Sophos Essential Firewall provides security features such as firewall, network tools, routing and secure remote access. As your needs grow, you can add UTM Network, Web, Email, Wireless, Web Server and Endpoint Protection subscriptions.

Functions

Security

• Firewall: Stateful Packet Inspection
• Network masking
• Port forwarding (SNAT/DNAT)
• ICMP control: Ping, traceroute
• Country and region blocking
• Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Connector
• Remote access: PPTP, L2TP over IPsec
• Local user authentication

Network

• IPv6: dual stack, tunnel brokering, 6to4
  
• Interfaces: Cable, DSL, PPPoE, 3G/UMTS, PPP, VLAN and user-defined
• Automatic Quality of Service (QoS)
  
• Implementation modes: routing, transparent bridge
• Additional address binding
• Static routing
• DynDNS Client
• NTP Server
• DNS Server
• DCHP Server/Relay
• Static MAC/IP mapping

Management

• Web-based GUI in localised language
  
• Setup wizard
• Administrator rights and roles
• Restrict access to the GUI from the network
• Automatic pattern updates
• Backup/restore at the touch of a button
• Object definitions: Networks, hosts, DNS hosts, services

Time ranges, groups

• Object cloning
• Internet time synchronisation
• Admin change tracking
• SNMP query and traps
  
• Notifications: SNMP and email
• Contextual online help

Logging/Reporting

• Complete logging on local hard disk
• Configurable log storage duration
• Searchable log history
• Reporting: firewall activity, hardware utilisation, network utilisation, bandwidth statistics
• Configurable report retention period
• Reporting charts: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly
• Daily short report
• Object usage indicators