Overview - F-SECURE POLICY MANAGER 9.0 Administrator's Manual

82 | F-Secure Policy Manager | Policy Manager Proxy

Overview

Policy Manager Proxy offers a solution to bandwidth problems in distributed installations of Client Security
by significantly reducing load on networks with slow connections.
Policy Manager Proxy caches virus definition database updates retrieved from Policy Manager Server or
F-Secure Update Server, and resides in the same remote network as the hosts that use it as a database
distribution point. There should be one Policy Manager Proxy in every network that is behind slow network
lines. Policy Manager Proxy retrieves virus definition database updates directly from the F-Secure distribution
server, and hosts running Anti-virus fetch the updates locally from Policy Manager Proxy. Workstations in the
remote offices communicate also with the Policy Manager Server in the main office, but this communication
is restricted to remote policy management, status monitoring, and alerting.