What is there about the proxy that you've implemented is so compelling? I ask, because we're just now implementing our PaloAlto firewalls, with URL filtering and an IPS and other extra goodness, and it doesn't require any proxy settings - the firewall is the proxy.
I'm liking the all-in-one manageability - but your situation is likely different than ours... Kurt On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:19 PM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife <[email protected]> wrote: > We looked at setting up WPAD, and using our Websense Content Gateway to > publish the pac file, but that ended up being a major pain, so we went GPO > for IE/Chrome. The FirefoxADM and gpo tools are what I had found earlier, > and I had also read all the warnings about them not being kept up to date > with the new versions of Firefox. I'm going to look at these tools tomorrow, > and see what I can do. It may just come down to giving people instructions > on how to set their own proxy settings. Once this is pushed out > department-wide, we're going to block all outgoing traffic on ports 80 and > 443. If you're not going through the proxy, you don't get to the internet. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff >> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 5:18 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Pushing proxy for Firefox >> >> The usual answer for this is wpad and pac files - see this article for a >> gotcha: >> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc995158.aspx >> >> and this is an intro: >> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc995261.aspx >> >> Unfortunately, Firefox doesn't understand setting proxies via DHCP - a >> definite limitation... >> >> Kurt >> >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Our organization is moving towards using a proxy for internet browsing. >> > Trouble is, we allow multiple browsers (IE, Chrome and Firefox). >> > Chrome is easy since it uses the settings from IE, and IE has GPO settings >> > I >> can use. >> > But Firefox doesn’t. I’ve found a couple of tools on the internet, >> > but was wondering if anyone here had hands-on experience doing this >> > already, and had a preferred method they’d like to share. >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > >> > >> > Joe Heaton >> > >> > Enterprise Server Support >> > >> > Information Technology Operations Branch >> > >> > Data and Technology Division >> > >> > CA Department of Fish and Wildlife >> > >> > 1807 13th Street, Suite 201 >> > >> > Sacramento, CA 95811 >> > >> > Desk: (916) 323-1284 >> > >> > >> >
