Sophos WS500 User Manual

Method 1: Enterprise Console (standalone mode)
Even without a Web Appliance or Management appliance, Enterprise Console offers basic web
filtering.When a web control policy is configured and enabled solely through Enterprise Console,
rules for 14 essential categories are applied for each user through Sophos Endpoint Security and
Control.The policy, defined on Enterprise Console as “Potentially Unwanted Website Control,”
is published to users. Users’ web activity data is sent back to Enterprise Console, where they are
displayed as “web events.”
If necessary, the endpoint software performs URL classifications via SXL queries to Sophos. SXL
is the infrastructure that Sophos uses to submit real-time, DNS-based queries to SophosLabs
regarding IP addresses, URIs within messages, and image fingerprints.
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Sophos WS500 Specifications

General

Brand	Sophos
Model	WS500
Category	Firewall
Language	English