Redirect Options

Redirect Options include:

Redirect Hostname specifies an alternate hostname for the proxy.

By default, authenticating clients are redirected to the hostname of the Content Gateway machine. If clients are unable to resolve that hostname through DNS, or if an alternate DNS name for the proxy is defined, that hostname should be specified in the Redirect Hostname field.

To ensure that user authentication for transparent proxy occurs transparently (without prompting the user for credentials), the browser must be configured so that the Redirect Hostname is in its Intranet Zone. Typically, this is achieved by ensuring that the Redirect Hostname is in the same domain as the computer on which the browser is running. For example, if the client is workstation.example.com and the Redirect Hostname is proxyhostname.example.com, the browser allows authentication to occur transparently. Consult your browser documentation.

Content Gateway supports transparent authentication in proxy clusters that use WCCP load distribution. However, the assignment method distribution attribute must be the source IP address. For more information, see WCCP load distribution.

To ensure that user authentication for transparent proxy occurs transparently (without prompting the user for credentials), the browser must be configured so that the Redirect Hostname is in its Intranet Zone. Typically, this is achieved by ensuring that the Redirect Hostname is in the same domain as the computer on which the browser is running. For example, if the client is workstation.example.com and the Redirect Hostname is proxyhostname.example.com, the browser allows authentication to occur transparently. Consult your browser documentation.

Content Gateway supports transparent authentication in proxy clusters that use WCCP load distribution. However, the assignment method distribution attribute must be the source IP address. For more information see WCCP load distribution.