Sophos Firewall v20 MR2 contains necessary enhancements reminiscent of an thrilling new backup and restore assistant, Energetic Listing SSO enhancements, and internet safety optimizations.
Backup and restore assistant
The brand new Sophos Firewall backup and restore assistant allows firewall configuration backups to be simply restored on a unique firewall equipment with versatile interface mapping choices.
This makes it simple to improve Sophos Firewall XG Sequence to XGS Sequence, improve any XGS Sequence mannequin to some other XGS Sequence mannequin, and even migrate to or from software program or digital home equipment.
This additionally means you possibly can simply migrate interfaces to higher-speed ports in your new or upgraded firewall.
You may as well get inventive and export a configuration template from a digital equipment after which restore it on a number of {hardware} or digital deployments to simplify repetitive configurations.
There are a couple of key dependencies or pre-requisites to take full benefit of this new assistant:
- Backups of XG Sequence home equipment must be made utilizing v19.5 MR4, v20, or later.
- Backups of XGS Sequence home equipment must be made utilizing this launch: v20 MR2 (or later)
This video covers the conditions and tips on how to use this new assistant in additional element:
You may as well verify the compatibility of the home equipment you propose to again up/restore and see the precise port configuration (together with accessible Flexi Port modules) utilizing a brand new software that’s accessible at https://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/reference/backup_restore/port_mapping/en-us/
Extra enhancements in Sophos Firewall v20 MR2
- Energetic Listing Single Signal-on now offers improved assist for high-availability failover conditions
- Energetic Listing Single Signal-on provides assist for performing the Kerberos/NTLM handshake over HTTP or HTTPS for a extra clear SSO expertise when HSTS is enforced
- Internet Safety efficiency is enhanced by lowering the system load when implementing SafeSearch, YouTube restrictions, Google App login area, or Azure AD tenant restrictions
- Internet Safety cipher customization now lets you strike one of the best stability on your community between cipher compatibility, safety, and audit compliance
The way to get the firmware and documentation
Sophos Firewall OS v20 MR2 is a free improve for all licensed Sophos Firewall prospects and must be utilized to all supported firewall gadgets as quickly as attainable to make sure that you’ve got all the newest safety, reliability, and efficiency fixes.
This firmware launch will comply with our customary replace course of. You’ll be able to manually obtain SFOS v20 MR2 from Sophos Central and replace anytime. In any other case, will probably be rolled out to all linked gadgets over the approaching weeks. A notification will seem in your native gadget or Sophos Central administration console when the replace is out there, permitting you to schedule the replace at your comfort.
Sophos Firewall OS v20 MR2 is a completely supported improve from all earlier variations of v20, v19.5 and v19.0. Please seek advice from the Improve Info tab within the launch notes for extra particulars.
Full product documentation is out there on-line and throughout the product.