Proxy Traffic Report

Applies To: Cloud-managed Fireboxes, Locally-managed Fireboxes

The Proxy Traffic report displays a summary of the traffic handled by proxies on your device.

This report is available when log messages with data for this report exist in the specified time frame. To make sure that your Firebox sends log messages required to generate this report, follow the steps to Enable Logging for this Report.

How to Use this Report

This report can help you to understand the most common types of proxy traffic on your network. Here are some ways to use this report:

  • Select the Protocol pivot to see which protocols are used for the most proxy traffic.
  • Select the Source and Destination pivots to see the amount of proxy traffic to and from different hosts, by bytes and bandwidth.
  • Select the Activity Trend pivot to see how the amount of proxy traffic changes over time.

View the Report

This report is available in WatchGuard Cloud and in Dimension.

Pivots

You can use pivots to change the view of the data on the report.

To switch to a different view, select a pivot from the drop-down list above the report.

This report includes these pivots:

Activity Trend

Summary of proxied traffic data, organized by number of hits and amount of data over the selected time period.

Source

Summary of proxied traffic data, organized by the host name.

Destination

Summary of proxied traffic data, organized by the host name.

Protocol

Summary of proxied traffic data, organized by the protocol.

Session

Summary of proxied traffic data, organized by the session.

Detail View

Detail view is not available for this report.

Enable Logging for this Report

Logging for cloud-managed Fireboxes is automatically enabled. For locally-managed Fireboxes, you must manually enable logging in Fireware Web UI or Policy Manager. For more information, see Set Logging and Notification Preferences.

To collect the data required for this report for locally-managed Fireboxes, in Fireware Web UI or Policy Manager:

  • In the General Settings for all proxy actions, select Enable logging for reports.

Related Topics

WatchGuard Cloud Device Reports List