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Setting Processing Limits

You can set limits on the amount of processing the Clearswift Gateway performs. You can set the following:

• Maximum recursion depth

  When processing, the Clearswift Gateway decomposes complex data formats into their component parts, to search for hidden threats. The components may themselves need further decomposition, for example if they are archives, or encoded or compressed files. Recursive disassembly is complete when each component is recognized as a raw data type, such as a text file, bitmap, binary file, or application executable file.

  The maximum recursion depth specifies the number of levels of decomposition the Clearswift Gateway performs on complex data formats. If this limit is exceeded, Clearswift Gateway abandons processing. The default is 50.

  We recommend that you do not change this setting from the default value.

• Child node limit

  The maximum number of immediate child nodes in a container which can be processed.

To set processing limits

1. From the System Center Home page, click System Settings. The System Settings page appears.

2. Click Policy Engine Settings.

   The Policy engine Setting page is displayed.

3. In the Advanced panel click Click here to change these settings.
4. Change the advanced as required:

• The maximum recursion depth.
• Child node limit. This setting allows you to specify the number of immediate child nodes in a container to be processed. The range is 100,000 to 2,147,483,647; the default is 1000000.

5. Click Save.
6. Apply the configuration.

See also...

• Apply the new configuration

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