Introduction

Introduction

 

Use this guide to plan your Websense software deployment before installation. The guide provides an overview of how Websense software can be deployed in a network, as well as operating system and hardware requirements.

This guide applies to version 7.5 of Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere, Web Security Gateway, Websense Web Security, and Websense Web Filter. The term Websense software is used to refer to all or any of these solutions. When information or instructions apply to particular solutions, they are referred to individually by name.

 

Note  The technical papers and other documents mentioned in this guide are available from the Documentation > Planning, Installation, and Upgrade folder in the Websense Knowledge Base (www.websense.com/docs).

Websense software consists of components that work together to monitor Internet requests, log activity, apply Internet usage filters, and report on activity. Websense software is highly-distributable, providing the flexibility to scale a deployment to suit your needs. Components can be installed together on one machine for smaller organizations; or they can be distributed across mutliple machines, and multiple sites, to create a high-performing deployment for larger organizations. The appropriate deployment is determined by network size and configuration, Internet request volume, hardware performance, and filtering needs.

This manual provides system recommendations to optimize Websense component performance. Performance can also be improved by using more powerful machines for resource-intensive components.

This chapter introduces Websense filtering, reporting, and interoperability components. See also:

General Deployment Recommendations—operating system requirements for running Websense components, component limits, tips for maximizing performance, plus recommendations for deploying transparent identification agents, Remote Filtering, and Websense software as a stand-alone installation. Version requirements are also included for various integrations.

u	Deploying Network Agent—information for deploying across single and multiple segment networks. Also provides Network Agent placement details, settings, and relationship to hubs, switches, and gateways.

u	Web Security Gateway Anywhere Deployments—description of modules in addition to Websense Web Security, including Websense Content Gateway, Websense Data Security Management Server, Websense Sync Service, and Websense Directory Agent.

u	Integration Deployment—overview of deploying Websense software with firewalls, proxy servers, caching applications, network appliances, or other integration products or devices.

For Websense Content Gateway deployment information see the Deploying with Websense Content Gateway supplement. The gateway provides Web and proxy caching, dynamic classification of Web sites, Web 2.0 categorization, and an optional SSL manager. See the Websense Content Gateway documentation for more information on this product.

 

Note  Please contact Websense Sales Engineering for assistance in designing your Websense software deployment. A Sales Engineer can help you optimize Websense component deployment and understand the associated hardware needs.

Introduction