Configure your firewall to allow email with attachments from the Web Appliance to
. This is necessary information for Sophos, which uses system status
snapshots that you submit as email attachments to ensure that your Web Appliance is operating
within acceptable thresholds.
Network Deployments Comparison Table
The following table presents the key characteristics of each basic supported deployment scenario.
For details of each, see the sections that follow.
Bridged Deployment
Transparent Deployment
Explicit Deployment
n\a
Yes
No
WCCP Integration
Carries all outbound
traffic
Only carries web traffic
Only carries web traffic
Web Appliance Traffic
Performance
Configure only Web
Appliance
Configure firewall or
router
Configure all clients
Network Configuration
Power down Web
Appliance
Configure the firewall or
router
Configure all clients
Post-Failure
Reconfiguration
Note: If you use the Transparent or Bridged deployment, see
Switching from Transparent Mode
Switching from Bridged Mode to Explicit Mode
on page 33 to learn
about making the transition to Explicit Deployment.
Related tasks
on page 133
Hostname and Other Network Settings
on page 150
Configuring the Network Interface
on page 147
Load Balancing with the Management Appliance
on page 155
2.3.1 Explicit Deployment
This deployment involves explicitly configuring all client web browsers to use the Web Appliance,
although you can also do this centrally by using distributed Active Directory
(GPO).
■
Inspects HTTP, HTTPS, and
traffic.
■
All clients require configuration (may be done centrally; see the “Configuration” section below).
■
If the deployment fails, all clients must be reconfigured (may be done centrally; see the
“Configuration” section below).
Operation
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