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Content Gateway Deployment
Content Gateway Deployment
Deployment and Installation Center | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.8.x
Applies to:
Web Security Gateway and Gateway Anywhere, v7.8.x
Content Gateway is a high-performance web proxy that provides real-time threat analysis and website classification to protect network computers from malicious web content and attacks, while facilitating employee access to web assets and dynamic web content.
Content Gateway offers:
On-demand, real-time categorization of websites
HTTP/S and FTP content analysis for malware and malicious threats
Enterprise web caching capabilities
Content Gateway is a required component of Websense Web Security Gateway and Web Security Gateway Anywhere.
Standard deployments include:
On-premises with Web Security Gateway
On-premises with Web Security Gateway Anywhere, which provides support for distributed enterprises with one or more branch offices and multiple remote users
Content Gateway can be located on Websense appliances or as software running on dedicated servers.
Content Gateway can also improve network efficiency and performance by caching frequently accessed web pages at the edge of the network.
The following topics discuss deployment of Content Gateway:
Content Gateway deployment issues
Content Gateway explicit and transparent proxy deployments
Special Content Gateway deployment scenarios
Chaining Content Gateway with other proxies
For information about deploying Web Security Gateway software, see
Web Security Deployment Recommendations
.
For information about Content Gateway operation, see
Content Gateway Manager Help
.
Note
Content Gateway can be combined with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager, giving greater flexibility to your security gateway infrastructure. You can configure an integrated environment for explicit and transparent proxy in combination with a Websense appliance. For more
information, see the
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager
and Websense Web Security Gateway Configuration Guide
.
Content Gateway Deployment
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