Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S690 User Guide

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Chapter 5      Intercepting Web Requests
  Web Proxy Options for Intercepting Web Requests
Web Proxy Custom Headers
You can add custom headers to specific outgoing transactions to request special handling from 
destination servers. For example, if you have a relationship with YouTube for Schools, you can use a 
custom header to identify transaction requests to YouTube.com as coming from your network and as 
requiring special handling.
Adding Custom Headers To Web Requests
Step 1
Access the CLI.
Step 2
Use the 
advancedproxyconfig 
-> 
customheaders 
commands to access the required submenus:
example.com> advancedproxyconfig
Choose a parameter group:
- AUTHENTICATION - Authentication related parameters
- CACHING - Proxy Caching related parameters
- DNS - DNS related parameters
- EUN - EUN related parameters
- NATIVEFTP - Native FTP related parameters
- FTPOVERHTTP - FTP Over HTTP related parameters
- HTTPS - HTTPS related parameters
- SCANNING - Scanning related parameters
- PROXYCONN - Proxy connection header related parameters
- CUSTOMHEADERS - Manage custom request headers for specific domains
- MISCELLANEOUS - Miscellaneous proxy related parameters
- SOCKS - SOCKS Proxy parameters
[]> customheaders
Currently defined custom headers:
Choose the operation you want to perform:
- DELETE - Delete entries
- NEW - Add new entries
- EDIT - Edit entries
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Step 3
Enter the required subcommand as follows:
Step 4
Press Enter until you return to the main command interface.
Option
Description
Delete
Deletes the custom header you identify. Identify the header to delete using the 
number associated with the header in the list returned by the command.
New
Creates the header you provide for use with the domain or domains you specify.
Example header:
X-YouTube-Edu-Filter: ABCD1234567890abcdef
(The value in this case is a unique key provided by YouTube.)
Example domain:
youtube.com
Edit
Replaces an existing header with one you specify. Identify the header to delete using 
the number associated with the header in the list returned by the command.