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12.4 Configuring Policy Manager Proxy
F-Secure Policy Manager Proxy offers a solution to bandwidth problems
in distributed installations of F-Secure Client Security or F-Secure
Anti-Virus for Workstations by significantly reducing load on networks with
slow connections. It caches automatic updates retrieved from the central
F-Secure Update server or the corporate F-Secure Policy Manager
Server.
F-Secure Policy Manager Proxy resides in the same remote network as
the hosts that use it as a database distribution point. There should be one
F-Secure Policy Manager Proxy in every network that is behind slow
network lines.
Hosts running F-Secure Client Security or F-Secure Anti-Virus for
Workstations fetch virus definition updates through F-Secure Policy
Manager Proxy. F-Secure Policy Manager Proxy contacts F-Secure
Policy Manager Server and F-Secure's distribution server when needed.
Workstations in the remote offices communicate also with the Policy
Manager Server in the main office, but this communication is restricted to
remote policy management, status monitoring, and alerting. Since the
heavy database update traffic is redirected through the F-Secure Policy
Manager Proxy in the same local network, the network connection
between managed workstations and F-Secure Policy Manager Server
has a substantially lighter load.
12.5 Configuring Automatic Updates on Hosts from
Policy Manager Proxy
A list of Policy Manager Proxies through which the hosts fetch updates
can be configured on Policy Manager’s Settings tab. This is described in
“
Configuring Policy Manager Proxy
”, 162. However, if you need to
configure this from a managed host’s local user interface, you can do it as
follows:
For more information on installing and configuring Policy Manager
Proxy, see F-Secure Policy Manager Proxy Administrator’s Guide.