Document ID: 12570
Updated: Sep 08, 2006
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Introduction
This sample configuration shows you how to set up a Cisco Cache Engine as a Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) proxy server to relay HTTPS-over-HTTP requests that are initiated by clients' browsers, which have been configured to point HTTPS traffic to the Web cache.
The Cache Engine cannot terminate Secure Socket Layer (SSL) traffic, so Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP) and transparent caching cannot be used. The client will attempt to open an SSL session with the Cache Engine in transparent mode and since the Cache Engine does have an SSL certificate, it will not be able to terminate the session and the connection will fail. The Cache Engine can pass traffic in proxy mode but this requires that all browsers using the Cache Engine for SSL requests have their proxy address set to the Cache Engine for secure protocols. This is done individually on each browser.
The Cache Engine creates a connection to the origin server directly or through another proxy server and allows the Web client and origin server to set up a SSL tunnel through the Cache Engine. HTTPS traffic is encrypted and cannot be interpreted by the Cache Engine or any other device between the Web client and the origin server. HTTPS objects are not cached.
Note: PIX cannot look into the SSL packets, so SL FTP does not work with the fixup command. The secure FTP encapsulates a copy of the host IP address inside the encrypted payload. Since the packet is encrypted, PIX cannot fixup the private address to the public address in the payload.
Before You Begin
Conventions
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Prerequisites
There are no specific prerequisites for this document.
Components Used
This configuration was developed and tested using the software and hardware versions.
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Cisco Cache Engine 550 running Cisco Cache Software Release 2.2
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Cisco 2600 Router running Cisco IOS® Software Release 12.0
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Cisco Private Internet Exchange (PIX) firewall running Secure PIX Firewall Software Release 5.2(3)
Configure
Network Diagram
The HTTPS traffic initiated by the SSL Client PC1 is proxied by the Cache Engine 550, which has the only IP address from the internal LAN that is allowed in the PIX to go out to the Internet. The https proxy incoming command selects the ports on which the Cache Engine is listening for HTTPS connections.
Configurations
| Cache Engine 550 (Cisco Cache Software Release 2.2) |
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! hostname tikka ! interface ethernet 0 ip address 10.10.10.50 255.255.255.0 ip broadcast-address 10.10.10.255 bandwidth 10 halfduplex exit ! ! interface ethernet 1 exit ! ip default-gateway 10.10.10.1 ip name-server 144.254.6.77 ip domain-name cisco.com ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.10.10.1 inetd enable ftp 12 cron file /local/etc/crontab clock timezone CET -7 0 ! no bypass load enable http max-ttl hours text 4 binary 8 wccp router-list 1 10.10.10.1 wccp web-cache router-list-num 1 password **** wccp version 2 ! authentication login local enable authentication configuration local enable rule no-cache url-regex .*cgi-bin.* rule no-cache url-regex .*aw-cgi.* https proxy incoming 443 https destination-port allow all ! ! end |
| Cisco Router 2600 (Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0) |
! ip subnet-zero ip wccp web-cache password ww no ip domain-lookup ! ! ! interface FastEthernet0/0 ip address 8.8.8.1 255.255.255.0 ip wccp web-cache redirect out ip route-cache same-interface ! ! interface FastEthernet0/1 ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0 no ip route-cache no ip mroute-cache ! |
| PIX 506 (Secure PIX Firewall Software Release 5.2(3) |
! PIX Version 5.2(3) nameif ethernet0 outside security0 nameif ethernet1 inside security100 enable password 8Ry2YjIyt7RRXU24 encrypted passwd 2KFQnbNIdI.2KYOU encrypted hostname pixfirewall logging buffered debugging no logging trap no logging history logging facility 20 logging queue 512 interface ethernet0 10baset interface ethernet1 10baset mtu outside 1500 mtu inside 1500 ip address outside 172.17.241.14 255.255.255.0 ip address inside 8.8.8.2 255.255.255.0 ip audit info action alarm ip audit attack action alarm arp timeout 14400 static (inside,outside) 172.17.241.50 10.10.10.50 netmask 255.255.255.255 00 conduit permit icmp any any route outside 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.17.241.29 1 route inside 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 8.8.8.1 1 timeout xlate 3:00:00 terminal width 80 Cryptochecksum:a02a164a924492533b8272dd60665e29 : end |
debug and show Commands
The following are samples of debug and show command outputs.
Before issuing debug commands, please see Important Information on Debug Commands.
debug https header trace
The debug https header trace command allows you to view and troubleshoot the request received by PC1.
Wed Dec 13 02:41:37 2000: Https request received from client: CONNECT www.tronet.sk:443 HTTP/1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) Wed DEC 13 02:41:37 2000: CONNECT www.tronet.sk:443 HTTP/1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) HTTPS response headers sent: Wed DEC 13 02:41:38 2000: HTTPS response headers sent: HTTP/1.0 200 Connection Established Wed DEC 13 02:41:38 2000: HTTP/1.0 200 Connection Established Wed DEC 13 02:41:38 2000: Https request received from client: Wed DEC 13 02:41:39 2000: Https request received from client: CONNECT www.tronet.sk:443 HTTP/1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) Wed DEC 13 02:41:39 2000: CONNECT www.tronet.sk:443 HTTP/1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) HTTPS response headers sent: Wed DEC 13 02:41:39 2000: HTTPS response headers sent: HTTP/1.0 200 Connection Established Wed DEC 13 02:41:39 2000: HTTP/1.0 200 Connection Established
show statistics https
Use the show statistics https command to display HTTPS connection statistics.
HTTPS Statistics Total % of Total --------------------------------------------------- Total connections: 2 - Connection errors: 0 0.0 Total bytes: 116261 - Bytes received from client: 1069 0.9 Bytes sent to client: 115192 99.1
show https all
Use the show https command to display HTTPS proxy status and port policies.
Incoming HTTPS proxy: Servicing Proxy mode HTTPS connections on ports: 443 Outgoing HTTPS proxy: Not using outgoing proxy mode. Destination port policies: Allow all
These commands were used on the PIX firewall:
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show xlate—Use the show xlate command to view or clear translation slot information (privileged mode).
Global 172.17.241.50 Local 10.10.10.50 static
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show logging—Use the show logging command to displays the state of logging (syslog).
302001: Built outbound TCP connection 68 for faddr 195.168.21.2/443 gaddr 172.17.241.50/1091 laddr 10.10.10.50/1091 302001: Built outbound TCP connection 69 for faddr 195.168.21.2/443 gaddr 172.17.241.50/1092 laddr 10.10.10.50/1092 302002: Teardown TCP connection 68 faddr 195.168.21.2/443 gaddr 172.17.241.50/1091 laddr 10.10.10.50/1091 duration 0:00:02 bytes 59513 (TCP FINs) 302002: Teardown TCP connection 69 faddr 195.168.21.2/443 gaddr 172.17.241.50/1092 laddr 10.10.10.50/1092 duration 0:00:02 bytes 58128 (TCP Fins)
Related Commands
You can extend the above example to use another upstream proxy server (8.8.8.3) to serve HTTPS requests by using the proxy-protocols global configuration command.
CE(config)# https proxy outgoing host 8.8.8.3 8880
In this case, you can exclude particular domains from being forwarded to the outgoing proxy server.
CE(config)# proxy-protocols transparent default-server CE(config)# proxy-protocols outgoing-proxy exclude enable CE(config)# proxy-protocols outgoing-proxy exclude list tronet.sk
You also can deny outgoing HTTPS connection for ports 6565 and 6566.
CE(config)# https destination-port deny 6565 6566
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