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Eugen_01_153439
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May 09, 2014

Redirect traffic from F5 APM to a BLueCoat Proxy

Hi,

 

We need to redirect web traffic of the VPN clients (from F5 APM device0 to a BlueCoat proxy, in order to police the traffic. Any of you guys has done that before? I see in the setup of F5 that it can be paired with a Router, but the other way around, to send, not receive, web traffic?

 

Thanks,

 

--eugen

 

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  • kunjan_118660's avatar
    kunjan_118660
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    May 10, 2014

    In the Network Access >> Network Setting, you can enable "Client Proxy Settings" and configure the Bluecoat proxy under "Client Proxy Address".

     

     

    Just note APM has the forward proxy(SWG) capability now.

     

    • Eugen_01_153439's avatar
      Eugen_01_153439
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      May 12, 2014
      Great, thanks, that was it. It's working. But what about HTTPS -- if you put https;// in front of the denied site, it's still permitted. I suppose we cannot redirect the HTTPS traffic...?
  • kunjan's avatar
    kunjan
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    May 10, 2014

    In the Network Access >> Network Setting, you can enable "Client Proxy Settings" and configure the Bluecoat proxy under "Client Proxy Address".

     

     

    Just note APM has the forward proxy(SWG) capability now.

     

    • Eugen_01_153439's avatar
      Eugen_01_153439
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      May 12, 2014
      Great, thanks, that was it. It's working. But what about HTTPS -- if you put https;// in front of the denied site, it's still permitted. I suppose we cannot redirect the HTTPS traffic...?
  • kunjan's avatar
    kunjan
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    May 13, 2014

    How do you block the sites? Using web filter on Bluecoat proxy?

     

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    kunjan
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    May 13, 2014

    I think the bluecoat may not be intercepting the HTTPS traffic for the web filter. So the problem should be there irrespective of the VPN in place.