Endpoint Web Control
If you want to use an appliance together with Sophos Enterprise Console, you must provide Enterprise Console with an appliance hostname and an authentication key. Once this is configured, a web control policy can be applied to the endpoint machines by the designated appliance.
The authentication key is generated on the appliance as described below. You must then enter the same key as part of the Web control policy on Enterprise Console. The hostname and authentication key are published to the endpoints, allowing the endpoints to exchange data with the appliance.
Optionally, you can also enable Sophos LiveConnect so that policy updates are published to user machines, even when users are not directly connected to the network. In addition, you can choose to allow roaming endpoints to upload web activity data.
If you choose not to enable the LiveConnect options described in steps 4 and 5, endpoints that are disconnected from the network will:
- use the last web policy downloaded before the endpoint machine disconnected from the network.
- upload the most recent web activity data to the appliance when the endpoint machine reconnects with the network. The data is limited to the last two months of web activity.