If Internet requests are not transparently routed to Content Gateway via a Layer 4 switch or router (see Transparent Proxy and ARM), traffic must be explicitly routed to Content Gateway by configuring the client's Internet browser. (This is sometimes referred to as an explicit proxy deployment.)

In addition, if Content Gateway is configured to proxy FTP traffic, FTP client applications, such as FileZilla or WS_FTP, must be configured to explicitly send requests to the proxy. See Configuring FTP clients in an explicit proxy environment.