New for v8.0.1 in V-Series appliances

51351 | Release Notes | Websense V-Series Appliances | 21-May-2015

v8.0.x supported V-Series appliance models

Older V10000 G2 and V5000 G2 appliances, known as revision 1 (or R1) appliances are not supported with version 8.0.0 and higher. Websense stopped shipping these models:


V10000 G2 R1:	Third quarter, 2011
V5000 G2 R1:	First quarter, 2012

If you plan to upgrade to version 8.0.x, you should verify the full hardware platform version for the appliances you plan to upgrade.

In some cases, your hardware platform information is available on the Configuration > System page in the Appliance manager. Refer to System Information box at the top of the page:

This will tell you if you have a V10000 G3 appliance, but does not distinguish between the R1 and R2 versions of V10000 and V5000 G2 machines.

If you have a G2 appliance, use the following steps to determine whether it is R1 or R2 hardware:

Record your appliance service tag numbers (STN). You can find the STN printed on the pull out tag on the front of the appliance, behind the bezel (if installed). The STN is a 7 character code (for example: 9DZTBQ1).

Contact Websense Technical Support and request assistance in identifying the full model version of your appliances.

Appliance software module support

Version 8.0.1 introduces Websense Web Filter & Security. This product is supported on V-Series appliances in the following configurations:

In standalone mode (Web Filter & Security only) on supported V5000 appliances

In dual mode (Web Filter & Security with TRITON AP-EMAIL) on supported V5000 and V10000 appliances

TRITON AP-WEB and TRITON AP-EMAIL continue to be supported on V-Series appliances in both standalone and dual modes.

More secure password guidelines for "admin"

The password guidelines for the admin account (the default administrator account used by all Websense TRITON solutions) are being moved toward closer alignment across products and platforms.

On V-Series appliances, the admin password must now meet the following standards:

Be between eight and fifteen characters in length

Special characters (for example, ! # % & ' ( ) * + , - . / ; < = > ? @ [ ] ^ _ { | } ~ )

Exclude all of the following:

The user name of any appliance service account (admin, root, websense-ts, audit)

Common appliance related terms (appliance, filtering)

The name of Websense services (for example, TRITON, AP-WEB, AP-EMAIL, ContentGateway, PolicyBroker, PolicyDatabase, PolicyServer, DirectoryAgent, StateServer, Multiplexer, UsageMonitor, ControlService, or NetworkAgent)

The device's hostname

Not repeat the previous 3 passwords for the account