Ericom Shield & Websense ForcePoint Web Security Content Gateway

Websense ForcePoint Gateway can integrate with Ericom Shield in the Proxy Chain scenario.The joint solution described below refers to Websense ForcePoint Web Security ContentGateway 8.4.

End-user requests website via Websense web proxy

Websense evaluates the request and if allowed, forwards the request to EricomShield

Ericom Shield navigates to the requested URL

Ericom Shield opens the content in a disposable Linux container and sends asafe visual stream of pixels to the end-user browser

Once the user ends the browsing session by closing the browser or tab theLinux container, with all web content, is destroyed

Architecture

Websense

ForcePoint

Safe visual

stream

Ericom Shield

Data Flow

No special configuration is required.

Ericom Shield Configuration

To confirm that ForcePoint is the first line of defense for inbound content, theuser should visit a website that detects the perimeter address, (e.g.www.whatismyip.com) to verify that the inbound address matches that of theWebsense ForcePoint Gateway.

Testing Interconnectivity

Open the Configure tab, go to Protocols | HTTP . In the General tab enter the8080 port in the list of Tunnel Ports:

Websense ForcePoint Configuration

Go to Content Routing | Hierarchies, , enable the Parent Proxy and the No DNSand Just Forward to Parent. Add 2 rules:

Primary Destination = . (‘.’) parent proxy = ShieldServerIP: 3128 Go Direct = False

Primary Destination = websenseIP Go Direct = True

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