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Can government decrypt SSL?
Basically, the NSA is able to decrypt most of the Internet. They’re doing it primarily by cheating, not by mathematics. Now, your question is “So is HTTPS still a solution for secure web-browsing?” The answer is, as safe as it ever was, unless your opponent is the NSA.
What is Bluecoat proxy used for?
Blue Coat devices are what is known as a “dual-use” technology, because they can be used both to defend corporate networks and by governments to censor and monitor the public’s internet traffic. The appliances can see some types of encrypted traffic, block websites or record website traffic.
What is BlueCoat proxy and how it works?
The ProxySG is a proxy server that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients in a local network wanting to download or access information from origin content servers (OCS) on the Web. A client makes a request to an OCS, but the appliance, acting as a proxy server, processes the request.
How does the Bluecoat proxy work for SSL?
This Bluecoat Proxy SG, helps to write code in Content Policy Language to configure Proxy SG policy processing, how to implement and troubleshoot advanced authentication realms deployments, manage downloads and Flash traffic, implement advanced SSL proxy functionality, monitor and analyze Proxy SG performance. Cyber espionage is on the rise.
How do I sign CSR with ProxySG Bluecoat?
When signing the CSR, we must use the SubCA template because the certificate to be installed in the proxy must be able to issue certificates emulating the certificates of the HTTPS websites visited by the users. To sign the CSR we can use the following command from our Active Directory Server:
What happens when proxy inspects SSL traffic by default?
In this way the proxy will also trust in our company certificates signed by our CA. You must take into account that when proxy inspects SSL traffic by default it will block all websites whose certificates are not valid or are not signed by a CA in which proxy trusts.
How does the Bluecoat unified agent-client work?
When a user tries to get connected by remote location the bluecoat unified agent-client which is installed on your laptop or PC connects to the edge WebPulse service. Which first gets checked against one of three Blue Coat WebFilter Master Databases in the cloud that is constantly being updated in real-time.