With Forward Proxy mode, Deep Discovery Web Inspector is configured as a proxy server for network clients. Client browser settings must be configured to redirect traffic to Deep Discovery Web Inspector.

Deep Discovery Web Inspector policies are compared against both incoming and outgoing traffic. Deep Discovery Web Inspector performs security scans and takes action if there is a traffic match according to configured policies. Deep Discovery Web Inspector can bypass scanning and forward the traffic straight to the endpoints, block traffic without scanning it, or scan the traffic and then either block or monitor traffic, depending on actions configured in policies.

Forward Proxy mode also provides the additional capability to forward all traffic to another upstream proxy server.