Proxy Server Registry Settings (Compact 7)

BasicAuth

REG_DWORD

Indicates whether the proxy server uses Basic Authentication for client connections. Set to 1 to enable Basic Authentication, and set to 0 (zero) to disable Basic Authentication.

Basic Authentication enables the client browser to send the user identifier and password to the server.

Security Note:

When you use Basic Authentication, the client browser sends the user ID and password to the proxy server in plain text, which is open to packet sniffing by malware (malicious software). Therefore, also use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to help protect the user ID and password. For more information, see Authentication Services Catalog Items and Sysgen Variables.

The default value is 1.

MaxHeadersSize

REG_DWORD

Maximum size of HTTP headers, in bytes.

The default value is 24,576.

Port

REG_DWORD

The port on which the proxy server listens for incoming socket connections.

The default value is 8080.

SecondProxyHost

REG_SZ

Host name or address of the second proxy host. If this registry value is present, the proxy server forwards all requests through a second proxy.

None.

SessionThreads

REG_DWORD

Number of session threads.

Default value is 20.

A filter name

REG_SZ

File name of a custom filter DLL that exports the following custom-implemented functions:

• DWORD ProxyFilterHttpRequest(PROXY_HTTP_REQUEST pRequest);
  
• DWORD WINAPI ProxyInitializeFilter(PROXY_HTTP_INFORMATION pInfo);
  
• DWORD WINAPI ProxyNotifyAddrChange(void);
  
• DWORD ProxySignalFilter( DWORD dwSignal);
  
• DWORD WINAPI ProxyUninitializeFilter (void);
  

For example, to add Pcfilter.dll, use the registry code in the following example.

;Web Proxy filter setting
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMM\WEBPROXY\FILTERS]
"1"="pcfilter.dll"

None.