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SOPHOS HOME FIREWALL REVIEW INSTALL

Since I couldn't find solid articles on whether it has a UEFI loader, I opted for the "Generation 1" virtual machine that uses BIOS.

SOPHOS HOME FIREWALL REVIEW INSTALL

I had to redo the install wizard because I later found it really wanted to have the Internet connection on Ethernet port 2 and LAN on port 1 - (hard-coded, and the opposite of PFSense / OPNSense.).

It appears to be the same as the license for the free Sophos Home anti-malware on the Mac, so here's some of the highlights: ISO, as is typical, I get the giant EULA. I placed a valid but not "Business" e-mail into the form, and it allowed me to download a. Going into this review, I had no idea what to expect, but the marketing material mentions Linux, Intel-compatible, and IPS, so I'll give it a try.Īfter selecting "Get Started" on the web page, you get a registration page that asks for First/Last name and "Business" e-mail.

I've used both PFSense and OPNSense on my PC which have awesome amounts of bells and whistles, but I thought the intrusion prevention (Snort / Suricata) UI wasn't very intuitive, throwing tons of false positives. I stumbled upon this software by accident while trying to find out if someone studied how much malware gets stopped by third-party antivirus on a Mac (nope, although Av-Test has numbers for Windows Defender and Google Play Protect).

TL DR: The only thing "Home" about it is the non-commercial license clause - it's really a small/medium business firewall product. I decided to do a quick (experimented for 4 hours) review on this oddball proprietary router / firewall 'firmware', Sophos XG Firewall Home Edition.