McAfee Endpoint (ePO) Security offers various endpoint security solutions to managed devices. This article provides best practices recommendations to ensure smooth interoperability of Netskope Client and McAfee Endpoint Security installed in a managed device.
We recommend that you read these articles to gain a better understanding of how Client works and its interoperability with 3rd party apps.
This best practices and configurations are based on the following product versions.
We recommend the following configuration requirement to ensure Netskope Client is able to steer traffic to Netskope cloud and also allow McAfee to process their traffic without any conflicts.
Default policies in McAfee ePO does not introduce restrictions on Netskope Client traffic. However, when creating a new policy ensure that the ports 80 and 443 are enabled and allowed in the McAfee Security Firewall rules.
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HTTP/HTTPS traffic (via 80 and 443) is enabled and allowed in default firewall policy
To decode NSFS160 4K, we must break it into its core components.
For the purpose of this article, we will treat NSFS160 4K as a shorthand for a 160Hz, 4K display with advanced synchronization and anti-glare properties—a device engineered for both speed and fidelity. nsfs160 4k
While many competitive gamers prefer 1080p 360Hz panels for maximum framerates, the NSFS160 4K offers a “best of both worlds” scenario. It provides high pixel density for spotting distant enemies (e.g., in Call of Duty or Battlefield) while maintaining a responsive 160Hz refresh rate. For gamers with an NVIDIA RTX 4090 or AMD RX 7900 XTX, this is the sweet spot. To decode NSFS160 4K , we must break
Once you have acquired an NSFS160 4K display, follow these steps to maximize performance. For the purpose of this article, we will
In the Netskope tenant WebUI, add McAfee Agent as a certificate pinned app exception and add a set of McAfee URLs as domain exception to the appropriate steering configuration.
To decode NSFS160 4K, we must break it into its core components.
For the purpose of this article, we will treat NSFS160 4K as a shorthand for a 160Hz, 4K display with advanced synchronization and anti-glare properties—a device engineered for both speed and fidelity.
While many competitive gamers prefer 1080p 360Hz panels for maximum framerates, the NSFS160 4K offers a “best of both worlds” scenario. It provides high pixel density for spotting distant enemies (e.g., in Call of Duty or Battlefield) while maintaining a responsive 160Hz refresh rate. For gamers with an NVIDIA RTX 4090 or AMD RX 7900 XTX, this is the sweet spot.
Once you have acquired an NSFS160 4K display, follow these steps to maximize performance.
Netskope Client is validated to work smoothly with McAfee ePO. To view the validation tests for Netskope Client, see Netskope Client Interoperability
McAfee functions were validated by executing the following tasks: