Upgrading V-Series Appliances
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Upgrading V-Series Appliances
4. Use the version 7.8.x installer to upgrade remaining off-appliance components.
See
Upgrading Websense Web Security Solutions
for instructions.
To see all upgrade instructions go to
Upgrading V-Series appliances from v7.8.1 to
7.8.2 and from v7.8.1, v7.8.2 or 7.8.3 to 7.8.4
.
Post-upgrade activities
V-Series Appliance Upgrade Guide | Upgrades to v7.8.x
● If your appliance includes Email Security Gateway (Anywhere), perform the
Email Security Gateway
● If your appliance hosts a Web Security Policy Server (is a user directory and
filtering appliance), log onto the TRITON console, go to the Web Security
manager
Settings > General > Policy Servers
page, and add the Policy Server
instance. Next, go to the TRITON console
Appliances
tab and register the
appliance.
● If your appliance includes Web Security Gateway (Anywhere), perform the
Content Gateway
● If your appliance uses the Network Agent module,
● Review the Release Notes for the TRITON solutions on your appliances (links
provided below). There are several new features that may require some
configuration to put into effect.
For the 7.8.2 release, Web Security users may be especially interested in
improvements made to Policy Broker replication, Filtering Service, User Service,
Directory Agent, Log Server, LogonApp, the Installer, and the Web Security
manager. For Web Security Gateway Anywhere users, emphasis was placed on
stability and performance.
Email Security Gateway users may be interested in the on-premises secure
message delivery feature, providing a secure portal in which an organization’s
customers may view, send, and manage email that contains sensitive information.
Email Security Gateway Anywhere users will be interested in the phishing
detection and education feature, part of the ThreatScope add-on functionality.
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Email Security Gateway Release Notes
For the 7.8.3 release, Web Security Gateway Anywhere users can configure a
delay for the download of data files used for Content Gateway analysis; use IP
spoofing with explicit proxy; and configure rule-based authentication to use a new
Captive Portal authentication method. Web Security now offers support for Mac
OS X 10.9.2 and Windows 8.1 Update 1 for the logon application, and for Firefox
28 and Chrome 33 and 34.
Email Security Gateway users may be interested in how an email DLP policy
action plan in Data Security may now include a filter action created in the Email
Security manager. The on-premises secure messaging portal end-user registration
process has also been enhanced.
