What's new

The following improvements were made to Kaspersky Web Traffic Security:

1. Distribution kit modified. Kaspersky Web Traffic Security is delivered as:
   • Rpm/deb package.
   • ISO image of an operating system with the pre-installed application (including the proxy server).

   In both cases, installation on physical and virtual servers is supported.

2. Traffic processing rule settings updated:
   • Rules can now be created outside of groups.
   • New rule type added: bypass rule.
   • The Before workspace rules and After workspace rules sections were discontinued.
   • Default rules no longer used and replaced with the default protection policy.
   • Blockaction added to protection rules.
   • The new criterion HTTP Method was added.
3. Role-based user access to specific workspaces can now be configured.
4. Proxy server settings can now be managed through the application web interface (only for ISO image installation):
   • Connection of trusted load balancers
   • Configuration of authentication on the proxy server
   • Capability to manage SSL connections
   • Configuration of SSL connection processing rules
   • Management of trusted certificates
   • Configuration of the proxy server log format
5. The system of roles within a cluster was modified:
   • The separation of Worker server and Master server roles has been discontinued.
   • Components for managing application settings and processing traffic are combined into a single package.
6. Block page functionality was expanded:
   • New macros were added.
   • A separate block page for a workspace can now be configured.
7. Integration with Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform (KATA) was added. Two modes were implemented:
   • Send files from user traffic to KATA (connect KWTS as an external KATA system).
   • Receive information about objects detected by KATA (use information about KATA detections in traffic processing rules).
8. You can now configure the time zone and time synchronization of the server over the NTP protocol (only for ISO image deployment).
9. The web category Cryptocurrencies and mining was added.
10. You can now generate reports on application operation events.
11. Detection of phishing and malicious links is now distinguished.
12. A new type of object Malicious link was added in protection rules.