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HTTP Protocol Settings, Table 143, Option Definitions

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Overview of Web features Web Configuration Table 143 Option Definitions (continued) Option User Agent Exceptions P3P Cookie Compact Policy Definition Using the information from the HTTP header User-Agent field, you can configure a list of agents, such as automatic updating programs, that must not be authenticated. These entries can include wildcard characters. This is an advanced option. Specifies privacy policy information that prevents Internet Explorer from rejecting the cookies that hold the authentication information used for single sign-on. This is an advanced option. For information about P3P, visit http://www.w3.org/P3P. For Internet Explorer, the policy settings can be centrally controlled by Active Directory (that is, they can be entered once in Active Directory and pushed down as a Group Policy Object [GPO] to all the Internet Explorer browsers within the organization). For more information, see your Microsoft documentation. Timeouts Table 144 Option Definitions Option Definition Connection timeout Default value is 60 seconds. Data timeout Default value is 60 seconds. Protocol preset Allows you to make settings for any exception to the default setting. For example, you can require that some parts of the network use different timeout values. HTTP Protocol Settings Use this page to specify how the appliance handles some features of the HTTP protocol, such as denial-of-service protection and data trickling. Web | Web Configuration | HTTP | Protocol Settings Changing these settings can affect scanning performance. If you are not sure about the impact of making any changes, ask your network expert. The page has these sections: • Denial-of-service protection • Client alert messages • Download status pages and data trickling • Download status messages • FTP over HTTP • Handoff host • Header blocking and modifications • Protocol details • Request permissions McAfee Email and Web Security Appliances 5.6.0 Product Guide 165

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Table 143
Option Definitions
(continued)
Option
Definition
User Agent Exceptions
Using the information from the HTTP header User-Agent field, you can configure
a list of agents, such as automatic updating programs, that must not be
authenticated. These entries can include wildcard characters. This is an
advanced option.
P3P Cookie Compact
Policy
Specifies privacy policy information that prevents Internet Explorer from
rejecting the cookies that hold the authentication information used for single
sign-on. This is an advanced option.
For information about P3P, visit
.
For Internet Explorer, the policy settings can be centrally controlled by
Active Directory (that is, they can be entered once in Active Directory
and pushed down as a Group Policy Object [GPO] to all the Internet
Explorer browsers within the organization). For more information, see
your Microsoft documentation.
Timeouts
Table 144
Option Definitions
Option
Definition
Connection timeout
Default value is 60 seconds.
Data timeout
Default value is 60 seconds.
Protocol preset
Allows you to make settings for any exception to the default setting. For example,
you can require that some parts of the network use different timeout values.
HTTP Protocol Settings
Use this page to specify how the appliance handles some features of the HTTP protocol, such as
denial-of-service protection and data trickling.
Web
|
Web Configuration
|
HTTP
|
Protocol Settings
Changing these settings can affect scanning performance. If you are not
sure about the impact of making any changes, ask your network expert.
The page has these sections:
Denial-of-service protection
Handoff host
Client alert messages
Header blocking and modifications
Download status pages and data trickling
Protocol details
Download status messages
Request permissions
FTP over HTTP
Overview of Web features
Web Configuration
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