Chapter 12 Modifying Proxylet Rules

Proxylet rules specify the domain and proxy settings in the Proxy Auto Configuration (PAC) file.

The default behavior of Proxylet is changed as follows:

When a user logs into the Portal desktop, the Proxylet channel contains a list of application URLs (much like the Netlet channel containing Netlet rules). When a user clicks on a link, Proxylet is launched if it is not already running. Once Proxylet is launched, the user is redirected to the application URL page. The Proxylet channel user interface contains controls to stop and start Proxylet. Clicking on the stop button on the user interface restores the proxy settings and stops the server. If a rule contains the string proxylet-host:proxylet-port as the proxy server, then the generated PAC file replaces the string with the host and port of Proxylet. You can make a rule so that all FTP traffic is routed through Netlet and all HTTP traffic is routed through Proxylet.

Modifying Proxylet Rules

To Modify the Proxylet Rules

Step

Enter the proxy-host and proxy-port, using the following syntax:

[protocol:]Domain1[,Domain2,...,n]:IP or Host:Port

The following list describes the variables you use:

protocol

Can contain http or ftp or https. (This field is optional).

domain

Is any domain such as sun.com. Multiple domains are separated by a comma.

IP

Speicifies the IP address of the domain.

proxy-host

Specifies the proxy server used for this domain(s).

proxy-port

Specifies the proxy server port.