Setting SOCKS server bypass

You can configure Content Gateway to bypass SOCKS servers and access certain origin servers directly.

Steps

  1. Navigate to Configure > Security > SOCKS > Server. In the SOCKS Server Rules area click Edit File to open socks.config.
  2. To modify an existing rule, select it from the list, make your changes, and click Set.
  3. To create a new rule, specify the parameters and click Add.
    1. Select a Rule Type:

      Route through SOCKS server

      Do not route through SOCKS server

    2. Specify a destination IP address or range of addresses. Never specify the all networks broadcast address: 255.255.255.255
    3. Select the SOCKS servers to be used for the traffic.
    4. Select whether the traffic will be distributed to the specified SOCKS servers in round robin fashion.
    5. Click Add to add the rule.
  4. Click Apply and then Close.
  5. Click Restart on Configure > My Proxy > Basic > General.