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In ITW, we offer you tips, tricks, how-tos and self-developed tools on various IT topics that we encounter in our day-to-day work. In addition to IT security with a focus on Sophos and macmon, you will also find articles on other IT areas - but mostly security-related. Just start browsing and feel free to discuss with us in the comments!
End of blog in mid-2026
The blog will cease publication in mid-2026 The last few weeks around the turn of the year have got me thinking. Ongoing costs, maintenance work – and then virtually no feedback. I can see that the blog and especially some…
Sophos Firewall reverseproxy.log analysis script (v1.0)
A script with which the thread IDs can be better read from the reverseproxy.log file.
Sophos Firewall: object reference for users and groups 2.0
Script that can be used to check where a user or group is used in the configuration.
Sophos Firewall – XML export of OTP tokens incomplete
The XML export of OTP tokens in Sophos Firewall is only possible for local users. Tokens of users from external authentication sources such as ActiveDirectory or LDAP are not included in the export. This guide shows you how to do it anyway.
Sophos Firewall CLI Cookbook
This cookbook describes a collection of commands for the Sophos CLI / Console, which can support you in everyday configuration or error analysis.
OpenSSL Certificate Manual
Here you will find the ultimate OpenSSL certificate manual with examples of the most important commands for managing certificates, CSRs and public keys.
