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Bypassing Proxy logs

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In our setup we have MS proxy 2.0 and we run Surfcontrol for Monitoring browsing . Some of my users do not get logged. Is there any way one can bypass Surfcontrol monitoring . If yes how can it be done and how to control it.

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Sounds to me like something is amiss in your configuration.  You should be able to require users to go through the proxy server in order to get to the net.  On the other hand, MS Proxy has a number of different "gateway" services.  If they are all enabled, it is a matter of finding which one is not passing through Surfcontrol (I know that there is a Socks service.)

I'll be interested in hearing what others have to say.

I haven't played with Proxy Server in a long time, but I remember the multiple services allowing things to escape being logged.

Bottom line is that you need to get into your proxy server and start shutting down services until you find which one the users are using to get out.

Tom
If you have the proxy client installed, but your browser is not using the Proxy settings and you are handing out DNS servers through DHCP, you can bypass the logging by using a winsock connection to HTTP instead of a proxy HTTP.
geoffryn:

Sounds like what I remembered was happening in our case, but DHCP was not involved.  It's still a case of using the winsock connection (with the Proxy client).

If you shut down the winsock service on the Proxy, that should take care of it, no?

Tom
Yes, but it will also turn off all other services like telnet, ftp and POP through the proxy.
That should certainly take care of a lot of potential problems. <G>
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Are you sure that the Clients are not disabling the Proxy client in the control panel.
Perhaps they are using netscape rather than IE ?

I hope this helps !
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They use Winsock Proxy client . There are many users who use winsock client but they still get logged in Surfcontrol but a few are not ... . Are there any tools or utils that help in bypassing proxy monitoring

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