Proxy query page

For clients that use a PAC file to connect to the cloud service, a proxy query page is available that allows you to confirm whether the browser is correctly configured. (Because clients using the Direct Connect endpoint do not send traffic through the proxy, the query page cannot be used to validate connections from these machines.)

Click the Proxy query page link on the General page to see whether you can access the query page through the cloud service, or whether you are accessing it directly. You receive a message stating either "Yes, you are using the Forcepoint Web Security Cloud filtering proxy server" or "No, you are not..."

To check which point of presence (data center or local PoP) and policy you are currently using, as well as connection and HTTP header information, access the query page using the following URL (note the "with=all" query):

http://query.webdefence.global.blackspider.com/?with=all

The point of presence hostname is displayed under the Server Information section, in the form: aaa##a.srv.mailcontrol.com (for example prx24lonb.srv.mailcontrol.com). That data center name is also provided.

Optionally, check the point of presence identifier (e.g. "lonb") against the knowledge article: Cloud service data center IP addresses and port numbers.