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Release Notes for Websense IQ-Series Appliances : Version 1.6 product features
Version 1.6 product features
Topic 70185 | Release Notes | IQ-Series Appliance | Updated: 01-Mar-2016
Applies to:
Websense IQ-Series appliance v1.6
This section of the Release Notes describes the new features that are included in version 1.6 of the Websense IQ-Series appliance:
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Multiple policies for an appliance-managed network
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Traffic monitor
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Pre-installed category database
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Improved system infrastructure
Multiple policies for an appliance-managed network
In this version of the appliance, you can apply multiple policies to an individual appliance. Each policy applies to the traffic sent to the appliance from a specific internal network range. In previous versions, only a single policy could be applied to all the traffic sent to an appliance.
You define an internal network and assign a policy other than the default to that network in the cloud portal Network Devices page. See the topic titled Adding or editing an appliance in the blueSKY Security Gateway Manager Help for details.
Traffic monitor
A traffic monitor is included in this version to display detailed information about web requests and protocol transactions. The monitor is accessed from the appliance command-line interface (CLI). You can indicate the traffic attributes you want to view in the monitor via CLI commands. Examples of attributes include:
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Source or destination IP address
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Date-time of the web request
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Policy name
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Protocol
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Web request URL
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Client browser
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Web category of the request
Click here for more details about configuring the traffic monitor.
Pre-installed category database
In previous versions, the i-Series appliance did not include the web category database out of the box. A full database download occurred after appliance registration, a process that could take a few hours. The appliance could not analyze any traffic until the long download process was complete.
The appliance now ships with a pre-installed web category database. After appliance registration, an update to this database is initiated. During the update, the appliance can analyze traffic using the pre-installed database. Note that because this database is out-of-date, traffic analysis may be more accurate after the full update is complete.
Improved system infrastructure
This version of the appliance includes several enhancements and fixes for system infrastructure that result in improved stability and security. In addition to an operating system upgrade, the release contains:
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Stability improvements for the authentication module and the Apache Traffic Server (ATS).
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Improved capacity to handle many policies along with a large volume of users
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Enhanced ability to set and view IP address to user mapping in the command-line interface (CLI)
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More complete report information for appliance traffic
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Cloud portal appliance date/time displayed using the current browser's time zone
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The following updates for SSL traffic flow support have also been made:
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The intermediate certificate authority (CA) caching process is enhanced for increased reliability and security.
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The method by which SSL traffic is encrypted is strengthened for increased security.
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Certificate revocation list (CRL) operation is enhanced for reliability and improved maintenance.

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