TN-935: BlueCoat Proxy Server Administration

Dates/Locations:

Duration: 5 Days

Course Overview:

TechNow’s BlueCoat Proxy Server Administration course takes the student from proxy fundamentals through to advanced proxy solutions.  This course includes lectures & hands-on labs for a practical experience to install & configure ProxySG appliances, develop granular policies with the Visual Policy Manager (VPM), & utilize logging & the Reporter product. Learn to configure your Blue Coat Proxy appliance for high availability & multi-site deployments, advance policy features, web content control, P2P file sharing control, IM control, steaming media control, application acceleration & reverse proxy deployments, plus Internet/intranet security solutions. The class also reviews hacks on the application level which BlueCoat will prevent.

Course Objectives:

• Protocol & Networking Primer
• Introduction to ProxySG
• Deploying ProxySG in a network
• Configuring & managing ProxySG
• Basic policy control using VPN
• Authentication of Web clients
• Web content virus protection
• Trouble Shooting Tips
• Identifying requirements for advance proxy configuration
• Using ProxySG to identify & create policy
• ProxySG Advance Policy Deployment
• Securing Web Servers with Blue Coat ProxySG (Reverse Proxy)

Prerequisites:

Before attending this class, students are encourages to familiarize themselves with the following topics: An understanding of your network environment where the Blue Coat Proxy Appliance will be deployed A working knowledge of TCP/IP protocols, DNS, network environments with firewalls, routing, bridging, & switching An understanding of web services using http, https, & ftp A working knowledge of how web servers and web browsers operate

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