Decrypting HTTPS traffic with BlueCoat reverse proxy

Posted on by David Vassallo

Just submitted as KB article to bluecoat 🙂 Common example scenario: An SSL reverse proxy is deployed, and at some stage in the troubleshooting process a packet capture of the HTTPS traffic is required to view traffic flowing between the client / proxy or between the OCS and proxy. In a reverse proxy scenario, the … Continue reading Decrypting HTTPS traffic with BlueCoat reverse proxy

Heartbeats and failovers

Posted on by David Vassallo

Most critical network components nowadays have some sort of failover mechanism for redundancy purposes. For obvious reasons, if all your network traffic pass through a proxy or firewall, and that node fails, ideally the traffic would be handed over seamlessly to another (similar) unit to avoid any network interruption. There are usually two implementations of … Continue reading Heartbeats and failovers