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Help | V-Series Appliance | v8.1.x
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Accessing the Appliance manager and other consoles
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V-Series appliance general system status
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V-Series appliance system configuration
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V-Series Appliance Administration
The Websense® V-Series™ appliance hosts software that analyzes web traffic, email traffic, or both in real-time and applies security policies.
Modules available on the appliance
Regardless of whether the appliance hosts web protection software, email protection software, or both, it always includes an Appliance Controller module. This module includes:
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The Appliance manager, used to configure appliance settings, monitor system performance, manage services, perform system backups, apply hotfixes and upgrade patches, and perform diagnostic tasks.
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The Appliance command line (CLI) and command line utility (CLU), which offer command-line access to diagnostic utilities and configuration options.
See V-Series Appliance Configuration and V-Series Appliance Administration for more information about managing the appliance via the management console, CLI, and CLU.
When TRITON® AP-WEB resides on the appliance, the following additional modules are enabled:
 
TRITON AP-WEB
Categorizes sites, identifies users, and uses the appropriate administrator-configured policy to manage users' Internet requests.
Network Agent
Internet traffic sniffer. Enforces security for protocols other than HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP.
Content Gateway
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Instantly categorizes new sites and dynamic content, proactively discovering security risks, and blocking unwanted content and malware per administrator configured policy.
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Provides advanced analytics—including rules, signatures, heuristics, and application behaviors—to detect and block proxy avoidance, hacking sites, adult content, botnets, keyloggers, phishing attacks, spyware, and many other types of unsafe content.
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Closes a common security gap: decrypting and scanning SSL traffic before it enters the network.
When the TRITON AP-EMAIL module is enabled, it:
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Scans and manages incoming email messages to block spam or virus content per administrator configured policy.
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Integrates with TRITON AP-DATA solutions to help you monitor and restrict transmission of sensitive or inappropriate information via email.
Appliance security best practices
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Lock the appliance in an IT closet or data center and enable a BIOS password. Physical access to the appliance can be a security risk for your network.
Using physical access to the appliance via serial console (KVM) to access the command line interface is protected by the administrator credentials after you finish running the firstboot script.
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Ensure that administrator credentials are restricted to a select few persons to help prevent unauthorized access to the system.
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Enable troubleshooting ports and permit remote access only when requested to do so by Technical Support. Return these settings to the disabled state immediately after the Technical Support specialist logs off.

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