Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S360 User Guide
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Cisco IronPort AsyncOS 7.7.5 for Web User Guide
Chapter 5 Web Proxy Services
Adding PAC Files to the Web Security Appliance
Specifying the PAC File URL
When you configure a browser to use a PAC file, you can specify the exact location of the file using a
URL. When the PAC file is hosted on the Web Security appliance, you can specify the URL using any
of the formats in
URL. When the PAC file is hosted on the Web Security appliance, you can specify the URL using any
of the formats in
Table 5-2
PAC File URL Formats
PAC File URL Format
Description
http://hostname.domain:port/filename
The PAC file filename is served if it exists; otherwise an error
is returned.
is returned.
This assumes port is a configured port on the appliance, and
that hostname is the hostname of the appliance network
interface configured for PAC file hosting.
that hostname is the hostname of the appliance network
interface configured for PAC file hosting.
http://hostname.domain:port/
The PAC file default.pac is served if it exists; otherwise an
error is returned.
error is returned.
This assumes port is a configured port on the appliance, and
that hostname is the hostname of the appliance network
interface configured for PAC file hosting.
that hostname is the hostname of the appliance network
interface configured for PAC file hosting.
http://hostname:port/filename
The PAC file filename is served if it exists; otherwise an error
is returned.
is returned.
This assumes port is a configured port on the appliance, and
that hostname is the hostname of the appliance network
interface configured for PAC file hosting.
that hostname is the hostname of the appliance network
interface configured for PAC file hosting.
http://hostname:port/
The PAC file “default.pac” is served if it exists; otherwise an
error is returned.
error is returned.
This assumes port is a configured port on the appliance, and
that hostname is the hostname of the appliance network
interface configured for PAC file hosting.
that hostname is the hostname of the appliance network
interface configured for PAC file hosting.
http://IPAddress:port/filename
The PAC file filename is served if it exists; otherwise an error
is returned.
is returned.
This assumes port is a configured port on the appliance, and
that IPAddress is the IP address of the appliance network
interface configured for PAC file hosting.
that IPAddress is the IP address of the appliance network
interface configured for PAC file hosting.
http://IPAddress:port/
The PAC file “default.pac” is served if it exists; otherwise an
error is returned.
error is returned.
This assumes port is a configured port on the appliance, and
that IPAddress is the IP address of the appliance network
interface configured for PAC file hosting.
that IPAddress is the IP address of the appliance network
interface configured for PAC file hosting.
http://ConfiguredHostname/filename
The PAC file filename is served if it is configured on the
appliance and exists; otherwise an error is returned.
appliance and exists; otherwise an error is returned.
This assumes that ConfiguredHostname is a hostname entered
in the Hostname field on the Security Services > Proxy
Auto-Configuration File Hosting page.
in the Hostname field on the Security Services > Proxy
Auto-Configuration File Hosting page.