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| Bandwidth Control |
Peer-to-peer downloading, video streaming and instant message applications consume
network bandwidth and can impact productivity. Deep Edge
2.1 supports using
bandwidth control to reduce network congestion by controlling communications,
reducing unwanted traffic and allowing critical traffic or services the appropriate
bandwidth allocation. For details, see About Bandwidth Control.
In addition to policy settings, a new Bandwidth Control widget illustrates affected
traffic. For details, see Bandwidth Control Widget.
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| VPN enhancements |
Deep Edge
2.1 enhances VPN
compatibility:
For details, see Virtual Private Network.
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| Mobile VPN compatibility |
Deep Edge
2.1 Mobile VPN supports
multiple local domains. For details, see Configuring Advanced Mobile VPN Settings.
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| Local users and groups |
Local user and group management allows for authentication when an organization does
not use Active Directory or LDAP authentication. Additional Deep Edge
2.1 enhancements
include:
For details, see Local User and Group Management.
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| HTTPS Inspection | The HTTPS Inspection feature in Deep Edge allows Administrators to enable or disable HTTPS inspections, configure client certificate requests, and exclude specific websites, URLs, and IP addresses from inspection. For more information, see About HTTPS Inspection |
| Mobile VPN Support | Deep Edge, a gateway device, provides VPN services not only to laptops or desktops but also mobile devices. Mobile VPN offers support for mobile devices in the “closed” environment of Apple iOS or the “open source“ environment of Android. For more information, see Mobile VPN |
| Anti-DoS Capability (and Report) |
Deep Edge prevents Denial of
Service (DoS) or a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which attempt to
make a machine or network resource unavailable to users, and is intended to
temporarily or indefinitely interrupt or suspend services to a host connected to the
Internet.
Typical attacks involve saturating the target machine with external communication
requests, such that the machine can no longer respond to legitimate traffic or
responds so slowly it is rendered unavailable. Such attacks usually lead to server
overload. For more information, see About Anti-DoS
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| End-user Notifications | Deep Edge provides end-user notifications for violations of the following policies: Web Reputation Services (WRS), URL Filtering, anti-malware, blacklisted URLs, file extensions detections, IPS and certificate failure (server and client). For more information, see About User Notifications |
| Email Security Solution |
Deep Edge processes SMTP or POP3
email messages, scans them, and either cleans infected email messages and delivers
them or performs the user-selected action set in the policy on email messages in
violation. Email messages can be quarantined and delivered later. For more
information, see Anti-Spam Profiles
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| SSL VPN Enhancements | Deep Edge supports Secure Sockets Layer Virtual Private Network (SSL VPN), a form of VPN that can be used with a standard Web browser. The Deep Edge SSL VPN solution requires the installation of client software, and is ideal for applications including web-based email, business and government directories, file sharing, remote backup, remote system management, and consumer-level electronic commerce. For more information, see Secure Socket Layer Virtual Private Network |