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Summary of appliance solution components
Deployment and Installation Center | Web and Email Security Solutions | Version 7.7.x
 
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Web Security, Web Security Gateway, and Web Security Gateway Anywhere, v7.7.x
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Email Security Gateway and Email Security Gateway Anywhere, v7.7.x
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V10000, V10000 G2, and V5000 G2, v7.7.x
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V-Series appliances
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Content Gateway
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Personal Email Manager
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Off-appliance components
This topic presents a brief description of the components used in Websense appliance-based solutions. For detailed information about Web Security components like Policy Broker, Policy Server, and transparent identification agents, see Web Security components.
V-Series appliances
Websense Web Security and Email Security solutions are supported on the following V-Series appliances:
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Websense V10000
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Websense V10000 G2
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Websense V5000 G2
Websense V10000
The Websense V10000 appliance provides the majority of Web Security Gateway functions. Web traffic is directed through the Websense appliance for filtering.
Only the Web Security Gateway module is supported on the V10000 appliance. Web Security and Email Security Gateway modules are not supported.
 
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V10000 appliances must upgraded to version 7.7.x with the V-Series upgrade patch. There is not a v7.7 recovery (ISO) image for V10000.
Websense V10000 G2
The Websense V10000 G2 appliance provides the majority of Web Security, Web Security Gateway, and Email Security Gateway functions.
For Web Security deployments, Web traffic is directed through the Websense appliance for filtering.
For Email Security deployments, incoming email flows from the email hybrid service (if enabled) to the Websense appliance and to your mail server. The Websense appliance also provides the Personal Email Manager facility for end users to manage quarantined email.
Websense V5000 G2
The Websense V5000 G2 appliance provides the majority of Web Security, Web Security Gateway, and Email Security Gateway functions. The V5000 appliance can also be configured in dual mode with Web Security and Email Security Gateway. A Web Security Gateway and Email Security Gateway dual-mode deployment is supported only on a V10000 G2 appliance.
For Web Security deployments, Web traffic is directed through the Websense appliance for filtering.
For Email Security deployments, incoming email flows from the email hybrid service (if enabled) to the Websense appliance and to your mail server. The Websense appliance also provides the Personal Email Manager facility for end users to manage quarantined email.
Content Gateway
Websense Content Gateway (Content Gateway) is a Linux-based, high-performance Web proxy and cache that provides real-time content scanning and Web site classification to protect network computers from malicious Web content while controlling employee access to dynamic, user-generated Web 2.0 content. Web content has evolved from a static information source to a sophisticated platform for 2-way communications, which can be a valuable productivity tool when adequately secured.
Personal Email Manager
Personal Email Manager is a tool that allows an end user to manage email that has been blocked by Websense Email Security Gateway. Occasionally Email Security may block email that is safe and that should be delivered.
Personal Email Manager notifies an end user of blocked email and provides the means to manage it, either by permitting mail delivery or blocking a message from reaching a user's inbox.
Off-appliance components
The following Websense software and third-party components do not run on V-Series appliances.
Microsoft SQL Server
Websense reporting databases are hosted by Microsoft SQL Server. The reporting databases store Websense logging, reporting, and (for some modules) configuration data. With Email Security Gateway, quarantined email messages are stored here as well.
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SQL Server is not included as part of a Websense subscription.
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In most cases, when you install Websense components, SQL Server must already be installed and running on a separate machine.
In very small deployments, or for evaluation, the TRITON Unified Installer can be used to install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express, either on the TRITON management server or on a separate Windows machine.
TRITON management server
The TRITON management server is the machine that hosts the TRITON Unified Security Center (TRITON console), the management and reporting console for Websense Web Security, Email Security, and Data Security.
This machine manages your entire Websense deployment. It includes TRITON Infrastructure and the TRITON console management modules that you select. The 3 TRITON management modules are:
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TRITON - Web Security
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TRITON - Data Security
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TRITON - Email Security
In an Email Security Gateway deployment, the TRITON management server includes both TRITON - Email Security and TRITON - Data Security, as well as additional Data Security components. TRITON - Data Security is used to configure email DLP (data loss prevention) features.
In a Web Security Gateway Anywhere deployment, the TRITON management server also includes TRITON - Data Security and other Data Security components in order to enable Web DLP functionality.
Additional, optional components can also run on this machine. See TRITON management server for more information.
In Web Security deployments, Real-Time Monitor is automatically installed on the TRITON management server. In Web Security Gateway Anywhere deployments, Linking Service is also typically installed on this machine.
Reporting components
Both Web Security and Email Security solutions use a component called Log Server to pass information to the SQL Server reporting database (Log Database) for use in generating reports.
Web Security Log Server and Email Security Log Server are Windows-only components.
Other off-appliance Web Security components
The following Web Security components, if used, must be installed off the appliance:
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Transparent identification agents (DC Agent, Logon Agent, eDirectory Agent, and RADIUS Agent).
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Remote filtering software, made up of Remote Filtering Server (typically installed on its own machine in the network DMZ) and Remote Filtering Client (which runs on user machines). Remote filtering software can be used to filter users that are outside the corporate network (e.g., traveling personnel or telecommuters).
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(Web Security Gateway Anywhere) Sync Service, used to send policy and user information to the hybrid service, and to return hybrid filtering reporting data to Log Server. Typically installed on the Log Server machine.

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