IBM Proventia Network Enterprise User Manual - Configuring An Http Proxy

Chapter 16: Updating Enterprise Scanner

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IBM Internet Security Systems

Configuring an HTTP Proxy 

Introduction

If your agent uses an HTTP proxy server to get to the XPU server, configure the proxy 

server on the Proxy Server page of the Update Settings Policy.

Procedure

To configure a proxy server:

1. From the SiteProtector Console, open the Update Settings Policy, and then select the 

Proxy Server

 tab.

2. Select Enable Proxy.

3. Complete the following fields:

Field

 Description

Address

The address of the proxy server.

Port

The port of the proxy server.

Enable Authentication

Forces the agent to authenticate to the proxy server.

Note: The User ID and Password are required.

User ID/Password

If authentication is enabled, the User ID and Password the agent 

uses to authenticate to the proxy server.