Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S190 Guía Del Usuario
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AsyncOS 8.7 for Cisco Web Security Appliances User Guide
Chapter 15 Managing Access to Web Applications
Controlling Bandwidth
Controlling Bandwidth
When both the overall limit and user limit applies to a transaction, the most restrictive option applies.
You can define bandwidth limits for particular URL categories by defining an Identity group for a URL
category and using it in an Access Policy that restricts the bandwidth.
You can define bandwidth limits for particular URL categories by defining an Identity group for a URL
category and using it in an Access Policy that restricts the bandwidth.
You can define the following bandwidth limits:
Note
Defining bandwidth limits only throttles the data going to users. It does not block data based on reaching
a quota. The Web Proxy introduces latency into each application transaction to mimic a slower link to
the server.
a quota. The Web Proxy introduces latency into each application transaction to mimic a slower link to
the server.
Configuring Overall Bandwidth Limits
Step 1
Choose Web Security Manager > Overall Bandwidth Limits
Step 2
Click Edit Settings.
Step 3
Select the Limit to option.
Step 4
Enter the amount of traffic to limit in either Megabits per second (Mbps) or kilobits per second (kbps).
Step 5
Submit and Commit Changes.
Configuring User Bandwidth Limits
You can define user bandwidth limits by configuring bandwidth control settings on the Applications
Visibility and Control page of Access Policies. You can define the following types of bandwidth controls
for users in Access Policies:
Visibility and Control page of Access Policies. You can define the following types of bandwidth controls
for users in Access Policies:
Bandwidth
limit
limit
Description
Link to
Task
Task
Overall
Define an overall limit for all users on the network for the
supported application types. The overall bandwidth limit
affects the traffic between the Web Security appliance and web
servers. It does not limit traffic served from the web cache.
supported application types. The overall bandwidth limit
affects the traffic between the Web Security appliance and web
servers. It does not limit traffic served from the web cache.
User
Define a limit for particular users on the network per
application type. User bandwidth limits traffic from web
servers as well as traffic served from the web cache.
application type. User bandwidth limits traffic from web
servers as well as traffic served from the web cache.