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Title: transparent proxy and web filter
Post by: zaber01 on October 16, 2019, 09:03:36 am

hello guys !!!
I need help in the webfilter as I can block the domian through web proxy but i have to configure the proxy setup in every browser after that it only start working .can you please guid me that there is any way by which i not have to setup proxy setting in every browser.

Title: Re: transparent proxy and web filter
Post by: zaber01 on October 16, 2019, 09:10:19 am

https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/cachingproxy.html


I follwed this ...in last you can see they setup the proxy setting firefox browser ..is there any way so that i can skip this part ...because i have to do this in every browser

Title: Re: transparent proxy and web filter
Post by: mimugmail on October 16, 2019, 09:20:26 am

https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/proxytransparent.html

Title: Re: transparent proxy and web filter
Post by: zaber01 on October 16, 2019, 09:43:55 am

thanks for reply.. if i will use this then after that i can pass my traffic without set up proxy in browser??

Title: Re: transparent proxy and web filter
Post by: zaber01 on October 16, 2019, 11:56:46 am

basically just explain me why we are using transparent proxy????

Title: Re: transparent proxy and web filter
Post by: mimugmail on October 16, 2019, 12:52:37 pm

I have no idea, you asked for transparent proxy so I assume you know what a transparent proxy is?

Title: Re: transparent proxy and web filter
Post by: zaber01 on October 17, 2019, 06:31:46 am

see...in the document its written that by using transparent proxy we do not need to setup  the proxy setting in the browsers (which i was doing at the time of web filtering) but i dont think so any changes comes in play still i have to do that .

Title: Re: transparent proxy and web filter
Post by: zaber01 on October 17, 2019, 06:32:50 am

for more clearity please go through with transparent proxy docs you given to me...see the first 4-5 lines in that

Title: Re: transparent proxy and web filter
Post by: mimugmail on October 17, 2019, 07:10:09 am

Docs are correct, just Post screenshots of portforward and Proxy config