McAfee WebShield e500, Installation Manual

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Installation Guide ENG - 5
Installation Guide — English
About the WebShield e500 Appliance
The WebShield e500 Appliance ( Figure 1-1 ) is a purpose-built anti-virus and
content-scanning server containing powerful WebShield software. It is fully
configurable through a web browser, and it can be used in almost any network
topology. It provides virus scanning for the following protocols:
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) e-mail messages
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP) exchanges
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) web browsing
• Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) Internet e-mail messages
With additional features such as content scanning, anti-relay and anti-spam,
the appliance provides complete protection for your Internet gateway,
preventing undesirable material entering and leaving your organization.
The WebShield e500 Appliance shares its resources between the protocols that
it scans, checking inbound and outbound traffic as required. It can detect,
clean, log, and quarantine infected e-mail items, including compressed files
and macros, preventing them from reaching their intended recipients. It can
also block infected HTTP, FTP and POP3 items.
Using the appliance to perform your anti-virus scanning allows your mail
server to remain dedicated to mail activities. You can also use multiple
WebShield e500 Appliances together to increase scanning throughput and
provide fault tolerance.
For details of the different ways to use the appliance and some example
topologies, refer to Chapter 1 of the Product Guide.
Figure 1-1. WebShield e500 Appliance