The ProxySG 6.6 Advanced Administration course is intended for IT professionals who wish to learn to master the advanced features of the ProxySG.

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Learning Objectives

Solve common authentication and SSL issues
Understand the underlying architecture of SGOS
Monitor and analyze ProxySG performance
Use policy tracing as a troubleshooting tool

1

  • Using Authentication Realms

  • Describe the benefits of enabling authentication on the ProxySG
    Describe, at a high level, the ProxySG authentication architecture
    Understand the use of IWA realms, with both IWA Direct and IWA BCAAA connection
    methods
2

  • Understanding Authentication Credentials

  • Describe how NTLM and Kerberos authentication work in both IWA direct and IWA BCAAA deployments
    Configure the ProxySG to use Kerberos authentication
3

  • Understanding Authentication Modes

  • Describe authentication surrogates and authentication modes
    Describe ProxySG authentication in both explicit and transparent deployment mode
4

  • Understanding HTTPS

  • Describe key components of SSL encryption
    Describe how the SSL handshake works
    Describe some of the legal and security considerations related to use of the SSL proxy
5

  • Managing SSL Traffic on the ProxySG

  • Describe how the SSL proxy service handles SSL traffic
    Describe the standard keyrings that are installed by default on the ProxySG
    Identify the types of security certificates that the ProxySG uses
6

  • Optimizing SSL Interception Performance

  • Configure the ProxySG to process SSL traffic according to best practices for performance
7

  • SGOS Architecture

  • Identify key components of SGOS
    Explain the interaction among client workers and software workers in processing client
    requests
    Explain the significance of policy checkpoints
    Describe key characteristics of the SGOS storage subsystem
    Explain the caching behavior of the ProxySG
8

  • Caching Architecture

  • Describe the benefits of object caching on the ProxySG
    Explain the caching-related steps in a ProxySG transaction
    Identify and describe the HTTP request and response headers related to caching
    Describe, in general terms, how the ProxySG validates cached objects to ensure freshness
    Explain how the ProxySG uses cost-based deletion, popularity contests, and pipelining to improve object caching
9

  • System Diagnostics

  • Describe the use of the health monitor and health checks
    Explain the use of the event and access logs
    Describe the information available in advanced URLs and sysinfo files
    Describe the function of policy tracing and packet captures
10

  • Introduction to Content Policy Language (CPL)

  • Describe the fundamental concepts and purposes of ProxySG policy transactions
    Understand the relationship of layers, rules, conditions, properties, and triggers
    Describe the two types of actions in CPL
    Describe how to write, edit, and upload CPL code
11

  • Using Policy Tracing for Troubleshooting

  • Identify the two main types of ProxySG policy traces
    Describe the various sections of a policy trace result
    Configure a global and policy-driven trace
    Access and interpret policy trace results
12

  • ProxySG Integration

  • Identify other Symantec products that can be used as part of a complete security solution

Audience

This course is for IT network or security professionals who have practical experience with the ProxySG in the field and wish to master the advanced network security of the ProxySG.

Language

English

Prerequisites

You must have working knowledge of ProxySG Administration and should possess advanced knowledge of networking, security, and authentication.

$1,800

Length: 2.0 days (16 hours)

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