FAQ Category: General

There can be cases when you want that an Application Entry Point takes the end-user directly to the remote source without rewriting. For this a boolean flag is used for redirecting after the last but one request by dropping the proxy prefix and parameters and redirecting to the last URL value (after filling in the…

Statistics are offered as a service to Muse Proxy customers, no matter they are locally hosted or on cloud. The statistics are generated from content of the Muse Proxy log files: – access log (access.log). – statistics log (MuseProxyStatistics.log). More details about the Muse Proxy log files in the Muse Proxy Advanced Configuration manual, chapter…

To make sure Muse Proxy rewrites a website protected by Cloudflare the most reliable way is for the publisher to list the outbound IP address at Cloudflare. This is a must especially if the Cloduflare challenge is set to Interactive Challenge (the captcha-like one). For publishers not intending to support rewriting proxies, if the publisher…

Many websites implement security mechanisms to protect against spam and abuse from automated computer programs (bots), the most used solutions are the CAPTCHAs. There are several CAPTCHA implementations available, Google’s reCAPTCHA being very popular. The reCAPTCHA functionality is based on embedding the Google security check that is incompatible with any rewriting proxy software, which is…

There are several methods for adding new resources into the Muse Proxy Application for handling the rewriting of vendor platforms, the recommended method is by using the Muse Proxy Administrator Console. The rewriting definitions for a vendor platform are stored in XML files, which we call Muse Proxy Sources. Mainly the steps for adding a…

The short answer is Yes, Muse Proxy support TLS 1.2. Muse Proxy runs on Java, hence it uses the Java Virtual Machine security settings, it does not rely on anything from the Operating System in this regard. Also it is not compiled with any specific SSL libraries versions like other software is. Starting with Java…

A complete set of manuals on Muse Proxy is available in your installation in the following path – $MUSE_HOME/proxy/doc, where $MUSE_HOME is the location on disk where you installed it: – Muse Proxy Install.pdf. This is the installation manual. – Muse Proxy.pdf. This is a manual with general information on Muse Proxy, describing its features….

The Muse Proxy Application UI is based on skins. If you want to customize the look and feel for a Muse Proxy Application we recommend the following approach: – copy the existing skin with a different name. The skins folder is located on disk in the following location: %MUSE_HOME%\proxy\webcontexts\Applications\ APPLICATION_ID\www\static\skins where replace the APPLICATION_ID with…

The version of muse proxy can be found via putting in the following URL in an address bar on a browser such as FireFox or Internet Explorer: http://PROXY_HOST:PROXY_PORT/ProxyInformation In the above URL, PROXY_HOST is the server that is hosting Muse Proxy. PROXY PORT is the port that is running proxy. The default port for Muse…

The Flash and Java Applets resources are binary files which cannot be processed by any re-writing proxy, including Muse Proxy. Flash and Java Applets may load in pages re-written by Muse Proxy as long as there are no absolute pathnames in URLs inside them or if there is an object parameter of the Flash or…