{"id":24953,"date":"2024-07-23T13:21:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T21:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/23\/news-18683\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T13:21:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T21:21:18","slug":"news-18683","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/23\/news-18683\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos Firewall v20 MR2 is now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:09:07 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content lg:prose-lg mx-auto prose max-w-4xl\">\n<p>Sophos Firewall v20 MR2 includes important enhancements such as an exciting new backup and restore assistant, Active Directory SSO improvements, and web protection optimizations.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Backup and restore assistant<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The new Sophos Firewall backup and restore assistant enables firewall configuration backups to be easily restored on a different firewall appliance with flexible interface mapping options.<\/p>\n<p>This makes it easy to upgrade Sophos Firewall XG Series to XGS Series, upgrade any XGS Series model to any other XGS Series model, or even migrate to or from software or virtual appliances.<\/p>\n<p>This also means you can easily migrate interfaces to higher-speed ports on your new or upgraded firewall.<\/p>\n<p>You can also get creative and export a configuration template from a virtual appliance and then restore it on multiple hardware or virtual deployments to simplify repetitive configurations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_956448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-956448\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-956448\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image1_d28382.png\" alt=\"Backup and restore assistant\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image1_d28382.png 718w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image1_d28382.png?resize=300,225 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-956448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Easily map interfaces from the old to the new appliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are a few key dependencies or pre-requisites to take full advantage of this new assistant:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Backups of XG Series appliances should be made using v19.5 MR4, v20, or later.<\/li>\n<li>Backups of XGS Series appliances need to be made using this release: v20 MR2 (or later)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This video covers the prerequisites and how to use this new assistant in more detail:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techvids.sophos.com\/share\/watch\/yYcJQzaQN3Z7vyYyakoL4R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-956449 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-23-150312.png\" alt=\"Video\" width=\"1116\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-23-150312.png 1116w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-23-150312.png?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-23-150312.png?resize=768,430 768w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-23-150312.png?resize=1024,573 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1116px) 100vw, 1116px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also check the compatibility of the appliances you plan to back up\/restore and see the exact port configuration (including available Flexi Port modules) using a new tool that is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.sophos.com\/nsg\/sophos-firewall\/reference\/backup_restore\/port_mapping\/en-us\/\">https:\/\/docs.sophos.com\/nsg\/sophos-firewall\/reference\/backup_restore\/port_mapping\/en-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_956450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-956450\" style=\"width: 1848px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image2_ed5290.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-956450 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image2_ed5290.png\" alt=\"Compatibility check\" width=\"1848\" height=\"963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image2_ed5290.png 1848w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image2_ed5290.png?resize=300,156 300w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image2_ed5290.png?resize=768,400 768w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image2_ed5290.png?resize=1024,534 1024w, https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image2_ed5290.png?resize=1536,800 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1848px) 100vw, 1848px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-956450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Check the compatibility of the models you plan to backup and restore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Additional enhancements in Sophos Firewall v20 MR2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Active Directory Single Sign-on now provides improved support for high-availability failover situations<\/li>\n<li>Active Directory Single Sign-on adds support for performing the Kerberos\/NTLM handshake over HTTP or HTTPS for a more transparent SSO experience when HSTS is enforced<\/li>\n<li>Web Protection performance is enhanced by reducing the system load when enforcing SafeSearch, YouTube restrictions, Google App login domain, or Azure AD tenant restrictions<\/li>\n<li>Web Protection cipher customization now enables you to strike the best balance for your network between cipher compatibility, security, and audit compliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>How to get the firmware and documentation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sophos Firewall OS v20 MR2 is a free upgrade for all licensed Sophos Firewall customers and should be applied to all supported firewall devices as soon as possible to ensure that you have all the latest security, reliability, and performance fixes.<\/p>\n<p>This firmware release will follow our <a href=\"https:\/\/community.sophos.com\/sophos-xg-firewall\/b\/blog\/posts\/firewall-firmware-release-process-and-timeline\">standard update process<\/a>. You can manually download SFOS v20 MR2 from Sophos Central and update anytime. Otherwise, it will be rolled out to all connected devices over the coming weeks. A notification will appear on your local device or Sophos Central management console when the update is available, allowing you to schedule the update at your convenience.<\/p>\n<p>Sophos Firewall OS v20 MR2 is a fully supported upgrade from all previous versions of v20, v19.5 and v19.0. Please refer to the Upgrade Information tab in the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.sophos.com\/releasenotes\/index.html?productGroupID=nsg&amp;productID=xg&amp;versionID=20.0\">release notes<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<p>Full <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.sophos.com\/nsg\/sophos-firewall\/20.0\/help\/en-us\/webhelp\/onlinehelp\/index.html\">product documentation<\/a> is available online and within the product.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/en-us\/2024\/07\/23\/sophos-firewall-v20-mr2-is-now-available\/\" target=\"bwo\" >http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/sophos\/dgdY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sophos-firewall.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:09:07 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sophos Firewall OS v20 MR2 is a free upgrade for all licensed Sophos Firewall customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[10378,10377],"tags":[12235,30192,10384,24562,30193],"class_list":["post-24953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","category-sophos","tag-firewall","tag-firewall-v20","tag-network","tag-products-services","tag-v20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}