Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S170 Guía Del Usuario
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Chapter 5 Web Proxy Services
About Web Proxy Services
About Web Proxy Services
A web proxy is a computer system or software that handles World Wide Web requests of clients by
making requests of other servers on the web. The Web Security appliance can act as a web proxy if you
enable the Web Proxy feature.
making requests of other servers on the web. The Web Security appliance can act as a web proxy if you
enable the Web Proxy feature.
The Web Proxy service monitors and controls traffic that originates from clients on the internal network.
Typically, the Web Proxy-enabled Web Security appliance is deployed between clients and the firewall
where it intercepts requests for content from clients to servers.
Typically, the Web Proxy-enabled Web Security appliance is deployed between clients and the firewall
where it intercepts requests for content from clients to servers.
Enabling Processing of HTTP Traffic
Step 1
Navigate to Security Services > Web Proxy.
Step 2
Click Edit Settings.
Step 3
Select Enable Web Proxy.
Step 4
Submit and Commit changes.
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Enabling Processing of HTTPS Traffic
Before You Begin
Processing of HTTP and FTP traffic must also be enabled before you can enable processing of HTTPS
traffic.
traffic.
Step 1
Navigate to Security Services > HTTPS Proxy.
Step 2
Click Edit Settings.
Step 3
Select Enable HTTPS Proxy.
Step 4
Submit and Commit changes.
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