1. Preface

This tutorial provides guidelines for Zorp administrators on how to enable proxying HTTP traffic embedded into secure SSL and TLS connections. Knowledge in TCP/IP and Zorp administration is required to fully comprehend the contents of this paper. The procedures and concepts described here are applicable to version 7 of Zorp. Detailed information is provided to configure Zorp both from Zorp Management Console and using Python scripts.

Note that explaining the concepts of the different aspects of SSL/TLS proxying is beyond the scope of this tutorial. For background information, see the following documents:

For details on deriving and modifying proxies, see Section 6.6, Proxy classes in Zorp Professional 7 Administrator Guide.
For details on configuring Zorp proxies to handle SSL/TLS connections, see How to configure SSL proxying in Zorp 7.
For an overview on certificates and related topics in connection with Zorp, see Chapter 11, Key and certificate management in Zorp in Zorp Professional 7 Administrator Guide.
For details on the available attributes of the Zorp HTTP proxy that you can adjust and modify to best suit your needs, see Section 4.7, Module Http in Zorp Professional 7 Reference Guide

You can download the above documents at the Balasys Documentation Page.

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