Deploy Sophos Firewall on VMware vCenter

A virtual SFOS (Sophos Firewall Operating System) can run on many hypervisors, including VMware. In this post, I will show you step by step how to deploy a virtual SFOS on VMware vCenter. The Process There are two locations where you can download the Sophos firewall files. The first is the Sophos Firewall Installers... Read More Read More

theDXT

🧑‍💻 Here's how to complete the initial setup of a Sophos firewall.

https://thedxt.ca/2026/03/sophos-firewall-initial-setup/

#Sophos #Firewall #Networking #SFOS #Setup @sophos

Sophos Firewall Initial Setup

Before you can start using a Sophos firewall, you must complete the initial setup. In this post, I will show you step by step, how to complete the initial setup of a virtual SFOS (Sophos Firewall Operating System). The process will be similar on a physical Sophos firewall. Prerequisites The Process The default admin... Read More Read More

theDXT

🗺️ When you setup a Sophos VM firewall on vSphere and add new interfaces the mappings go out the window.

Here's how to figure out the mappings.

https://thedxt.ca/2026/03/sophos-firewall-interface-mapping-on-vsphere/

#Sophos #Firewall #Interface #SFOS @sophos #Networking #VMware #vExpert

Sophos Firewall Interface Mapping on vSphere

When you deploy a Sophos firewall on VMware vSphere, you start with 3 network interfaces PortA for LAN, PortB for WAN, and PortC is unassigned. In VMware vCenter, PortA is Network adapter 1, PortB is Network adapter 2, and PortC is Network adapter 3. However, when you add more network adapters in VMware vSphere,... Read More Read More

theDXT

🛜 Here's how to remove the GuestAP interface on a Sophos firewall.

https://thedxt.ca/2026/03/sophos-firewall-remove-guestap-interface/

#Sophos #Firewall #GuestAP #SFOS @sophos

Sophos Firewall Remove GuestAP Interface

By default, Sophos firewalls have a wireless network interface called GuestAP. Normally, this isn’t much of an issue, but if you don’t plan to use Sophos Wireless, it doesn’t make sense to keep the GuestAP network interface. In this post, I will show you step by step how to remove the GuestAP network interface... Read More Read More

theDXT

Hey #infosec peoples - has anyone done quality testing of various DNS blocking providers?
e.g. something like take a grey noise list and see how quad nine compares to opendns etc ?

Considering whether to use #Sophos's new DNS protection...

Sophos Firewall Config Viewer

장비 구성 정보 내보내기해서 나오는 XML 파일을 파라미터 별로 예쁘게 꾸며서 단독 HTML 리포트로 만들어준다.

주기적으로 내보내 XML 파일을 여러개 보유하고 있다면 변화 비교도 할 수 있다.

처음에는 공대 감성 커뮤니티 기능인가 했는데, 증적 관리를 위한 기능 같다.

* https://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/config-viewer/index.htmlhttps://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/config-viewer/index.html

#Sophos

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中國國家級駭客組織數量居全球之首,其攻擊已從資料竊取,轉向對關鍵基礎設施的長期滲透,台灣為主要目標。攻擊結合 AI 自動化與匿蹤技術,手法日益進化,構成結構性及戰略性威脅。

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@claudius Na so ein Zufall, dass auch hier #PrivateEquity in Form von #ThomaBravo hintersteckt, die #Sophos seinerzeit geschluckt haben:

https://www.thomabravo.com/

Schaut mann dann mal auf das Portfolio, kommen da auch Companies wie Darktrace, N-Able, nintex oder Proofpoint drin vor.

Ja, das Netz ist kaputt.... #PE #diday

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@gunchleoc @VQuaschning tja - das passt doch zu Sophos, die sicherheitshalber den Zugriff auf https://di.day sperren, um die Verbreitung von schädlichem Inhalt zu verhindern. Ein Schelm… #diday #sophos #digitalesouveranitat #wobeginntzensur

Anybody using #Sophos #firewall providing a #vpn here?

Is it possible to technically enforce that #SophosConnect will not save passwords? If so, how?