S W G U s e r G u i d e
Chapter 2: Configuring / Adding Scanning Servers
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• To configure the settings for a specific Scanning Server, select
<device_group>
Æ
<device_ip>
Æ
Scanning
Server
Æ
General
.
The main window displays tabs for configuring the following:
Downloads
,
Timeout
,
Trans
parent
Proxy
Mode
, and
Device
Policy
.
3. Click
Edit
.
4. In the
Downloads
tab, specify in megabytes the maximum scannable sizes for files download or
upload via the proxy.
5. In the
Timeout
tab, you can specify the following timeout values:
•
Client
Side
Timeout
— maximum lapse time between consecutive requests within the client‐
proxy connection before a timeout is declared.
•
Server
Side
Timeout
— maximum lapse time between reception of consecutive pieces of
data from the server before a timeout is declared.
6. To enable and configure Transparent Proxy Mode, follow the instructions in
Configuring Trans‐
parent Proxy Mode
.
7. In the
Device
Policies
tab, you can assign existing policies Identification, Device Logging,
Upstream Proxy, and Caching policies, as defaults or to the specific device. If the needed policies
are not yet defined, you can perform the policy assignments later. For instructions, see
Chapter 9:
Assigning Policies To Devices
.
8. If you want to apply all default settings to existing devices, right‐click
Default
Values
and then
click
Reset
with
all
Default
Values
.
9. Click
Save
.
10. If you are ready to distribute and implement the changes in your system devices, click
.
11. Test that your scanner is performing security checks during browsing, as follows:
a. Browse to an adult site (for example, www.playboy.com).
b. Browse to and download a test virus, as follows:
i. Browse to
http://www.m86security.com/EVG/eicar.com.txt
ii. Connect to the site by entering the user name
getevg
and password
HurNoc45
, and
clicking
OK
.
Each of these tests should result in an appropriate Page Blocked message from the scanner.
IMPORTANT:
It
is
highly
recommended
that
you
NOT
modify
the
default
timeout
values
in
the
Timeout
tab.
NOTE:
In
addition
to
the
General
parameters,
you
can
also
define
other
Scanning
server
related
options,
depending
on
particular
features
that
you
use.
Instructions
for
configuring
Authentication
and
Caching
,
and
ICAP
implementation,
and
for
enabling
HTTPS
scanning,
are
described
in
this
guide.
For
information
on
configuring
HTTP
,
WCCP
,
and
FTP
settings,
see
the
Management
Con
sole
Reference
Guide
.