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Filtering Service Information for Remote Filtering Screen
Deployment and Installation Center | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.8.x
This Web Security installer screen appears if Remote Filtering Server is selected for installation.
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Internal IP address: Enter the actual IP address of the Filtering Service machine to be used by this instance of Remote Filtering Server.
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Filtering port and Block page port: The filtering port is used by Filtering Service to communicate with other Websense components. The block page port is used by Filtering Service to send block pages to client machines. These ports must be in the range 1024-65535. These ports must be open on any firewall between the Remote Filtering Server and Filtering Service.
Filtering Service may have been automatically configured to use ports other than the default 15868 (filtering port) and 15871 (block page port). To find the ports used by Filtering Service:
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Navigate to the Websense bin directory on the Policy Server machine (C:\Program Files (x86)\Websense\Web Security\bin or /opt/Websense/bin/, by default).
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Open the eimserver.ini file in a text editor.
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Locate the WebsenseServerPort (filtering port) and BlockMsgServerPort (block page port) values.
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Translated IP address: Use this box to provide the translated IP address of Filtering Service if it is behind a network-address-translating device. You must check A firewall or other network device performs address translation between Remote Filtering Server and Filtering Service to activate this box.

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