{"id":22343,"date":"2025-02-19T08:33:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T07:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/kb\/sophos-firewall-os-sfos-base-license\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T08:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T07:35:41","slug":"sophos-firewall-os-base-license","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/kb\/sophos-firewall-os-base-license\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos Firewall &#8211; Base License"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this article, we would like to take a closer look at the &#8220;Base License&#8221; of the Sophos Firewall OS (SFOS). We show where this basic license is included everywhere, which functions can be found in it and how long it is valid.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wo-ist-die-sfos-basislizenz-enthalten\">Where is the SFOS basic license included?<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hardware-appliance\">Hardware appliance<\/h3>\n\n<p>If you buy an XGS hardware appliance, you get the <strong>Base License<\/strong> for free. So if you only buy the hardware, without any paid licenses such as the &#8220;Network Protection&#8221; or &#8220;Web Protection&#8221;, you can at least use the free functions of the basic license.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u26a0\ufe0f Important: Update 2022:<\/strong> Without the Enhanced Support license, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/blog\/sophos-firewall-updates-no-longer-free-of-charge\/\">no firmware updates for the firewall<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u26a0\ufe0f Important: Update 2025:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/blog\/sophos-firewall-license-adjustment-2025\/\">Sophos limits the firewalls that do not have a support license<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-virtual-appliance\">Virtual appliance<\/h3>\n\n<p>Unfortunately, the <strong>base license<\/strong> is not included free of charge with a virtual appliance and must be purchased once. After that you get a license file with a serial number for the VM.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Info:<\/strong> Unlike the hardware appliance, the virtual appliances do not have a hardware serial number. For this reason, it must be acquired and defined.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u26a0\ufe0f Important:<\/strong> The serial number can only be entered once during installation and cannot be changed afterwards.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-welche-funktionen-sind-in-der-basislizenz-inbegriffen\">Which functions are included in the basic license?<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Create firewall rules<\/strong>: Manage network traffic and protect your network from threats by creating firewall rules.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SD-WAN:<\/strong> Monitor and control network traffic by creating firewall rules and optimizing traffic using Application Aware Routing and Traffic Shaping.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Remote VPN<\/strong>: Connect securely to remote sites or networks via SSL VPN or IPsec VPN.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Site to Site VPN:<\/strong> Create IPsec VPN connections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wireless Protection<\/strong>: Manage your Sophos Access Points via the firewall, create WLAN networks and the appropriate firewall rules.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Xstream architecture<\/strong>: Use the powerful Xstream architecture to process network traffic quickly and efficiently (Flow FastPath).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>TLS 1.3 Inspection<\/strong>: Monitor and optimize the transmission of data in real time by monitoring TLS 1.3 connections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Deep packet inspection<\/strong>: Monitor and optimize network traffic by monitoring packets in real time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>History logging and reporting<\/strong>: Monitor network traffic and generate reports to monitor security and network performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wie-lange-ist-die-basislizenz-gultig\">How long is the basic license valid?<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-firewall-base-license-expiration-date.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2150\" height=\"964\" data-id=\"118558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-firewall-base-license-expiration-date.jpg\" alt=\"Sophos Firewall Base License expiration date\" class=\"wp-image-118558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-firewall-base-license-expiration-date.jpg 2150w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-firewall-base-license-expiration-date-64x29.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-firewall-base-license-expiration-date-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-firewall-base-license-expiration-date-1024x459.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-firewall-base-license-expiration-date-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-firewall-base-license-expiration-date-1536x689.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-firewall-base-license-expiration-date-2048x918.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-firewall-base-license-expiration-date-600x269.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2150px) 100vw, 2150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The screenshot shows the license overview on a Sophos Firewall. You can see here that the base license for the base firewall) has no expiration date that would be relevant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p>In principle, the basic license can be used indefinitely, regardless of whether you own a hardware appliance or have purchased the basic license for the virtual appliance once. The expiration date of the basic license is specified by Sophos for the year 2999. I think you can speak of a &#8220;lifetime license&#8221; in this case without exception. However, the hardware itself has a lifetime and is not supported by the software forever.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","format":"standard","kb_kategorie":[382],"class_list":["post-22343","kb","type-kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","kb_kategorie-sophos-firewall"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/22343","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:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_kategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_kategorie?post=22343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}