12-30-2019 07:05 AM
I'm doing some bandwidth testing and need to know if the firewall caches downloaded files and if so where can I find the documentation for this and any settings.
12-30-2019 10:36 AM
@MikeSangray2019 wrote:If I download a file does the firewall cache it for a period of time in case anyone else tries to download the same file? So instead of re-downloading the same file from the Internet, the firewall would just serve the cached file for the second download.
No, the firewall simply provides the content as allowed by security policy in an established session. Another user, from a different IP address will have a different session. Provided that content doesn't match a malicious hash for "known bad" content that file will be downloaded from the source as many times as requested by a machine requesting it.
12-30-2019 07:42 AM
Are you referring files show under Data logs?
12-30-2019 08:21 AM
I don't know what you mean by "files show under Data logs".
12-30-2019 08:57 AM
Under Monitor there is Data logs just as traffic logs.
When you say file cache which files are you referring to?
12-30-2019 09:12 AM
If I download a file does the firewall cache it for a period of time in case anyone else tries to download the same file? So instead of re-downloading the same file from the Internet, the firewall would just serve the cached file for the second download.
12-30-2019 10:33 AM
@MikeSangray2019 wrote:I'm doing some bandwidth testing and need to know if the firewall caches downloaded files and if so where can I find the documentation for this and any settings.
No, it does not.
12-30-2019 10:36 AM
@MikeSangray2019 wrote:If I download a file does the firewall cache it for a period of time in case anyone else tries to download the same file? So instead of re-downloading the same file from the Internet, the firewall would just serve the cached file for the second download.
No, the firewall simply provides the content as allowed by security policy in an established session. Another user, from a different IP address will have a different session. Provided that content doesn't match a malicious hash for "known bad" content that file will be downloaded from the source as many times as requested by a machine requesting it.
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