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Installing Websense Content Gateway
Installing Websense Content Gateway
Deployment and Installation Center | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.7.x
 
Websense Content Gateway (Content Gateway) is a Linux-based, high-performance Web proxy and cache that provides real-time content analysis and Web site classification to protect clients from malicious Web content while enabling access to safe content.
Content Gateway offers:
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In a software-based deployment, Content Gateway is a required part of Websense Web Security Gateway and Web Security Gateway Anywhere. Content Gateway must be installed on a Linux machine. The machine should be dedicated to running Content Gateway.
Websense Web Security Gateway and Web Security Gateway Anywhere subscribers get the following features, in addition to the standard Websense Web Security features:
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See the TRITON - Web Security Help and read the section titled Scanning Options.
When installed as part of Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere, Content Gateway also works with Websense Data Security Management Server to prevent data loss over Web channels. For more information, see Installation overview: Web Security Gateway Anywhere.
Content Gateway can be used as an explicit or transparent proxy.
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If you enable SSL Manager, the content on HTTPS pages is decrypted, examined for security issues, and, if appropriate, re-encrypted and forwarded to the destination.
When you run Content Gateway with Websense Data Security to inspect HTTPS and FTP traffic, you must enable the SSL Manager feature. See Content Gateway Manager Help for information on SSL Manager.
Deployment
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Installation
These installation instructions are for installing Content Gateway software on a server.
 
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Complete the following procedures.
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Online Help
Select the Help option in Websense Content Gateway Manager to display detailed information about using the product.
 
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If your organization's security standards permit, you can permanently disable the warning message on the Advanced tab of the Tools > Internet Options interface. (Check Allow active content to run in files on My Computer under Security options.)

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