TRITON - Web Security Help, Version 7.7 - Websense

Web Security Server AdministrationComponentDescriptionPolicy Server • Identifies and tracks the location and status of otherWebsense components.• Stores configuration information specific to a singlePolicy Server instance.• Communicates configuration data to Filtering Service,for use in filtering Internet requests.Configure Policy Server settings in TRITON - WebSecurity (see Working with Policy Server, page 370).Policy and most configuration settings are shared betweenPolicy Servers that share a Policy Database (see Working ina multiple Policy Server environment, page 373).Filtering ServiceProvides Internet filtering in conjunction Network Agent ora third-party integration product. When a user requests a site,Filtering Service receives the request and determines whichpolicy applies.• Filtering Service must be running for Internet requests tobe filtered and logged.• Each Filtering Service instance downloads its own copyof the Websense Master Database.Configure filtering and Filtering Service behavior inTRITON - Web Security (see Internet Usage Filters, page49, and Configuring Websense filtering settings, page 68).Network Agent • Enhances filtering and logging functions• Enables protocol management• Enables filtering in a standalone environmentFor more information, see Network Configuration, page 439.Master Database • Includes more than 36 million Web sites, sorted intomore than 90 categories and subcategories• Contains more than 100 protocol definitions for use infiltering protocolsDownload the Websense Master Database to activateInternet filtering, and make sure that the database is kept upto date. If the Master Database is more than 2 weeks old, nofiltering can occur. See The Websense Master Database,page 27, for more information.TRITON InfrastructureThe platform that supports and unites the TRITON - WebSecurity, Data Security, and Email Security modules.Maintains an internal database of global settings that applyto all TRITON modules.TRITON - Web Security Help 365