Authenticating relays

Relays can be configured as authenticating relays to authenticate agents. This way, only trusted agents can gather site content or post reports. Use authenticating relay configuration for an internet-facing relay in the DMZ.

A relay configured to authenticate agents only performs SSL communication with child agents or relays that present an SSL certificate issued and are signed by the server during a key exchange.

To configure an authenticating relay, set the client setting _BESRelay_Comm_Authenticating to 1 or use the related task in the BES Support site. To configure an open relay again, set _BESRelay_Comm_Authenticating to 0 or use the related task in the BES Support site. The default value is (0), open relay.