Remote Filtering Server provides Web filtering for machines such as laptops that are located outside the network firewall. A remote computer must be running the
Remote Filtering Client to be filtered by the Remote Filtering Server.
Remote Filtering Server acts as a proxy that accepts requests from Remote Filtering Client and submits them for filtering. It communicates with
Filtering Service to provide Internet access management of remote machines.
Remote Filtering Server should be installed on a separate, dedicated machine. Ideally, it should be installed behind the outermost network firewall, but in the DMZ outside the firewall that protects the rest of the network.
Run the Websense installer (Windows) or the Web Security Linux installer in custom mode to install Remote Filtering Server on a machine. During installation, Remote Filtering Server connects to ports 40000, 15868, 15871, 55880, and 55806 on the machine or machines running Policy Server, Policy Broker, and Filtering Service. Also, Policy Server uses port 55825 to communicate with the Remote Filtering machine. If a firewall is installed between Remote Filtering Server and these other components, open these ports on the firewall. After installation is complete, ports 15868, 15871, 55880 must remain open.
Remote Filtering Server may be installed on a Windows or Linux machine. If this is a Windows machine, install Remote Filtering Client Pack (see
Remote Filtering Client) along with Remote Filtering Server. This installs an MSI installer package that can be used to deploy the Remote Filtering Client to target user machines.
See Remote Filtering Software technical paper for more information about installing, configuring, and using remote filtering.