What is the purpose of a FortiGate Web Proxy?

The purpose of a FortiGate Web Proxy is to serve as an intermediary for HTTP and HTTPS requests, allowing for enhanced filtering and caching of web traffic. By performing this role, the web proxy can inspect and filter web content for security purposes, applying policies that help protect the network from malicious sites, unwanted content, or breaches of compliance. Additionally, the caching function optimizes bandwidth usage and improves response times for frequently requested resources, as repeated requests for the same content can be served from the cache rather than fetched from the internet each time.

While other functions and benefits, such as connection speed enhancement, encryption, and firewall management, are essential aspects of network security, they do not encapsulate the core function of the web proxy as effectively as the role of handling HTTP and HTTPS requests, along with content filtering and caching capabilities. This makes the selection focused on the web proxy's intervention in web traffic the most accurate representation of its purpose.