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Table Of Contents
Viewing Proxy Services Details
Editing Proxy Service Configuration
Assigning NAT Pools to Proxy Services
Selecting Available Certificate Trustpoints
How Do I Setup a Proxy Service?
Troubleshooting Proxy Services
Managing Proxy Services
CVDM-SSLSM allows you to view, configure, and edit Proxy Services. The Proxy Service Wizards helps you set up proxy services.
This chapter contains the following topics:
• Viewing Proxy Services Details
• Troubleshooting Proxy Services
You can configure the virtual IP address and port associated with the proxy service, and the associated target server IP address and port. You can define TCP and SSL policies for both client (virtual) and server sides of the proxy.
You can configure SSL client proxy services to specify that the proxy service accepts clear text traffic, encrypts the traffic into SSL traffic, and forwards the traffic to the backend SSL server.
While you are required to configure a certificate for the SSL server proxy, you are not required to configure a certificate for SSL client proxy. If you configure the certificate for the SSL client proxy, that certificate is sent in response to the Certificate Request message that is sent by the server during the client authentication phase of the handshake protocol.
Proxy Service Wizards
CVDM-SSLSM supports the following proxy service wizards. You can use the basic Proxy Service Wizard to configure a proxy service and assign a certificate. The advanced proxy service wizards helps you to configure the proxy service, assign a certificate and policies, and configure peer certificate authentication.
• Advanced Proxy Service Wizard
Figure 7-1 Proxy Service Wizards
Basic Proxy Service Wizard
The Basic Proxy Service wizard helps you set up a server proxy service or a client proxy/backend encryption service.
To launch the basic proxy service wizard:
Step 1 Click Setup in the task bar.
Step 2 Click Wizards in the left-most pane. The Wizards page appears.
Step 3 Click Proxy Services Wizard tab. The Proxy services wizard page appears.
Step 4 Select Basic Proxy Service Configuration, then click Launch the Selected Task The Welcome page for basic proxy service wizard appears.
Step 5 The Welcome page describes the steps to follow for creating a proxy service. Click Next to continue.
To create a proxy service:
Step 1 Define the proxy service name and type. For more information on defining the name and type, see Defining Proxy Service Name and Type.
Step 2 Configure the client side (virtual) parameters and server parameters. For more information on configuring the client side (virtual) parameters and the server parameters, see Configuring Client Side (Virtual) and Server Parameters.
Step 3 Assign certificate to proxy service (optional for client proxy service). For more information on assigning certificates to a proxy service, see Assigning Certificate to Proxy Services.
Defining Proxy Service Name and Type
This page of the basic proxy service setup wizard helps you define the name and type of the proxy service.
The following fields appear:
Click < Back to read the welcome page.
Click Next > to move to step 2 of the task.
Configuring Client Side (Virtual) and Server Parameters
This page of the basic proxy setup wizard helps you in configuring the client side parameters and server parameters. You can configure NAT and also enable SSL Version 2.0 connections to be forwarded to a server using this page.
The following fields appear:
Click < Back to move back to Step 1 of the basic setup wizard.
Click Next > to move to step 3 of the basic setup wizard.
Assigning Certificate to Proxy Services
This page of the Basic Proxy Service setup wizard helps you assign a certificate to the proxy service.
The following fields are displayed:
Field DescriptionCertificate
Certificate Trustpoint
Select one of the following options:
•Select an existing Trustpoint.
•Clear the Trustpoint.
Status
Displays the status of the certificate.
Selecting Available Certificate Trustpoints
The available certificate Trustpoints dialog box provides information on the certificate Trustpoints available for the proxy services.
The following fields appear:
Select a Trustpoint, then click OK to select an existing certificate Trustpoint.
Viewing Proxy Service Setup Summary
From this window you can view a summary of the configured settings. You can review the configuration information.
Click < Back to move to the previous page of the wizard.
Click Finish to complete the setting up of proxy service.
Advanced Proxy Service Wizard
The Advanced Proxy Service wizard helps you in setting up a server proxy service or a client proxy/backend encryption service, and allows you to configure certificate authentication. The wizards also helps you set up policies for client (virtual) side and server connections.
To launch the advanced proxy service wizard:
Step 1 Click Setup in the task bar.
Step 2 Click Wizards in the left-most pane. The Wizards page appears.
Step 3 Click Proxy Services Wizard tab. The Proxy services wizard page appears.
Step 4 Select Advanced Proxy Service Configuration, then click Launch the Selected Task The Welcome page of the basic proxy service wizard appears.
Step 5 The Welcome page describes the steps to follow for creating a proxy service. Click Next to continue.
