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Web Gateway 7.1.5 Product Guide - McAfee

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Deployment of the <strong>McAfee</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Gateway</strong> appliance<br />

Introduction<br />

Deployment of the <strong>McAfee</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Gateway</strong> appliance 1<br />

Before you set up the <strong>McAfee</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Gateway</strong> appliance, consider how you want to use it. There are<br />

different options regarding the platform on which you can run it and for integrating it into your network.<br />

You can also set up multiple appliances and administer them as nodes in a central management<br />

configuration.<br />

Platform<br />

You can run the appliance on different platforms.<br />

• Hardware-based appliance — On a physical hardware platform<br />

• Virtual appliance — On a virtual machine<br />

Network integration<br />

In your network, the appliance can intercept, filter, and transmit web traffic in different modes.<br />

• Explicit proxy mode — The clients that the appliance communicates with are aware of it. You must<br />

configure them “explicitly” to direct their traffic to the appliance.<br />

• Transparent modes — The clients are not aware of the appliance.<br />

• Transparent bridge — The appliance acts as an “invisible” bridge between its clients and the<br />

web. You need not configure the clients for this.<br />

• Transparent router — The appliance routes traffic according to a routing table, which you need<br />

to fill out.<br />

Administration and updates<br />

You can administer the appliance and have updates distributed in different ways.<br />

• Standalone — Administer the appliance separately and let it not receive updates from other<br />

appliances<br />

• Central management — Set up the appliance as a node in a complex configuration and administer<br />

other nodes on its user interface, including the distribution of updates<br />

You can then administer the appliance also on other nodes and let it receive updates from them.<br />

<strong>McAfee</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Gateway</strong> <strong>7.1.5</strong> <strong>Product</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> 15

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