Enabling Accounts to Use Desktop Web Proxy

Settings for Desktop Web Proxy (DWP) described here are applied to all user-based groups. Each group can override Account-level settings.

To enable an account to use DWP:

• Log in to the Web Security Service Management Portal.
• Open the Accounts tab in Edit mode.
• On the Account subtab, select the Enable DWP User Creation checkbox.
  This setting enables automatic user registration into the Web Security Service when users in the corporate network first connect using DWP and should be enabled by default. DWP checks the Web Security Service to see if the connecting user has an existing entry. If no entry exists, DWP creates a user name and password for the user.
• On the Account subtab, select the DWP User Creation Default Group checkbox or, from the drop-down menu, select another.


The DWP User Creation Default Group setting specifies a user-based group to which DWP adds new users by default, because the Web Security Service requires users to belong to groups. The selection list shows user-based groups only.

In general, before changing a user group to an IP group, make sure it has no users and that it is not the group for DWP to add users.

Note: DWP expects the User Creation Default Group to be a user-based group. You can, however edit the group to be IP-address-based. Before changing the group to IP-based, edit the Account and select another default group for new DWP users or creating users using DWP will fail.

• Continue with Entering Desktop Web Proxy Settings at the Account Level.