Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S170 Guia Do Utilizador
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I R O N P O R T A S Y N C O S 6 . 5 F O R W E B U S E R G U I D E
D E P L OY I N G T H E WE B P R O X Y I N TR A N S P A R E N T M O D E
When the appliance is configured as a transparent proxy, client applications are not aware
that their traffic gets redirected to the appliance, and they do not need to be configured to
point to the appliance. To deploy the appliance in this mode, you need one of the following
types of hardware to transparently redirect web traffic to the appliance:
that their traffic gets redirected to the appliance, and they do not need to be configured to
point to the appliance. To deploy the appliance in this mode, you need one of the following
types of hardware to transparently redirect web traffic to the appliance:
• WCCP v2 router. When you specify a WCCP router, you need to configure additional
settings on the appliance. For more information about using the appliance with a WCCP
router, see “Connecting the Appliance to a WCCP Router” on page 35.
router, see “Connecting the Appliance to a WCCP Router” on page 35.
• Layer 4 switch. When you specify an L4 switch, you only need to specify that the
appliance is connected to an L4 switch when you configure the appliance. You do not
need to configure anything else on the appliance.
need to configure anything else on the appliance.
Typically, you configure the appliance to use an L4 switch or a WCCP v2 router during initial
system setup. However, you can configure it to use either an L4 switch or a WCCP v2 router
anytime after initial setup on the Network > Transparent Redirection page. For more
information about the Network > Transparent Redirection page, see “Configuring Transparent
Redirection” on page 495.
system setup. However, you can configure it to use either an L4 switch or a WCCP v2 router
anytime after initial setup on the Network > Transparent Redirection page. For more
information about the Network > Transparent Redirection page, see “Configuring Transparent
Redirection” on page 495.
Connecting Appliance Interfaces
When you configure the Web Proxy in transparent mode, you can connect the P1 port or both
the P1 and P2 ports to an L4 switch or WCCP router using an Ethernet cable. For more
information about how to connect the data interfaces (P1 and P2), see “Data Interfaces” on
page 30.
the P1 and P2 ports to an L4 switch or WCCP router using an Ethernet cable. For more
information about how to connect the data interfaces (P1 and P2), see “Data Interfaces” on
page 30.