To set up icap for the blue coat port 80 security appliance. Metadefender icap server protects your systems by inspecting every file traveling through your network. Enable icap server on tex appliance see sk116 and configure thread rules in smart dashboard. This article describes the necessary configuration steps for making the symantec protection engine for cloud services formerly symantec scan. Make sure that you download the applicable package for your distribution. We have previously discussed how to scan network traffic for malware by configuring metadefender icap server formerly known as metascan icap server functionality for use with a squid proxy server, and although squid is used by many organizations and is a great open source proxy solution, the most widelyused commercial proxy is blue coat. By far the leading proxyswg solution on the market.
Modify the file named setup to indicate your domains proxy server if you are using one. The proxysg and the proxyav communicate through the icap protocol. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. This deployment recommendation describes a forward proxy. It is configured with rules that route data to the websense icap server. This article describes how to integrate a blue coat antivirus server with airlock. Enable persistent connections recommended blue coat is reusing connections to the icap server, so it is highly recommended to enable persistent connections on the icap side or the blue coat might detect.
When you enable the blue coat webfilter bcwf service, the appliance reports the dynamic realtime rating drtr server for icapservicestatsname. Drivers and software celestron telescopes, telescope. Blue coat icap implementation is fully compatible today with many av icap aware server. This project is intended to be used with blue coat proxyav bcp, but other icap antivirus system might work as well. Jan 04, 2012 blue coat has written the cpl for this policy and you can download the file, customize it for your own needs, and install it on your proxysg. Nov 11, 2014 blue coat also allows you to group multiple icap servers together into a service group, and then balances traffic between the servers in that service group. Not a major overhaul, but some things that were missed from the best practices guide that just so happened to be causing a bit of an issue. All icap requests are now sent streaming to the icap server. Not only do 85% of fortune global 500 companies use blue coat, the company also provides solutions that scale downward to support very small installations. Hardware, software image, vmware vsphere provides full flexibility to adapt to your organizations it strategy. Copyright 19952020 symantec corporation, powered by opensource software. Upload the installation package to your server computers.
Metadefender icap server trust your network traffic opswat. Below is part of the small case study i completed to explain the options and differences between them, as well as my. This icap trap is sent to the snmp manager when the appliance cannot send dynamic rating requests to the drtr server due to network access issues. Jun 05, 2009 this article describes how to integrate a blue coat antivirus server with airlock. The company had a broad security portfolio including hardware, software and services. Im trying to communicate with a blue coat antivirus box using icap. That is, data is sent to the icap server as soon as it is available in squid. Symantec bluecoat sg icap and sandblast tex check point. It is a protocol for webbased av appliances to communicate with scanning engines of various providers b. This has a python icap internet content adaptation protocol server and irml parser. Every file is scanned for malware and vulnerabilities. Sending file and receiving response using icap and. The icap module allows to connect your antivirus solution with airlock 4. Description when browsing through a bluecoat proxy with a finjan scanner configured as an icap, client timeouts occurs.
Blue coat web application protections is a subscriptionbased offering that supplements the services available in blue coats proxysg web application reverse proxy warp. Ciscos ironport web security appliance supports icap. Dec 20, 2010 the icap module allows to connect your antivirus solution with airlock 4. Blue coat also allows you to group multiple icap servers together into a service group, and then balances traffic between the servers in that service group. Enable persistent connections recommended blue coat is reusing connections to the icap server, so it is highly recommended to enable persistent connections on the icap side or the blue coat might detect some icap connection drop errors under high load. No fullproof way unless the machine is lockdown and control but can has ripple effect. All users receive a no icap server is available message in their web browsers when trying to go to any website on proxysg or advanced secure gateway asg. The one thing that blue coat s proxyav has over c icap is that it assigns a token to all scanned objects so that object doesnt need to be scanned again if it hasnt changed when requested by another user. Icap is a protocol designed to offload specific internetbased content to dedicated servers, thereby freeing up resources and standardizing the way in which features are implemented. Description internet content adaptation protocol icap is an open standard protocol that.
