Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S690 Guida Utente
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Cisco IronPort AsyncOS 7.7 for Web User Guide
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SOCKS Proxy Services
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Overview of SOCKS Proxy Services
The Web Security appliance includes a SOCKS proxy to process SOCKS traffic. SOCKS policies, which
are the equivalent of access policies control SOCKS traffic. Like access policies, you can make use of
Identities to specify which transactions are governed by which SOCKS policy. Like access policies, after
SOCKS policies are applied to transactions, Routing policies can then govern routing of the traffic.
are the equivalent of access policies control SOCKS traffic. Like access policies, you can make use of
Identities to specify which transactions are governed by which SOCKS policy. Like access policies, after
SOCKS policies are applied to transactions, Routing policies can then govern routing of the traffic.
Notes
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The SOCKS protocol only supports direct forward connections.
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The SOCKS proxy does not support (will not forward to) upstream proxies.
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The SOCKS proxy does not support scanning services, which are used by Application Visibility and
Control (AVC), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and malware detection.
Control (AVC), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and malware detection.
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The SOCKS proxy does not support policy tracing.
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The SOCKS proxy does not decrypt SSL traffic; it tunnels from client to server.
How to Enable and Configure Processing of SOCKS Traffic
Task
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Step 1
Enable the Web Proxy.
Step 2
Enable the SOCKS Proxy.
Step 3
Configure the SOCKS Proxy.