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Remote Filtering Server

Applies to

Web Filter v7.6

Web Security v7.6

Web Security Gateway v7.6

Web Security Gateway Anywhere v7.6

Description

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.

Placement

In a Websense appliance-based deployment, Remote Filtering Server must be installed on a separate machine. It is not installed on an appliance.

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.

Special Considerations

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.

 

Important  Deploy the Remote Filtering Client to user machines but do not deploy it to the machine on which you are installing Remote Filtering Server.

See Remote Filtering Software technical paper for more information about installing, configuring, and using remote filtering.

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