SOPHOS ET80 - NAVIGATING AND MANAGING
SOPHOS FIREWALL
What are the 6 main areas of the Control Center in the WebAdmin interface? -
Answers- System, Tarffic insight, user & Device insigns, active firewall rule, reports and
messages
What are the Three types of host object on the Sophos Firewall? - Answers- IP, MAC
and FQDN
What do IP host objects represent? - Answers- IPv4 or IPv6 addresses, a subnet, a
range of IP addresses or a list of IP addresses
What do MAC host objects represent? - Answers- MAC Addresses or a list of Mac
addresses
What do FQDN objects represent? - Answers- Fully Qualified Domain names and
FQDN host groups. They also support wildcard prefix to resolve subdomains
What can service objects represent? - Answers- Service based on TCPP and UDP
ports, IP protocol numbers, or ICMP types & codes
What are profiles use for? - Answers- A collection of groups and settings that can be
defined when configuring protection features.
What are the 7 main profiles on a Sophos Firewall? - Answers- Schedule, Access time,
surfing quota, Network traffic quota, decryption, IPsec and Device access
What is the schedule profile used for? - Answers- Defines a period of time, either
reoccurring or One-off
What is the Access Time profile used for? - Answers- Allow or deny an action for a
schedule
What is the surfing quota profile used for? - Answers- One-off or reoccurring restrictions
to browsing time
What is the Network traffic quota profile used for? - Answers- Upload/download
bandwidth restrictions
What is the Decryption profile used for? - Answers- The settings for TLS decryption
What is the IPsec profile used for? - Answers- IKE (internet Key exchange) parameters
for establishing tunnels between two firewalls
SOPHOS FIREWALL
What are the 6 main areas of the Control Center in the WebAdmin interface? -
Answers- System, Tarffic insight, user & Device insigns, active firewall rule, reports and
messages
What are the Three types of host object on the Sophos Firewall? - Answers- IP, MAC
and FQDN
What do IP host objects represent? - Answers- IPv4 or IPv6 addresses, a subnet, a
range of IP addresses or a list of IP addresses
What do MAC host objects represent? - Answers- MAC Addresses or a list of Mac
addresses
What do FQDN objects represent? - Answers- Fully Qualified Domain names and
FQDN host groups. They also support wildcard prefix to resolve subdomains
What can service objects represent? - Answers- Service based on TCPP and UDP
ports, IP protocol numbers, or ICMP types & codes
What are profiles use for? - Answers- A collection of groups and settings that can be
defined when configuring protection features.
What are the 7 main profiles on a Sophos Firewall? - Answers- Schedule, Access time,
surfing quota, Network traffic quota, decryption, IPsec and Device access
What is the schedule profile used for? - Answers- Defines a period of time, either
reoccurring or One-off
What is the Access Time profile used for? - Answers- Allow or deny an action for a
schedule
What is the surfing quota profile used for? - Answers- One-off or reoccurring restrictions
to browsing time
What is the Network traffic quota profile used for? - Answers- Upload/download
bandwidth restrictions
What is the Decryption profile used for? - Answers- The settings for TLS decryption
What is the IPsec profile used for? - Answers- IKE (internet Key exchange) parameters
for establishing tunnels between two firewalls