Article | REF: TE7707 V1

Implementation of a proxy

Author: Laurent LEVIER

Publication date: November 10, 2008

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


Français

2. Advanced architecture: transparent redirection

When deploying an Internet access solution based on the use of proxies declared in client workstation browsers, we quickly come up against the problem of how to behave in the event of the loss of one of the site's Internet exit points. The browser always tries to ask the application relay to do the job. Of course, we could imagine a solution where a server would supply a PAC browser configuration file, which would be generated after checking that the application relay is working properly. So why tinker when the problem of redundant access from one network to another is already handled by dynamic routing protocols such as OSPF or BGP, or even WCCP for simple interfacing with an application relay?

2.1 Transparent redirection via firewall

We briefly introduced...

You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

Security of information systems

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
Advanced architecture: transparent redirection