{"id":4172,"date":"2021-12-06T13:57:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T12:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/?p=4172"},"modified":"2022-03-16T16:42:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:42:06","slug":"sophos-firewall-v19-with-xstream-sd-wan-extreme-new-levels-of-networking-flexibility-and-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/2021\/12\/products\/sophos-firewall-v19-with-xstream-sd-wan-extreme-new-levels-of-networking-flexibility-and-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos Firewall v19 With Xstream SD-WAN: Extreme New Levels of Networking Flexibility and Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, we launched the powerful new <a href=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/2021\/04\/products\/introducing-sophos-firewall-and-the-new-xgs-series-appliances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XGS Series firewalls<\/a> with dedicated Xstream Flow Processors to accelerate SD-WAN, SaaS, and cloud traffic. We then followed that with an extremely easy way to <a href=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/2021\/08\/products\/sophos-firewall-os-v18-5-mr1-and-central-orchestration-now-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">orchestrate<\/a> complex SD-WAN overlay networks in Sophos Central. And today, we\u2019re introducing Xstream SD-WAN.<\/p>\n<p>Sophos Firewall OS v19 includes several new and exciting SD-WAN capabilities including SD-WAN profiles with multi-gateway support and performance SLA link selection, as well as performance monitoring tools, SD-WAN logging, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Xstream FastPath Acceleration of IPsec VPN tunnel traffic will also be part of SFOS v19 and is still being finalized for inclusion in the next EAP phase.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4173 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Xstream-SD-WAN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2944\" height=\"1258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Xstream-SD-WAN.jpg 2944w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Xstream-SD-WAN.jpg?resize=300,128 300w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Xstream-SD-WAN.jpg?resize=768,328 768w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Xstream-SD-WAN.jpg?resize=1024,438 1024w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Xstream-SD-WAN.jpg?resize=1536,656 1536w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Xstream-SD-WAN.jpg?resize=2048,875 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2944px) 100vw, 2944px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All this adds up to <strong>Xstream SD-WAN<\/strong> \u2013 delivering extreme new levels of networking flexibility and performance \u2013 all integrated into your firewall.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Here are the major enhancements in SFOS v19:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>SD-WAN<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SD-WAN Profiles and Advanced Performance SLAs <\/strong>\u2013 with multiple gateway support for seamless and efficient re-routing of traffic based on WAN link performance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SD-WAN monitoring<\/strong> \u2013 provides graphical real-time and historical monitoring of SD-WAN link performance metrics including latency, jitter, and packet loss.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SD-WAN Logging<\/strong> \u2013 integrates SD-WAN routing information into log data with a new SD-WAN log viewer module<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>VPN<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>VPN Management<\/strong> \u2013 VPN management has been reorganized and streamlined including new separate main menu items for remote access and site-to-site VPN management as well as many other intuitive changes, a new SSL remote-access setup wizard, and more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>VPN Performance<\/strong> \u2013 SSL VPN capacity is dramatically improved (up to 5x) thanks to the addition of multi-instance support, and in the next EAP phase, we will be introducing Xstream FastPath acceleration of IPsec VPN tunnel traffic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>VPN Operational Enhancements<\/strong> \u2013 include a variety of additional changes including custom policy support for IPsec RA, RBVPN, new GCM and Suite-B cipher support for IPsec, and SSL VPN enhancements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>VPN Logging<\/strong> \u2013 A new log viewer module has been added to assist in monitoring and trouble-shooting VPN connections for both remote-access and site-to-site using SSL or IPsec.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AWS VPC Import<\/strong> \u2013 You can now import your VPC configuration XML file from AWS to streamline the tunnel setup on your Sophos Firewall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other Enhancements<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Web Protection<\/strong> \u2013 Per-connection authentication for multiple users on the same source IP address, enforcement of tenant restrictions for O365, and X-Forwarded-For Header support for up-stream load balancers and proxies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>System and Object Search<\/strong> \u2013 New search capabilities to quickly and easily find screens or features in the product, as well as enhanced object search when building firewall, NAT, TLS or routing rules that allows free text searching for any object in the system.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performance, Protection, and Usability Enhancements<\/strong> \u2013 including scalable authentication performance (in high user-count environments), Synchronized Security enhancements for lateral movement protection, Flow Monitor interface enhancements, MFA enhancements, and log aggregation and suppression.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the detailed PDF list of <a href=\"https:\/\/community.sophos.com\/sophos-xg-firewall\/sfos-v19-early-access-program\/m\/files\/9519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What\u2019s New in the SFOS v19 Early Access Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch brief demo videos for many of the new features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/652691141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SD-WAN Profiles and Performance-based SLAs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/652693251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VPN Enhancements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/652694522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AWS VPC Setup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/652695443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Search Features<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/652696459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Per-Connection Authentication<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/652697442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Multi-Factor Authentication<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, SFOS v19 also includes all the other great enhancements in <a href=\"https:\/\/community.sophos.com\/sophos-xg-firewall\/b\/blog\/posts\/sophos-firewall-v18-5-mr2-is-now-available\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SFOS v18.5 MR2<\/a> which will be popping up in your consoles as an update any day now.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Getting Started and Providing Feedback:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/events.sophos.com\/v19eap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SFOS v19 EAP Registration Page<\/a> to get started.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019re up and running, please provide feedback through your Sophos Firewall&#8217;s feedback mechanism (top right of every screen on your Firewall).\u00a0 Also visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/community.sophos.com\/sophos-xg-firewall\/sfos-v19-early-access-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EAP Community Forums<\/a> to share your experience with others.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Please do not call Sophos Support for issues related to the EAP. Troubleshooting and support for all EAP versions is handled solely through the online <a href=\"https:\/\/community.sophos.com\/sophos-xg-firewall\/sfos-v19-early-access-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sophos Community EAP Forums<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please be on the lookout for brief email surveys over the course of the EAP. These can be extremely helpful in shaping the release, and don&#8217;t worry, we value your time and will ensure they won&#8217;t take long to complete.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your support!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The early access program for Sophos Firewall OS v19 is kicking off today delivering Xstream SD-WAN capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":3000002961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9,190,212,8,149],"coauthors":[58],"class_list":["post-4172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products","tag-early-access-program","tag-sd-wan","tag-sfos-v19","tag-sidebar","tag-sophos-firewall"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/featured-image-sophos-firewall-partner-app-icon-1600x960px.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4172"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4183,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172\/revisions\/4183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4172"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}