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9.5 Proxies
9.5.1
Web proxy
This menu item allows you to inspect the usage of SX-GATE's web proxy. The statistics
are updated daily at midnight.
If the virusscan option of SX-GATE's web proxy is active,
requests can bypass the scan when sent to the web cache
running on port 8081. These requests will not be included in the
statistics.
Besides an overview of the last 12 months, a detailed statistics is available for each
month. Click on the respective month to change the view. The monthly statistics will
provide an overview of each day and the distribution of requests per hour. Furthermore
a list of the most frequently requested addresses is displayed. A report per source
address is available, too. A summary is provided for each workstation which sent a
request to the proxy. If proxy authentication is activated, a summary per user will also
be shown.
For privacy reasons and also due to the large amount of data,
there's no list of requested addresses per source IP or user
available. However at "Monitoring > Log files" the proxy's access
log can be archived externally for further processing. Please
inform yourself about privacy regulations and laws which have
to be satisfied.
The following terms are used in the statistics:
Hits
Every single request sent to the proxy counts as a hit. A typical web page consists
of several objects. For instance to download an image which belongs to a page,
an additional request has to be sent.
Files
Not for every request a file is returned. Sometimes the reply is a simple status or
error code. These requests are not counted here.
Pages
Only those requests which typically refer to the text parts of a web page will be
considered here. Therefore, embedded objects like e.g. images are not included.
