Specifies the version of SOCKS used on your SOCKS server. Content Gateway supports SOCKS version 4 and version 5.

Note: Content Gateway does not perform user authentication with the client. However, the proxy can perform user name and password authentication with a SOCKS server running SOCKS version 5.

For more information about the SOCKS Proxy option, see Configuring SOCKS firewall integration.

You can configure Content Gateway to use other SOCKS servers in your network by editing socks_server.config. See the next entry, below.

Displays a table of configured SOCKS servers. For information about adding and configuring SOCKS servers, see Configuring SOCKS servers.

Updates the table to display the current entries in socks_server.config.

Opens the configuration file editor for socks_server.config.

Updates the selected entry. Select a server from the list; modify the settings; click Set to update the entry.

Click Apply before you click Close; otherwise, all configuration changes are lost.

Displays a table listing the rules in the socks.config file that specify the SOCKS servers that Content Gateway must go through to access specific origin servers, and the order in which Content Gateway goes through the SOCKS server list.

Updates the table to display the current rules in the socks.config file.

Opens the configuration file editor for the socks.config file.

Lists the socks.config file rules. Select a rule to edit it. The buttons on the left of the box allow you to delete or move the selected rule up or down in the list.

Select Route through SOCKS server to specify the origin servers that you want the proxy to route through a SOCKS server.

Select Do not route through SOCKS server to specify the origin servers that you want the proxy to access directly, bypassing the SOCKS server(s).

For Route through SOCKS server, specify either a single IP address or a range of IP addresses of origin servers for which Content Gateway must use the SOCKS servers specified in the SOCKS Servers field below.

For Do not route through SOCKS server, specify the IP addresses of the origin servers that you want the proxy to access directly (without going through the SOCKS server). You can enter a single IP address, a range of IP addresses, or a list of IP addresses. Separate each entry in the list with a comma. Do not specify the all networks broadcast address: 255.255.255.255.

For a Route through SOCKS server rule, select the SOCKS server(s) through which to route requests.

Specifies how strictly Content Gateway will follow round robin. You can select strict, or false.

Click Apply before you click Close; otherwise, all configuration changes will be lost.