Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere v7.5: Web DLP : What's the difference between linking and the Linking Service?

What's the difference between linking and the Linking Service?

Topic 45050 / Updated: 17-June-2010

Applies To:

Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere v7.5 Websense Data Security v7.5

Problem description

What's the difference between linking and enabling Websense Linking Service?

Resolution

In Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere, "linking" is the act of connecting the TRITON - Web Security machine with the Data Security Management Server. You can configure linking in either user interface by providing the IP address of the other manager machine. (See TRITON - Web Security or TRITON - Data Security Help for information.) "Websense Linking Service" is a software component installed with Websense Web Security.

Linking automatically gives data security software access to Websense Linking Service. This:

Provides access to user and group information gathered by User Service, extending IP address to user name resolution into the Data Security module for DLP Web incidents. This enables TRITON - Data Security to display user names in incident reports rather than IP addresses.

Gives Data Security software access to Master Database categorization information so data security administrators can add URL categories as resources in their DLP policies.

Linking also enables shared administrative access to the Web Security and Data Security modules of the TRITON Unified Security Center. (Identical administrator credentials must be configured in both managers for this to work.) If you log onto TRITON - Web Security and configure linking there before logging onto TRITON - Data Security for the first time, the password for the WebsenseAdministrator user is automatically applied to this same user in Data Security.

Note that if you manually remove the link between the manager machines, you still have access to the Linking Service. Likewise, if you disable Linking Service manually, the Web and Data Security modules are still linked and you still have shared administration.

 

 

 

 

Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere v7.5: Web DLP : What's the difference between linking and the Linking Service?