Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S680 Guía Del Usuario
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Chapter 5 Web Proxy Services
Configuring Client Applications to Use the Web Proxy
must click a link to access the original site requested or any other website. For
more information about end-user acknowledgement pages, see
more information about end-user acknowledgement pages, see
Configuring Client Applications to Use the Web
Proxy
Proxy
Web browsers and other user agents sometimes need to know how to connect to
the Web Proxy in order to access the World Wide Web. When you deploy the Web
Security appliance in explicit forward mode, you must configure client
applications so they use the Web Proxy. If you deploy the appliance in transparent
mode, you can choose whether or not to configure client applications to explicitly
use the Web Proxy.
the Web Proxy in order to access the World Wide Web. When you deploy the Web
Security appliance in explicit forward mode, you must configure client
applications so they use the Web Proxy. If you deploy the appliance in transparent
mode, you can choose whether or not to configure client applications to explicitly
use the Web Proxy.
You can configure client applications to explicitly use the Web Proxy by using any
of the following configuration methods:
of the following configuration methods:
•
Manual. Manual configuration involves typing the Web Security appliance
hostname and port number, such as 3128, in each client application. If the
appliance changes, you must edit each application individually. You might
want to manually configure an application when you are testing proxy access
on a single client machine. IronPort does not recommend manually
configuring each client application to use the appliance Web Proxy.
hostname and port number, such as 3128, in each client application. If the
appliance changes, you must edit each application individually. You might
want to manually configure an application when you are testing proxy access
on a single client machine. IronPort does not recommend manually
configuring each client application to use the appliance Web Proxy.
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Proxy auto-config (PAC) file. For web browsers, you can configure each
browser to use a PAC file to find the Web Proxy. Then you can edit the PAC
file to specify the appliance Web Proxy information. For more information,
see
browser to use a PAC file to find the Web Proxy. Then you can edit the PAC
file to specify the appliance Web Proxy information. For more information,
see
For more information about how to configure client applications to use a proxy,
see the client application documentation.
see the client application documentation.
Working with PAC Files
A proxy auto-config (PAC) file is a text file that defines how web browsers can
automatically choose the appropriate proxy server for fetching a given URL.
automatically choose the appropriate proxy server for fetching a given URL.