Installing metadefender icap server on red hat enterprise linux or centos computers. The clearswift icap gateway act as an icap server, as it. The symantec connect community allows customers and users of symantec to network and learn more about creative and innovative ways to use symantec products and technologies. Nov 28, 2016 no fullproof way unless the machine is lockdown and control but can has ripple effect. To configure the blue coat proxysg, follow the steps below. It is a standard developed by blue coat to communicate between proxysg and other blue coat appliances.
This article describes the necessary configuration steps for making the symantec protection engine for cloud services formerly symantec scan engine work with airlock. Im fairly new at java, but i do have experience in other objectoriented languages. Jan 20, 2012 blue coat can be configured to enable user names, internal ips, and domain groups to be sent to cisco cloud web security without needing to make enduser changes. For example, a server that handles only language translation is inherently more efficient than any standard web server performing many additional tasks. Get access to immediate incident response assistance. In 2016, it was acquired by and folded into symantec. Icap server connect to existing icap clients within your infrastructure. Having multiple metadefender servers assigned to a service group allows administrators to easily add capacity to meet increases in traffic.
Optionally configure healthcheck for the external icap server. Configure and construct a blue coat policy with the desired virus scanning exactness 3. Files are remediated, before they are accessible to the end user. An integral part of the trusted applications center product family, web application protections makes it easier and more efficient to set policy and protections around. Blue coat systems was a company that provided hardware, software, and services designed for cybersecurity and network management. From sdi to ip video, 4k, and everywhere inbetween, icap is the largest closed captioning and subtitle delivery network in the world icap provides 247365 connectivity to thousands of certified caption partners around the globe and currently supports an evergrowing number of broadcast and cable channels, ott content providers, professional sports stadiums, universities, conference centers. Click the configuration tab and go to access logging formats.
The clearswift icap gateway act as an icap server, as it responds to requests made by the proxysg. This causes the blue coat appliance to periodically send a url filter request to the websense icap service to ensure that it is still running and responding correctly. Clearswift secure icap gateway clearswift clearswift. Secure icap gateway blue coat implementation guide page 5 of 12 5 3 clearswift secure icap gateway configuration the blue coat proxysg acts as an icap client, as it sends requests for content to be inspected. Type the logon user name and password, if prompted. Configure an icap client for example, network appliance netcache appliance blue coat port 80 security appliance cache server cisco icap server to communicate with the icap server. The reqmod vectoring point has been changed from postcache to precache. How to implement icap integration there are three easy steps to implementing, configuring, and testing the blue coat icap solution. Blue coat proxysg logs have to be sent to the lcp via ftp. Proxysg sends icap trap for snmp manager even though there is.
So today we would like to talk about how metadefender. Configuring the proxy to communicate with icap service. The versions are identical in behavior and more or less identical codewise too. Blue coat systems proxysg appliance configuration and management suite volume 7. Icap timeout error when browsing through bluecoat proxy. Content analysis software ca advanced secure gateway software asg proxysg software sgos. Blue coat has written the cpl for this policy and you can download the file, customize it for your own needs, and install it on your proxysg. The one thing that blue coats proxyav has over cicap is that it assigns a token to all scanned objects so that object doesnt need to be scanned again if it hasnt changed when requested by another user.
Set up icap for the blue coat port 80 security appliance. Using this, a web proxy can do rulebased adaptation of content before delivery to clients. Airlock itself will serve as a reverse proxy and an idea. If youve followed the icap guide on the bluecoat site, ensure the site youre using to test match the categories youre forwarding to dlp in the virtual policy manage blue coat vpm. Configure the icapsupporting virus scanning server 2.
Icap timeout error when browsing through bluecoat proxy icap. This can be done either directly using the blue coat authentication and authorization agent bcaaa, or in icap mode using connector. Flushing existing cached content from the appliance. The procedure for setting up icap on a blue coat appliance might vary depending on the product version. Improving the user experience to avoid having users abort and reinitiate their web requests due to scanning delays, we can provide feedback to let users know that scanning is in progress. Recently i was digging into a bluecoat proxysg proxyav setup for icap and noticed some things that had room for improvement. All right, title and interest in and to the software and documenta tion are and shall remain the exclusive property of blue coat systems, inc. I have tested using cicapclient on ubuntu and i can confirm that the server im testing with is working.