To create a proxy service:
Step 1 Define Proxy Service Name and Type.
Step 2 Configure Client Side (Virtual) and Server Parameters.
Step 3 (Optional for client proxy service) Assign Certificate to Proxy Service.
Step 4 (Optional) Assign policies to proxy service.
Defining Proxy Service Name and Type
This page of the Advanced Proxy Service setup wizard helps you in defining proxy service name and type.
The following fields appear:
Configuring Client Side (Virtual) and Server Parameters
This page of the advanced proxy setup wizard helps you in configuring the client side parameters and server parameters. You can configure NAT using this page and also enable SSL Version 2.0 connections to be forwarded to a server.
The following fields appear:
Click < Back to move back to Step 1 of the basic setup wizard.
Click Next > to move to step 3 of the basic setup wizard.
Assigning Certificate to Proxy Service
This page of the advanced proxy setup wizard helps you in assigning a certificate to the proxy service.
The following fields appear:
Assigning Policies to Proxy Services
This page of the wizard helps you to assign policies to virtual and server proxy services.
The following fields appear:
The dialog box helps you to:
•Create and use a new policy.
•Select an existing policy. You can select a policy from the list of existing policies.
•Clear the policy.
Assigning TCP Policy to Proxy Services
This page of the wizard helps you to assign policies to virtual and server proxy services.
The following fields appear:
To assign a policy:
Step 1 Select a proxy service name from the table, then click Add>>. The proxy service name is added to the list of selected services.
Step 2 Select the side to which the policy has to be assigned.
Step 3 Click OK.
Viewing Advanced Proxy Service Setup Summary
The summary page of the Advanced Proxy Service setup wizard provides the details of the proxy service you have configured.
Click < Back to move to step 3 of the wizard.
Click Finish to complete the setting up of proxy service.
Selecting Available NAT Pools
The Available NAT Pools dialog box provides information on the NAT Pools configured on the SSLSM.
Select a NAT Pool from the list, then click OK to select a NAT Pool.
The following fields appear:
Selecting Available CA Pools
The Available CA Pools dialog box provides information on the CA Pools configured on the SSLSM.
Select a CA Pool from the list, then click OK to select a CA Pool.
The following fields appear:
Field DescriptionName
The name of the CA Pool.
Number of Trustpoints
The number of Trustpoints associated to each CA Pool.
Status
The status of the CA Pool.
Viewing Proxy Services
Figure 7-2 Proxy Services
To view proxy services:
Step 1 Click Setup from the task bar.
Step 2 Click Proxy Services. The proxy services page appears.
Step 3 Open Proxy Services Group Folder. Proxy services are grouped under two sub-group folders:
•Server Proxy Services
•Client Proxy Services
Step 4 Click any of the sub-group folder.
The following fields appear:
Select any of the proxy service from the table, the following information appears for the selected service:
Proxy Service Status Details
Viewing Proxy Services Details
Figure 7-3 Proxy Service Details
To view the configured proxy services:
Step 1 Click Setup from the task bar.
Step 2 Click Proxy Services. The proxy services page appears.
Step 3 Open Proxy Services Group Folder. Proxy services are grouped under two sub-group folders:
•Server Proxy
•Client Proxy
Step 4 Open any of the sub-group folder, then click any of the object in the sub-group folder.
You can also view the details by clicking the proxy service hyperlink in the proxy service status details panel
The following fields appear:
Click Certificate Details Tab to view the Certificate details.
Click Certificate Chain Tab to view the Certificate chain.
Figure 7-4 Proxy Service - Certificate Chain
Click Policy Details Tab to view the Certificate chain.
Editing Proxy Service Configuration
Step 1 Click Setup from the task bar.
Step 2 Click Proxy Services. The proxy services page appears.
Step 3 Open Proxy Services Group Folder. Proxy services are grouped under two sub-group folders:
•Server Proxy Services
•Client Proxy Services
Step 4 Open any of the sub-group folder, then click any of the object in the sub-group folder. The proxy service details page appears.
Step 5 Click Edit....
The following information appears:
To edit the certificate details of the service, click Certificate tab. The following fields appear:
To edit the policy details of the service, click Policy tab. The following fields appear:
NAT Pools
CVDM-SSLSM allows you to create Network Address Translation (NAT) pools.
Figure 7-5 NAT Pools
This section describes the following topics:
• Assigning NAT Pools to Proxy Services
Understanding NAT Pools
Client connections originate from the client and are terminated on the SSL Services Module. Server connections originate from the SSL Services Module.
