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Sophos XG Firewall v17 is loaded with tons of new features and enhancements. It’s set to be one of our most exciting product releases – and we’d like to invite you to be part of the beta testing.
What’s new?
XG Firewall v17 delivers innovative technology, including a breakthrough in network visibility: Synchronized App Control. This automatically identifies, classifies and controls custom, evasive and generic network applications that are currently going unidentified.
It also greatly streamlines configuration and day-to-day management in key areas by providing more powerful tools that are intuitive and easy to use for Firewall, IPS, Web, NAT and VPN.
Security and Control
- Synchronized App Control – a break-through in network visibility, taking application control to a whole new level
- Web keyword monitoring – for dynamic content control and enhanced online child safety in education
- IPS and App Control UI enhancements – enables smart filters and makes custom policies easier to build and maintain
Management and Trouble-shooting
- Firewall rule management enhancements – management of large firewall rule sets are more straightforward
- Policy Test Simulator – simpler validation and troubleshooting of firewall rules and policy settings
- VPN Setup Improvements – easier configuration and management of site-to-site VPN connections
Networking
- IKEv2 VPN support – better IPSec VPN interoperability with other systems
- Wildcard FQDN support – fully qualified domain objects are more powerful and predefined cloud services
- NAT rule enhancements – fully object based means more powerful rules that can forward multiple services and ports in a single rule.