Proxy Logs Page

This page provides you with the facility to see the files that have been cached by the web proxy server of Endian Firewall. The web proxy is inactive after first installation of EFW, and may be activated (and deactivated) through a specific administration page (Proxy > HTTP > Log settings).

Note

Due to the large amount of information that has to be processed, the Web Proxy page can take an appreciable time to appear after its initial selection or an Update.

There are several controls on this page in addition to the controls described in the introduction section:

Source IP

This dropdown box allows you to selectively look at web proxy activity belonging to individual IP addresses on the local network, or the activity related to ALL machines that have used the proxy.

Ignore filter

The box allows you to type in a regular expression text string to define which file types should be omitted from the web proxy logs. The default string hides image files (.gif, .jpeg, .png & .png), stylesheet files (.css) and JavaScript files (.js).

Enable ignore filter

Tick this on to enable the Ignore filter: or tick it off to disable it.

Restore defaults

This button allows you to restore factory settings for the above controls and filters.

For this page, the information appearing in the Log: section of the window consists of:

Note

The Website URL entries in these logs are also hyperlinks to the referenced web pages or files.