malware protection with JavaScript emulation
• Live Protection real-time, in-the-cloud lookups for the latest threat intelligence
• Second independent malware detection engine (Avira) for dual-scanning
• Real-time or batch mode scanning
• Pharming Protection
• HTTP and HTTPS scanning and enforcement on any network and user policy with fully customizable rules and exceptions
• SSL protocol tunnelling detection and enforcment
• Certificate validation
• High performance web content caching
• Forced caching for Sophos Endpoint updates
• File type filtering by mime-type, extension and active content types (e.g. Activex, applets, cookies, etc.)
• YouTube for Schools enforcement
• SafeSearch enforcement (DNS-based) for major search engines
• Web keyword monitoring and enforcement to log, report or block web content matching keyword lists with the option to upload customs lists
• Block Potentially Unwanted Applications

Cloud Application Visibility

• Control Center widget displays amount of data uploaded and downloaded to cloud applications categorized as new, sanctioned, unsanctioned or tolerated
• Discover Shadow IT at a glance
• Drill down to obtain details on users, traffic and data
• One-click access to traffic shaping policies
• Filter cloud application usage by category or volume
• Detailed customizable cloud application usage report for full historical reporting

Application Protection and Control

• Synchronized App Control to automatically, identify, classify and control all unknown Windows and Mac applications on the network
• Signature-based application control with patterns for thousands of applications
• Cloud Application Visibility and Control to discover Shadow IT
• App Control Smart Filters that enable dynamic policies which automatically update as new patterns are added
• Micro app discovery and control
• Application control based on category, characteristics (e.g., bandwidth and productivity consuming), technology (e.g., P2P) and risk level
• Per-user or network rule application control policy enforcement

Web and App Traffic Shaping

• Enhanced traffic shaping (QoS) options by web category or application to limit or guarantee upload/download or total traffic priority and bitrate individually or shared

Email Protection Subscription:

Email Protection and Control

• E-mail scanning with SMTP, POP3, and IMAP support
• Reputation service with spam outbreak monitoring based on patented RecurrentPattern-Detection technology
• Block spam and malware during the SMTP transaction
• Spam greylisting
• Recipient verification for mistyped email addresses
• Second independent malware detection engine (Avira) for dual-scanning
• Live Protection real-time, in-the-cloud lookups for the latest threat intelligence
• Automatic signature and pattern updates
• Smart host support for outbound relays
• File-Type detection/blocking/scanning of attachments
• Accept, reject or drop over-sized messages
• Detects phishing URLs within e-mails
• Use pre-defined content scanning rules or create your own custom rules based on a variety of criteria with granular policy options and exceptions
• TLS Encryption support for SMTP, POP, and IMAP
• Append signature automatically to all outbound messages
• Email archiver
• Individual user-based block and allow sender lists maintained through the user portal

Email Quarantine Management

• Spam quarantine digest and notifications options
• Malware and spam quarantines with search and filter options by date, sender, recipient, subject, and reason with option to release and delete messages
• Self-serve user portal for viewing and releasing quarantined messages

Email Encryption and DLP

• Patent-pending SPX encryption for one-way message encryption
• Recipient self-registration SPX password management
• Add attachments to SPX secure replies
• Completely transparent, no additional software or client required
• DLP engine with automatic scanning of emails and attachments for sensitive data
• Pre-packaged sensitive data type content control lists (CCLs) for PII, PCI, HIPAA, and more, maintained by SophosLabs

Web Server Protection Subscription:

Web Application Firewall Protection

• Reverse proxy
• URL hardening engine with deep-linking and directory traversal prevention
• Form hardening engine
• SQL injection protection
• Cross-site scripting protection
• Dual-antivirus engines (Sophos and Avira)
• HTTPS (SSL) encryption offloading
• Cookie signing with digital signatures
• Path-based routing
• Outlook anywhere protocol support
• Reverse authentication (offloading) for form-based and basic authentication for server access
• Virtual server and physical server abstraction
• Integrated load balancer spreads visitors across multiple servers
• Skip individual checks in a granular fashion as required
• Match requests from source networks or specified target URLs
• Support for logical and/or operators
• Assists compatibility with various configurations and non-standard deployments
• Options to change Web Appliaction FIrewall performance parameters
• Scan size limit option
• Allow/Block IP ranges
• Wildcard support for server paths
• Automatically append a prefix/suffix for authentication

Logging and Reporting

NOTE: XGS Firewall reporting is included at no extra charge but individual log, report, and widget availability may be dependent on their respective protection module license.

• Hundreds of on-box reports with custom report options: Dashboards (Traffic, Security, and User Threat Quotient), Applications (App Risk, Blocked Apps, Synchronized Apps, Search Engines, Web Servers, Web Keyword Match, FTP), Network and Threats (IPS, ATP, Wireless, Security Heartbeat, Sandstorm), VPN, Email, Compliance (HIPAA, GLBA, SOX, FISMA, PCI, NERC CIP v3, CIPA)
• Current Activity Monitoring: system health, live users, IPsec connections, remote users, live connections, wireless clients, quarantine, and DoS attacks
• Report anonymization
• Report scheduling to multiple recipients by report group with flexible frequency options
• Export reports as HTML, PDF, Excel (XLS)
• Report bookmarks
• Full log viewer with retention customization by category

Documentation:

Download the Sophos XGS Firewall Features Data Sheet (PDF).