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SONICWALL SONICOS ENHANCED 2.5 ADMINISTRATOR’S GUIDE
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Chapter 19: Setting Up Web Proxy
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Network > Web Proxy
A Web proxy server intercepts HTTP requests and determines if it has stored copies of the requested
Web pages. If it does not, the proxy completes the request to the server on the Internet, returning the
requested information to the user and also saving it locally for future requests. Setting up a Web proxy
server on a network can be cumbersome, because each computer on the network must be configured
to direct Web requests to the server.
If you have a proxy server on your network, instead of configuring each computer’s Web browser to
point to the proxy server, you can move the server to the WAN and enable Web Proxy Forwarding
using the settings on the Network>Web Proxy page. The SonicWALL security appliance
automatically forwards all Web proxy requests to the proxy server without requiring all the computers
on the network to be configured.
Configuring Automatic Proxy Forwarding (Web Only)
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Alert: The proxy server must be located on the WAN; it can not be located on the LAN.
To configure a Proxy Web sever, select the Network>Web Proxy page.
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Connect your Web proxy server to a hub, and connect the hub to the SonicWALL security
appliance WAN port.