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Web Gateway 7.1.5 Product Guide - McAfee

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Proxies and caching<br />

Contents<br />

Intercepting web traffic<br />

Network modes<br />

Common proxy settings<br />

Reverse HTTPS proxy configuration<br />

Providing proxy auto-configuration files<br />

Helix proxy configuration<br />

Preventing data leaks<br />

<strong>Web</strong> caching<br />

Intercepting web traffic<br />

The <strong>McAfee</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Gateway</strong> appliance is installed as a gateway that intercepts and filters web traffic to<br />

ensure web security for your network. It does this in explicit proxy mode or in transparent mode, using<br />

particular network protocols.<br />

The sections of this chapter tell you how to configure the use of network modes and protocols. They<br />

also tell you how to configure the web cache, which stores frequently requested objects locally to speed<br />

up browsing.<br />

Proxy settings<br />

You can review and modify the settings for the proxy functions on the Appliances tab of the<br />

Configuration top-level menu under Proxies (HTTP(S), FTP, ICAP, and IM).<br />

After the initial setup, these settings have preconfigured values. The most important are:<br />

• Network mode — Explicit proxy<br />

• Network protocol — HTTP<br />

If you keep the explicit proxy mode, you need to configure the clients of the appliance, so that they<br />

direct their requests for web access to it. This applies also to a proxy-chain configuration when the<br />

appliance is not immediately connected to a client.<br />

If you modify the preconfigured settings, you might not need to configure clients in this way, but other<br />

network components that are then involved.<br />

For more information, see Network modes and Common proxy settings.<br />

<strong>McAfee</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Gateway</strong> <strong>7.1.5</strong> <strong>Product</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> 37

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