HTTP Explicit Proxy Explained in Plain English

Introduction If you've ever used the old Linux Squid proxy or F5's Secure Gateway solution, you might be familiar with the existence of HTTP Explicit Proxy. If all you're looking for is to configure...
Published May 11, 2020
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May 14, 2020

Hi Rodrigo,

The default-connect-handling setting appears to govern what traffic is accepted by the tunnel interface, but unencrypted requests don't use the tunnel (which is why HTTP worked while HTTPS did not).

 

If that's the case isn't it more accurate to say 'in order for an encrypted proxy request to be accepted...'?

 

Great article.