Sophos DynDNS service myfirewall.co discontinued
Many admins are not logged in to the firewall all the time, but only when there is something to configure, update, or check. Depending on how long ago the last login to the backend was, various warning messages appear on the dashboard. These remain visible even after you have read them. For a future SFOS update, it would certainly be helpful if you could hide them yourself. 🤔
Anyway, drifting off a bit here. 😅 Among these warnings, I recently noticed the message that Sophos will discontinue the Dynamic DNS service (myfirewall.co) at the end of January 2022.
Quite a few people have been using the Sophos Dynamic DNS service when they did not have a fixed IP address. Sophos has not yet given any reasons for discontinuing this service, but refers to third-party providers instead.
9 DDNS providers as alternatives
We have also used the service ourselves because our providers do not offer a fixed IP at all locations, or only with significantly more expensive business connections.
On the firewall, you can now choose from the following providers:
- DynDNS
- DynAccess
- EasyDNS
- ZoneEdit
- Google DDNS
- Namecheap
- DNS-O-Matic
- No-IP
- FreeDNS
We personally rely on the provider No-IP.
If you have also used the DNS name in the SSL VPN configuration, do not forget to change it there as well and roll out the new configuration to your clients.