You can configure client NAT, server NAT, or both, on the server connection.
Server NAT
If you configure server NAT, the server IP address is used as the destination IP address for the server connection. If the server NAT is not configured, the destination IP address for the server connection is the same as the virtual IP address for which SSL Services Module is a proxy.
Client NAT
If you configure client NAT, the server connection source IP address and port are derived from a NAT pool. If client NAT is not configured, the server connection source IP address and port are derived from the source IP address and source port of the client connection.
Allocate enough IP addresses to satisfy the total number of connections supported by the SSL Services Module (256,000 connections). Assuming you have 32,000 ports per IP address, configure 8 IP addresses in the NAT pool. If you try to configure fewer IP addresses than required by the total connections supported by the SSL Services Module, the command is rejected.
Viewing NAT Pools
Step 1 Click Setup in the task bar.
Step 2 Click Proxy Services in the left-most pane. The Proxy Services page appears.
Step 3 Click NAT Pools in the object selector.
The following information appears:
Select a NAT Pool, then click Assign to Proxy Services to assign a NAT Pool to a proxy service
Click Add... to add a new NAT Pool.
Select a NAT Pool, then click Delete to delete a NAT Pool.
Step 4 Select any NAT Pool from the table to display the configuration details.
Adding NAT Pools
Step 1 Click Setup in the task bar.
Step 2 Click Proxy Services in the left-most pane. The Proxy Services page appears.
Step 3 Click NAT Pools in the object selector.
Step 4 Click Add.... The Add New NAT Pool dialog box appears.
Alternatively, you can add NAT Pools using the Wizards.
Deleting NAT Pools
Step 1 Click Setup in the task bar.
Step 2 Click Proxy Services in the left-most pane. The Proxy Services page appears.
Step 3 Click NAT Pools in the object selector.
Step 4 Select a NAT pool from the list, then click Delete.
Assigning NAT Pools to Proxy Services
Step 1 Click Setup in the task bar.
Step 2 Click Proxy Services in the left-most pane. The Proxy Services page appears.
Step 3 Click NAT Pools in the object selector.
Step 4 Select a NAT pool from the list, then click Assign to Proxy Services. The Assign NAT Pool to Proxy Services dialog box appears.
Step 5 Select a Proxy Service Name, then click Add >> to add the policy to the selected service.
You can remove the a proxy service from the list. Select a service from the list, then click << Remove.
You can clear all the services selected for assigning to a policy. Select a service from the list, then click Clear All.
Step 6 Click OK to assign NAT pool to the selected proxy services.
Selecting Available CA Pools
The following information appears:
Field Action/DescriptionName
Name of the CA Pool.
Number of Trustpoints
Number of Trustpoints associated with the CA Pool.
Status
Indicates the status of the CA Pool.
Select a CA Pool from the table, then click OK.
Selecting Available NAT Pools
The following information appears:
Select a NAT Pool from the table, then click OK.
Selecting Available Certificate Trustpoints
The following information appears:
Field Action/DescriptionTrustpoint
The name of the Trustpoint.
Certificate Authority (CA)
The certificate authority details in the certificate.
Subject
The subject in the certificate.
Select a Certificate Trustpoint from the table, then click OK.
How Do I...
This section describes on how to achieve a task. The following question is answered:
• How Do I Setup a Proxy Service?
How Do I Setup a Proxy Service?
You can use Proxy Service Setup Wizards to create a proxy service.
The Basic Proxy Service wizard helps you set up a server proxy service or a client proxy/backend encryption service.
Step 1 Click Setup in the task bar.
Step 2 Click Wizards in the left-most pane. The Wizards page appears.
Step 3 Click Proxy Services Wizard tab. The Proxy services wizard page appears.
Step 4 Select Basic Proxy Service Configuration, then click Launch the Selected Task The Welcome page for basic proxy service wizard appears. The Welcome page describes the steps to follow to complete the task.
Step 5 Click Next to continue.
Step 6 Define the proxy service name and type. For more information on defining the name and type, see Defining Proxy Service Name and Type
Step 7 Click Next to continue.
Step 8 Configure the client side (virtual) parameters and server parameters. For more information on configuring the client side (virtual) parameters and the server parameters, see Configuring Client Side (Virtual) and Server Parameters.
Step 9 Click Next to Continue.
Step 10 Assign certificate to proxy service (optional for client proxy service). For more information on assigning certificates to a proxy service, see Assigning Certificate to Proxy Services.
Troubleshooting Proxy Services
This section describes the proxy service operations status and the possible cause.
Posted: Fri Apr 15 04:03:19 PDT 2005
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