Symantec Security 5600 Series, Security 5400 Series,Clientless VPN 4400 Series, Administration Manual

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212 Defining your security environment
Controlling full application inspection of traffic
Configuring additional Web features
The security gateway’s ability to handle and process HTTP traffic can be modified to suit your specific
needs. This section presents an overview of the additional HTTP capabilities the security gateway
supports, and the specific steps needed to configure those capabilities. This section assumes that you
have already configured access for Web traffic.
Review the these sections to identify the additional Web features you would like to configure.
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“Enabling support for WebDAV” on page 212
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“Enabling an external Web proxy” on page 212
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“Configuring the HTTP proxy to listen on additional ports for standard connections” on page 213
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“Configuring the HTTP proxy to listen on additional ports for secure connections” on page 214
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“Modifying the timeout period to keep inactive HTTP connections open” on page 214
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“Specifying the location of the icon directory” on page 215
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“Changing the default extension added to URLs” on page 215
Enabling support for WebDAV
Using the procedure in this section, you can configure the HTTP proxy to support WebDAV. RFC 2518
fully defines the set of extensions to the HTTP protocol to support WebDAV.
The HTTP proxy supports the following three WebDAV extensions:
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Overwrite prevention
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Properties
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Name space management
Prerequisites
Complete the following task before beginning this procedure.
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“Configuring access for Web traffic” on page 210
To enable support for WebDAV
1 In the SGMI, in the left pane, under Assets, click Proxies .
2 In the right pane, on the Proxies tab, click the HTTP proxy, and then click Properties .
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In the Proxy Properties dialog box, on the General tab, check Enable WebDAV .
4 Click OK .
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Optionally, do one of the following:
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To save your configuration now and activate later, on the toolbar, click Save .
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To activate your configuration now, on the toolbar, click Activate .
When prompted to save your changes, click Yes .
Related information
For further information related to this topic, see the following:
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“Proxy Properties: HTTP—General tab” on page 707
Enabling an external Web proxy
An external Web proxy is an application that stores cached copies of Web pages. You can configure the
security gateway’s HTTP proxy to use an external Web proxy when looking up URLs. To make use of an
external proxy for Web page inquiries, use the procedure in this section. Changes you make take affect
immediately after the configuration is saved and activated.