Volume 9: Managing the Blue Coat SG Appliance
SG appliance | A Blue Coat security and cache box that can help manage security and content on a |
| network. |
sibling class (bandwidth | A bandwidth class with the same parent class as another class. |
gain) |
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simple network | The standard operations and maintenance protocol for the Internet. It uses MIBs, |
management protocol | created or customized by Blue Coat, to handle (needs completion). |
(SNMP) |
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simulated live | Used in streaming. Defines playback of one or more |
| scheduled live event, which begins at a specified time. The content can be looped |
| multiple times, or scheduled to start at multiple start times throughout the day. |
SmartReporter log type | A proprietary ELFF log type that is compatible with the SmartFilter SmartReporter |
| tool. |
SOCKS | A proxy protocol for |
| transparent access across the firewall. If you are using a SOCKS server for the |
| primary or alternate forwarding gateway, you must specify the appliance’s ID for the |
| identification protocol used by the SOCKS gateway. The machine ID should be |
| configured to be the same as the appliance’s name. |
SOCKS proxy | A generic way to proxy TCP and UDP protocols. The SG appliance supports both |
| SOCKSv4/4a and SOCKSv5; however, because of increased username and password |
| authentication capabilities and compression support, Blue Coat recommends that |
| you use SOCKS v5. |
splash page | Custom message page that displays the first time you start the client browser. |
split proxy | Employs |
| functionality that is not possible in a standalone proxy. Examples of split proxies |
| include: |
| • Mapi Proxy |
| • SSL Proxy |
A log type that was designed for cache statistics and is compatible with Blue Coat | |
| products. |
The | |
SSL authentication | Ensures that communication is with “trusted” sites only. Requires a certificate issued |
| by a trusted third party (Certificate Authority). |
SSL interception | Decrypting SSL connections. |
SSL proxy | A proxy that can be used for any SSL traffic (HTTPS or not), in either forward or |
| reverse proxy mode. |
static route | A |
| follow, based on the packet’s destination address. A static route specifies a |
| transmission path to another network. |