Features/Proxy Settings: Difference between revisions

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* Benefits

** By not needing the client-user to manually specify the proxy-configuration file, every client-user is saved a headache :) Instead, all the configuration is done via a network-administrator, on the server-side.

** By delegating the responsibility of ~~speiciying~~ every proxy-rule (even the proxy-configuration file) to the network-administrator, security is ~~increaded~~ dramatically.

** By delegating the responsibility of specifying every proxy-rule (even the proxy-configuration file) to the network-administrator, security is increased dramatically.

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***In both cases, the Web server must be configured to serve the WPAD file with a MIME type of "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig".

***If the DNS method is used, a file named wpad.dat must be located in the WPAD Web site's root directory.

** Select "Automatic" mode in "My Settings" -> "Proxy" (without specifying anything else), and restart when prompted so.

:[[File:proxy1.png|640px]]

** The above step is all that is needed for "Automatic (WPAD)" mode to take effect; the WPAD-configuration-file will be located by the DHCP/DNS Server. However, for easy QA testing, we specify an easy way to replicate this DNS behavior ::

*** Add the line "build.activitycentral.com wpad" to the file "/etc/hosts" on the XO, and reboot. '''It is repeated innumerable times, that this step is required just for easy testing; in actual deployments, the DNS-name resolution will be provided by network-administrators/School-Server-running-DHCPD'''

*** Also, thanks a ton to '''Santiago Rodriguez (scollazo@activitycentral.com)''' for setting up the proxy-configuration-files at build.activitycentral.com.

** Open "Browse", and type in "www.google.com". You should be prompted for credentials (as is required by the WPAD-configuration-file at build.activitycentral.com

:[[File:proxy2.png|640px]]

** Entering wrong credentials in the previous step, re-prompts :). This time, enter correct credentials.

** The page opens successfully.

* Next, type "www.facebook.com"; the "Access Denied" page is shown instantaneously, as per the rule in the WPAD-configuration-file at build.activitycentral.com

:[[File:proxy3.png|640px]]

=Automatic mode - WPAD=

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 * Benefits
 ** By not needing the client-user to manually specify the proxy-configuration file, every client-user is saved  a headache :) Instead, all the configuration is done via a network-administrator, on the server-side.
-** By delegating the responsibility of speiciying every proxy-rule (even the proxy-configuration file) to the network-administrator, security is increaded dramatically.
+** By delegating the responsibility of specifying every proxy-rule (even the proxy-configuration file) to the network-administrator, security is increased dramatically.
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 ***In both cases, the Web server must be configured to serve the WPAD file with a MIME type of "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig".
 ***If the DNS method is used, a file named wpad.dat must be located in the WPAD Web site's root directory.
+** Select "Automatic" mode in "My Settings" -> "Proxy" (without specifying anything else), and restart when prompted so.
+:[[File:proxy1.png|640px]]
+** The above step is all that is needed for "Automatic (WPAD)" mode to  take effect; the WPAD-configuration-file will be located by the DHCP/DNS Server. However, for easy QA testing,  we specify an easy way to replicate this DNS behavior ::
+*** Add the line "build.activitycentral.com wpad" to the file "/etc/hosts" on the XO, and reboot. '''It is repeated innumerable times, that this  step is required just for easy testing; in actual deployments, the DNS-name resolution will be provided by network-administrators/School-Server-running-DHCPD'''
+*** Also, thanks a ton to '''Santiago Rodriguez (scollazo@activitycentral.com)''' for setting up the proxy-configuration-files at build.activitycentral.com.
+** Open "Browse", and type in "www.google.com". You should be prompted for credentials (as is required by the WPAD-configuration-file at build.activitycentral.com
+:[[File:proxy2.png|640px]]
+** Entering wrong credentials in the previous step, re-prompts :). This time, enter correct credentials.
+** The page opens successfully.
+* Next, type "www.facebook.com"; the "Access Denied" page is shown instantaneously, as per the rule in the WPAD-configuration-file at build.activitycentral.com
+:[[File:proxy3.png|640px]]
 =Automatic mode - WPAD=