[Fresh from the Press: Latest KB's] Sophos XG Firewall: How to bypass the web proxy in Transparent Mode

Hi Sophos Community,

This KB article explains how to bypass the web proxy when deployed in transparent mode.

There are two ways to exclude traffic from the web proxy. The first method involves the traffic flowing through the web proxy but using web exceptions so no HTTPS scanning, policy checks, or antivirus is applied.  Some features like SafeSearch, pharming protection and HTTP protocol compliance that are still enforced.  This method is recommended because it maintains the logic of all web traffic flowing through the proxy and continues to log and report.  The exception method works in both Standard and Transparent mode.

The second method is to use firewall rules based on the source or destination that will cause the proxy to be bypassed entirely. The HTTP/HTTPS stream will be completely unaffected, and there will be no logging or reporting. This method works only in Transparent mode and is similar to Sophos UTM's transparent mode skiplist.

Regards,

FloSupport | Community Support Engineer