{"id":118433,"date":"2024-05-30T09:46:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T08:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/kb\/sophos-for-home-users-firewall-and-endpoint\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T09:56:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T08:56:23","slug":"sophos-for-home-users-firewall-and-endpoint","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/kb\/sophos-for-home-users-firewall-and-endpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos Firewall and Endpoint for the home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our business model of making Sophos products available online to everyone means we get a wide variety of requests every day. They range from small two-man operations, to large companies with multiple locations worldwide. Since virtually anyone can buy Sophos from us, home users are also frequent guests in our online store.<\/p>\n\n<p>Although Sophos is primarily active in the bus environment, it also offers sufficient functions for private households, some of which can even be used free of charge.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In this post, we&#8217;ll give a brief overview of which Sophos products are worth considering for the home and can be used for free.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Topics<\/h2><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#sophos-firewall-fur-dein-zuhause\">Sophos Firewall for your home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#sophos-firewall-home-edition\">Sophos Firewall Home Edition<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#voraussetzungen\">Requirements<\/a><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#einschrankungen-der-sophos-firewall-home-edition\">Limitations of Sophos Firewall Home Edition<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#sophos-firewall-home-edition-kostenlos-herunterladen\">Download Sophos Firewall Home Edition for free<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#sophos-endpoint-protection-fur-zuhause-sophos-home\">Sophos Endpoint Protection for the home: Sophos Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#fazit\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sophos-firewall-fur-dein-zuhause\">Sophos Firewall for your home<\/h2>\n\n<p>The Sophos firewalls are already a great thing. But what else can we say about it, after all, we deal with it every day. \ud83d\ude05 No, but seriously: even if we are sometimes a little critical of Sophos and are not super satisfied with everything, Sophos Firewalls are among the best on the market. They are therefore very popular for a reason, but unfortunately a little too expensive for many people for home use.<\/p>\n\n<p>Many private individuals therefore often opt for the inexpensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/shop\/sophos-xgs-87-security-appliance\/\">XGS 87<\/a>, which we can&#8217;t really recommend even for their own living room. It&#8217;s not necessarily the price of the hardware that knocks you off your feet. Rather, it is the annual license fees.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sophos has also been aware of this for several years and offers a &#8220;home version&#8221; of the Sophos Firewall for private use. Apart from a few small restrictions, which are not really significant, the home user can use the firewall completely free of charge. The restrictions will be discussed later.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>With the free Home versions, you can protect your network with technologies such as anti-malware, web security, URL filtering, application control, IPS, VPN (SSLVPN and IPsec) and more.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sophos-firewall-home-edition\">Sophos Firewall Home Edition<\/h2>\n\n<p>Sophos Firewall Home Edition can be installed on different computers and in different environments. Here are some possible scenarios:<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Home network<\/strong>: Sophos Firewall Home Edition can be installed on a dedicated Intel-compatible computer with two network interfaces. This is ideal for protecting the home network and monitoring the Internet traffic of all devices in the household.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Home office<\/strong>: For home offices that require a robust security solution, Sophos Firewall Home Edition can be installed on a suitable computer. This protects the network against threats and increases network security.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Labs and test environments<\/strong>: IT professionals and enthusiasts can deploy Sophos Firewall Home Edition in lab or test environments to test different security configurations and try out new features without impacting the production network.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Homelab<\/strong>: Tech enthusiasts running a Homelab can install Sophos Firewall Home Edition on a suitable computer to improve network management and security practices.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"voraussetzungen\">Requirements<\/h2>\n\n<p>To install Sophos Firewall Home Edition, you need:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Intel-compatible computer<\/strong>: The computer must be equipped with an Intel-compatible processor and have two network interfaces.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dual network interfaces<\/strong>: The computer must have two network interfaces to properly manage network traffic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hardware restrictions<\/strong>: The Home Edition is limited to 4 cores and 6 GB RAM. The computer may have more resources, but Sophos Firewall Home Edition will not be able to use these additional resources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>  Many of our customers simply order the Sophos XGS Firewall without a license, as some functions are already included free of charge in the basic version:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create firewall rules<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IPsec and SSL VPN for remote access<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Site2Site IPsec connections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sophos Wireless to manage all Sophos Access Points (APX Access Points only, AP6 is cloud only)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/blog\/sophos-firewall-updates-no-longer-free-of-charge\/\">However, the Enhanced Support license<\/a> is required for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/blog\/sophos-firewall-updates-no-longer-free-of-charge\/\">updates<\/a>, although this is quite inexpensive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>These features are already sufficient for most private users. Functions such as IPS, WebFilter, Web Application Firewall, MTA, which require a license, are often not in demand at all.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"einschrankungen-der-sophos-firewall-home-edition\">Limitations of Sophos Firewall Home Edition<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>no Synchronized Security<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No Sophos Zero-Day Protection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community Support (Forum) only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sophos-firewall-home-edition-kostenlos-herunterladen\">Download Sophos Firewall Home Edition for free<\/h3>\n\n<p>The ISO for the installation can be downloaded from the Sophos website:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sophos.com\/en-us\/products\/free-tools\/sophos-xg-firewall-home-edition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sophos Firewall Home Edition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sophos-endpoint-protection-fur-zuhause-sophos-home\">Sophos Endpoint Protection for the home: Sophos Home<\/h2>\n\n<p>In addition to a Sophos Firewall, good endpoint protection is also required for all computers in the home network that are operated with Windows or macOS.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sophos Central is designed for the corporate sector and is therefore not necessarily priced for private households. Sophos has therefore developed the product &#8220;Sophos Home&#8221; for private users, which is technically based on Sophos Central.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/home.sophos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sophos Home<\/a> is not free, but comes with the following security features:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Malware scans and removal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Threat detection with AI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ransomware protection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Security Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Web protection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antivirus in real time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Child protection filter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Premium Support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fazit\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n<p>With this compilation, you have seen that Sophos also provides solutions for private households that don&#8217;t cost you a cent. Sure, there are one-time acquisition costs for the firewall that need to be invested in a hardware. However, you can then use the software free of charge.<\/p>\n\n<p>The only downer from our point of view is the lack of support for the &#8220;Sophos Firewall Home Edition&#8221; on a Sophos appliance. It&#8217;s true that the Sophos Firewall already provides many functions free of charge with the base license, but that&#8217;s not enough for the real geeks. But at the same time, it is probably not a hurdle for real geeks to get their own hardware or to operate the firewall virtually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21279,"parent":0,"template":"","format":"standard","kb_kategorie":[385,382],"class_list":["post-118433","kb","type-kb","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kb_kategorie-central-admin","kb_kategorie-sophos-firewall"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/118433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_kategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_kategorie?post=118433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}