Reference Guide

Components

Proxy Servers

Beginning with v8.1, the Proxy Server implementation, deployment and installation have been simplified.

The new Proxy Server is a simplified web server with a single web application.

Types of Proxy Servers

• Security Server Proxy (defaults to 8443)

• Core Server Proxy (defaults to 8888)

• Device Server Proxy (defaults to 8081) see Note

Note: The purpose of Device Server Proxy is to support legacy Encryption clients (pre-v8.0) that

communicate with port 8081. Newer Encryption clients (v8.0 and later) are configured by the client installer

to communicate with the Security Server (or Security Server Proxy) on port 8443. The full Device Server is

not installed in v8.1. The Device Server Proxy forwards all communications to the Security Server behind the

firewall.

Policy Proxy

Policy Proxy serves as intermediary between the Security Management Server Virtual and the Encryption

client, delivering information from each to the other.

Time Slotting

In order to prevent Security Management Server Virtual traffic jams, Policy Proxies use a configurable time

slotting mechanism that allows them to independently choose well-distributed time slots for communicating

with the Security Management Server Virtual.

Polling