Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S690 Guida Utente

The Standard mode of Web Security Appliance operation includes on-site Web proxy services, which is 
not available in Cloud Web Security Connector mode, and Layer-4 traffic monitoring, which is not 
available Cloud Web Security Connector modes.

In Cloud Web Security Connector mode, the appliance connects to and routes traffic to a Cisco Cloud 
Web Security proxy, where Web security policies are enforced. 

The following table presents the various menu commands available in each mode, thereby indicating the 
various features available in each mode.

The web proxy can forward web traffic directly to its destination web server or use routing policies to 
redirect it to an external upstream proxy. 

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SMTP Relay Host 
(optional)

The address and port for an SMTP relay host that AsyncOS can use to send 
system generated email messages.

If no SMTP relay host is defined, AsyncOS uses the mail servers listed in the 
MX record.

AutoSupport

Specifies whether the appliance sends system alerts and weekly status reports 
to Cisco Customer Support. 

SensorBase Network 
Participation 

Specifies whether to participate in the Cisco SensorBase Network. If you 
participate, you can configure Limited or Standard (full) participation. Default 
is Standard.

The SensorBase Network is a threat management database that tracks millions 
of domains around the world and maintains a global watch list for Internet 
traffic. When you enable SensorBase Network Participation, the Web Security 
appliance sends anonymous statistics about HTTP requests to Cisco to increase 
the value of SensorBase Network data.