Technical Briefs - SGOS 5

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Custom Exception Pages for ProxySG
The ProxySG can send exception pages to users under certain conditions, which can be defined in policy. Learn how to customize these exception pages and create policy to implement them.

Creating Notification Policies: Coaching, Splash, and Compliance
Organizations may want to inform employees of the Corporate Internet Usage policy before their first access to the Internet, and/or occasionally send announcements to employees. The Blue Coat ProxySG allows you to create notification policies for a user, group, time, and/or URL to handle all these needs.

LDAP Authentication and Authorization
Learn how to create an LDAP authentication and authorization policy for users or groups in Blue Coat ProxySG.

Downloading and Configuring WebFilter
Learn how to obtain, download, and configure the Blue Coat WebFilter URL categories database for URL content filtering.

Policy Best Practices
This technical brief provides information on how to create robust, optimized policy.

Reverse Proxy with SSL
Realize increased security and performance benefits on Web servers by implementing a reverse proxy with SSL solution using the ProxySG.

Secure Microsoft's Outlook Web Access
Use the ProxySG to "front-end" Outlook Web Access (OWA) and provide greater security and control for corporate users access corporate email through public networks.

Enhanced Caching of Static Flash Video
While blocking is one approach, another is to aggressively cache and server content from local storage. This combined with appropriate content prioritization can allow video and business critical applications to co-exist.

How to Integrate with Oversi P2P Server
Learn how to create a ProxySG policy to work with Oversi caching.

ICAP Integration
This techbrief provides step-by-step instructions for configuring a Blue Coat ProxySG to communicate with a third-party ICAP content-scanning server.

Preventing Malware with Blue Coat Proxies
Learn how to create five different ProxySG policies to block malware in various ways tuned to your organization's needs.

Creating an IM Policy
Learn how to create corporate instant messaging polices including filters, warnings, and DNS re-directs.

Enhanced Authentication Use Cases
Everyday scenarios for implementing the SG 5.2 Guest Authentication, Permit Authentication Error, and User Management Features

Creating a Bandwidth Management Strategy
Understand bandwidth management, how it works, and create a bandwidth management strategy for your network.

How to Identify ProxySG in Your Logs
Learn how to create a ProxySG data profile and corresponding Reporter filter to view log data on a per-proxy basis.

Blue Coat Evaluator's Guide for WAN Optimization Technology
A quick overview of WAN optimization technology and what you need to know to select your solution.

Customizing the database of a Reporter V8 Profile
It is possible to customize Reporter V8 profiles to store additional log fields to the database and/or to create additional pair and triplet sets to support custom reports on either new fields or new combinations of existing fields. This document will explain how to make these changes.

Basic Application Delivery Network (ADN) Configuration
Application Delivery Network (ADN) enables you to reduce the traffic across network links. This technical brief shows you how to implement a basic configuration for ADN when you have one or more remote office and an HQ location.