To add a proxied connection

Steps

  1. Click Add under the Proxied Connections table.
  2. In the Add Proxied Connection dialog box, enter a unique Name and helpful Description for the connection.
  3. Specify the connection Type, then enter the Address (single IP address), Subnet, or Range.
  4. Select the Time zone for this connection.

    If you have a single policy for multiple Internet gateways in different countries, you may want to set each to a different time zone. If all connections are in the same time zone, it is easier to set the time zone for the complete policy (see Time zone) and select the “use policy time zone” option.

    Daylight saving time is supported where valid on all time zones except GMT and UTC, which are static.

  5. Optionally, mark the Override Google redirect behavior checkbox, then determine which override option to use.

    By default, Google redirects browsers to the appropriate site for the country it detects (for example, google.fr for France). Sometimes this is not accurate (for example, if end users browse through a cloud proxy in a different country).

    The Google redirect setting for the connection takes precedence over the setting for the policy (see User and group exceptions for time-based access control). If you do not configure Google settings for the connection, the policy-level, if any, are used.

    This feature requires that you enable SSL decryption for the Search Engines and Portals category on the Web Categories tab (see Managing categories, actions, and SSL decryption), and install the Forcepoint root certificate on end user machines. If you mark the checkbox without enabling SSL decryption, a warning appears.

    The available options are:

    • Ensure requests for google.com are not redirected, which prevents Google from redirecting to a local country site when the end user enters “google.com”
    • Redirect requests for google.com to, which ensures all google.com requests are redirected to a local country site of your choice. Enter the country code in the text field (for example, fr for google.fr, or co.uk for google.co.uk).
  6. Click Continue to save your change and return to the Connections tab.