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– Standalone Deployment Guide
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Determine your egress IP
When a Cisco proxy receives packets, it must first identify if the received packets originated from a valid
customer. To do this, the tower reads the source IP address in the packet and compares it to the IP
address registered in its database. If the IP address is found, then the tower receives the packet. If not,
then the packet is dropped.
customer. To do this, the tower reads the source IP address in the packet and compares it to the IP
address registered in its database. If the IP address is found, then the tower receives the packet. If not,
then the packet is dropped.
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Step 1:
. The returned IP address
is the egress IP, or public IP address on the outside interface of your firewall or router.
Step 2:
Copy this IP address and log on to the Cisco Cloud Web Security portal at
Step 3:
From the Admin tab, select Your Account, then Scanning IPs.
Step 4:
Paste the IP address in the field provided and click Submit. Review the IP address you
entered to ensure that it is correct.
Figure 1.3
*Notice that a subnet mask has been automatically applied to this address. Subnets can be added
with the correct subnet mask or in CIDR notation.
with the correct subnet mask or in CIDR notation.