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MS Proxy Server 2.0 Web vs Winsock Proxy

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by chris joseph 1 view

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We have both Web Proxy and Winsock proxy installed on a small NT network with a ISDN connection to the internet. When you look at Winsock properties under connections you see all the people using the internet. But what is weird is no one is showing up under Web Proxy connections. Therefore none of the web pages are being cached. Only the Winsock proxy looks like it is being used.

If you understand and have any info at all. i would appreciate it. If you need more info email me.

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by mark fenwick

First of all, sorry but I have to check, make sure that the web browsers are configured to use this proxy server.

Secondly, check the ?Directory Security? tab found in the properties of the ?Default Web Site? in the Internet Services Manager. Edit the ?Anonymous Access and Authentication Control? settings and check if anonymous access is enabled

If anonymous access is enabled try disabling it, this often resolves all manner of strange and unexpected results with the web proxy.

If you are still having no lock try re-applying the NT Service Pack 6.

Hope this helps.

Mark

by chris joseph

Sorry I'm confused, let me explain some more.

No, I do not have our browsers using the proxy server, because when I do, we get nothing. What we have setup in our Microsoft Management console is: 3 ftp sites. One website, which is a backup for the one our ISP hosts, the site also allows us to login to Outlook Web Mail.

Then we have Web Proxy and Winsock proxy. Both are configured to log. Only Winsock logs have anything. Web proxy is set up to cache. Nothing is in it's cache. And when yougo to either proxy properties and look under current connections you only see users under winsock, I have tried setting my browser up to use the Web proxy but I am unable to access any web sites at all.

The reason I was confused by your answer Mark is that would the web site we have set up restrict our access to regular internet web sites?

by mark fenwick

Firstly, if the Web Proxy is to show anything in current sessions or log any activity, the client browsers must be set to use the Proxy server.

I have experienced the client browsers displaying nothing once configured to use a proxy server beforeand I found that disabling anonymous access to the default web fixed it.

Disabling anonymous access simply ensures that users be authenticated to access the Default Web Ste and, by association, the Proxy Server. It should not restrict use of theProxy Server as, presumably, your clients are already logged on to the domain. It improves client?s ability to access the Proxy Server when access control has been enabled on the Web Proxy?s permissions.

Another thing that occurs to me from your last comments is using IIS to keep a backup copy of your Web site locally; this is very common and should not cause any problem. My only query is how was this done?

The best way is to create a virtual directory in the Default Web Site and, if required, set the home directory of the Default Web Site to the location your backup is located.

I have known some sites create a new Web Site just for this purpose and then stop the Default Web Site. This will adversely affect the operation of mostIIS services and should be avoided at all costs. However, if your Outlook Web Access is operating correctly then I would guess that this is not the case here.

by chris joseph

I believe you are right, I think the default web site may have been disabled or deleted, because there is nothing that says Default web site, there are two sites, our backup and the administrative site.

However this does give me something to go on.

Please email if you think of anything else.
cjoseph@hdi-pulsewave.com

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