Specifying Proxy server settings for a desktop policy

Use the Proxies tab of the Desktop Settings document to determine whether users of the policy will access the Internet through a proxy server, and to specify settings for each of several types of proxies.

Procedure

Complete the following fields on the Proxies tab:
Table 1. Proxies fields and actions

Field

Action

HTTP Proxy

If you are using an HTTP proxy server to connect to the Internet, specify the proxy name and port number in this format:
fully-qualified proxy server name:port number

Use HTTP proxy for these Internet protocols:

Click Yes or No according to whether you want to use the HTTP proxy for all Internet protocols.

FTP proxy

If you are using an FTP proxy server, specify the fully-qualified domain name and port number in this format:
fully-qualified proxy server name:port number

Gopher proxy

If you are using a Gopher proxy server to connect to the Internet, specify the fully-qualified domain name and port number in this format:
fully-qualified proxy server name:port number

Security proxy

If you are using a Security proxy server to connect to the Internet, specify the fully-qualified domain name and port number in this format:
fully-qualified proxy server name:port number

SOCKS proxy

If you are using a SOCKS proxy server to connect to the Internet, specify the fully-qualified domain name and port number in this format:
fully-qualified proxy server name:port number

HTTP Tunnel proxy

If you are using an HTTP Tunnel proxy server to connect to the Internet, specify the fully-qualified domain name and port number in this format:
fully-qualified proxy server name:port number

No proxy for these hosts and domains

If the server is configured to use a proxy, it uses the proxy for all connection. To prevent use of the proxy for connections to certain servers, specify the server name with domain.