Installation guide

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Chapter 2: Network Configuration
Plug-in. The Sun Web Proxy Plug-in must be installed on each Sun Java
System Web Proxy Server machine.
In the standard topology, the Sun Java System Web Proxy Server runs on a
machine behind the firewall or external internet router. The following diagram
shows a single-homed Web Proxy Server on the organization’s internal
network, with the core Websense filtering components installed on the same
machine. The Websense Filtering Service and the Web Proxy Server
communicate via the Sun Web Proxy Plug-in, which is installed with the
Websense software. Alternately, you could install only the Sun Web Proxy
Plug-in on the Sun Java System Web Proxy Server machine, and install the
rest of the Websense components on a different machine. Remember that
Network Agent must be able to monitor all internet traffic.
Basic Network Configuration
Another topology places the Sun Java System Web Proxy Server in a dual-
homed system with two network interface cards (NICs). In the dual-homed
configuration, all web browsers on internal machines must access the internet
through the Web Proxy Server. The following diagram shows the core