User Guide

AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS
CHAPTER 5: WEB PROXY SERVICES 93
Enter the redirect port for
secure authentication.
1 to
65535
443 Yes/No
(Web Proxy
restarts when it
needs to
listens on
fewer or
additional
ports)
Enter the port to use for redirecting
requests using HTTPS. IronPort
recommends using a port greater
than 1023.
For more information on
configuring this option, see
“Configuring Global
Authentication Settings” on
page 353.
Note: This option only appears
when you enable secure
authentication.
Enter surrogate type for
authentication.
Cookie,
IP
Cookie No This setting specifies the way that
transactions used for authenticating
the client are associated with a user
(either by IP address or using a
cookie) after the user has
authenticated successfully.
For more information on
configuring this option, see
“Configuring Global
Authentication Settings” on
page 353.
Enter the authentication
cookie type.
Persistent,
Session
Persistent No When you choose cookie as the
surrogate type for authentication,
you can choose either persistent or
session cookies.
For more information on
configuring this option, see
“Configuring Global
Authentication Settings” on
page 353.
Table 5-3 advancedproxyconfig CLI Command—Authentication Options (Continued)
Option Valid
Values
Default
Value
Must Restart
Web Proxy?
Description