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Bypass Authentication

Business challenge​

Stark tech has 200 employees. Star tech need to use proxy authentication to track employees Internet usage. The issue faced by Stark tech for automatic updates (AV, MS, etc), which can't get out because of the proxy authentication. Since for user identification they have enabled authentication. For certain applications (like dropbox) which does not support proxy authentication, they want to bypass authentication for that application.

How SafeSquid bypass Authentication?​

Access the SafeSquid User Interface​

clicking on configure in safesquid intgerface

clicking on search

searching for "BYPASS AUTHENTICATION" policy

Edit policy to Enable as TRUE (Access Restrictions)​

clicking on edit to edit the policy

edit policy to bypass authentication for applications and for categories

cliking on add new to create a new policy as an example to bypass authentication

How to create new policy to bypass authentication for dropbox?​

creating an example of dropbox

Go to Request Types​

going to request types

clicking on add new to add a new request type

creating a policy as an example to bypass HTTPS inspection for DROPBOX

setting smart TLD as true to match all the dropbox websites

giving a unique name for the policy in added request type

Go to Access Profiles​

for binding the created request type, go to access profiles in Restriction policies section

creating a policy which will bind the created requst type by adding that in request type and giving a name for the policy in added profiles and writing relevant comment

creating a policy which will bind the created requst type by adding that in request type and giving a name for the policy in added profiles and writing relevant comment

clicking on save policy to save the policy