We are thrilled to declare that the early access program (EAP) has kicked off successfully. The freshest edition of Sophos Firewall proffers an array of exciting enhancements and top prioritized features that have been yearned for. These features and enhancements are inclusive of…
Boosted protection
The active threat response now conveniently extends with the support for third-party threat feeds. This advancement enables a smoother integration with custom and specialized threat intelligence sources.
The automated response of synchronized security to active threats is another addition to third-party threat feeds.
Increased scalability
High-availability (HA) deployments have attributed additional resilience and seamless transitions to reduce downtime radically.
IPsec VPN experiences essential upgrades, thereby improving manageability, configuration, and performance.
Web enhancements and authentication processes also benefited from an upgrade.
Effortless upgrades
The flexible new any-to-any backup and restore feature enables easy upgrading.
Port mapping support simplifies the upgrade to a different port configuration with an appliance.
Optimized management
The user experience has been vastly improved, including modifications to the Control Center cards’ overall aesthetic, VPN and static route configuration optimization.
The Let’s Encrypt certificate is now supported in several areas of the firewall, contributing to a more secure and reliable digital environment.
Network object visibility is widened to identify where objects are being utilized.
Additional features!
For a thorough overview of the new features and advancements in v21, you are encouraged to download the full What’s New Guide.
Get started right away!
You can instantly access the upgrade package or installer for v21 from the Sophos Firewall v21 EAP Registration Page. Just provide your contact information, and the download links will be directly emailed to you.
The latest version of Sophos Firewall, v21 EAP, is a fully back-supported upgrade from all supported versions of v20, v19.5, and v19.0, including the latest v20 MR2.
Note: Remarkably, the Sophos Firewall v21 doesn’t offer compatibility with XG and SG Series appliances. The termination date for XG Series is announced to be March 31, 2025.
Throughout the EAP, support will be provided via our forums in the Sophos Firewall EAP Community.
We genuinely appreciate feedback from users. You may provide feedback via the option at the top of each screen in your Sophos Firewall, or through the Community Forums.
Your support is highly valued and contributes significantly to making this release the best version possible.
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