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Chapter 6: Configuring and using the Roaming feature and Roaming User Profiles
Firewall and Proxy Servers
Use Proxy Server
SelectUse Proxy Server ifyouareconnectingtoyourHTTPserverthroughaproxy
server.
Type
SelectthetypeoffirewallusedontheHTTPserverfromthedrop-downlist:
n HTTP Proxy:SelectforaproxyserverthatspecializesinHTML(webpage)
transactions.
n Tunnel:Select ifyouareconnectingtotheserverwithtunnelingsoftware.
n SOCKS4:SelectforaSOCKS4protocolthatrelaysTCPsessionsatafirewall
hosttoallowapplicationend-userstransparentaccessacrossthefirewall.
SOCKS4doesn'tsupportauthentication,UDPproxy.SOCKS4clientsrequirefull
DomainNameService(DNS).
n
SOCKS5:Select for a SOCKS5 protocol that relays TCP sessions at a firewall
host to allow application end-users transparent access across the firewall.
SOCKS5 supports multiple authentication methods. SOCKS5 clients use the
SOCKS5 server to perform the DNS lookup.
Server
Entertheservernameprovidedbyyournetworkadministrator.
Port
Entertheportnumberneededtoconnecttotheproxyserverorfirewall.
User
Enteranyusernameneededtologintotheproxyserverorfirewall.
Password
Enteranypasswordneededtologintotheproxyserverorfirewall.
Firewall Data or Proxy Authorization
Enteranyspecialauthenticationstringprovidedbyyournetworkadministrator.
Timeouts
Lock
Settothenumberofsecondstheservershouldwaitbeforebreakingthelockonanyopen
MasterRoamingUserProfiles.Settingthelockto 0 usesthedefaultsettingfromtheserver.
Specifyinganothertimeoverridestheserverdefault.Theadministratorisresponsiblefor
breakingthistypeoflock.
AnetworklockspreventanyonefromopeningaMasterRoamingUserProfilethatsomeone
elsehasalreadyopened.Whilethisprocessdoesnottakealongtime,networkproblems
cancausealocktobecome“stuck”andnotreleasewhentheopeningprocessiscompleted.
Whenthishappens,thenexttimeyoutrytoopenthatUserProfile,youseeamessage
informingyouofthelock.
TheAdministratorhastobreakthelock.
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