Enforcing The Use Of The Campus Proxy Service

All systems connected to the campus network are capable of connecting to off-campus sites (e.g. the Internet) directly, unless they have been explicitly blocked from doing so.

It may be desirable to prevent selected systems from accessing the Internet directly. For Shared/Multiuser Workstations, or workstations in publicly accessible areas, you may configure workstations so that customers must make use of the proxy service, in order to gain access to off-campus sites.

A proxy account provides a mechanism to authenticate an individual account user, rather than allowing access from a specific machine location. The proxy account allows the individual using a public terminal to identify him/herself to the web proxy server as a McMaster person registered for off-campus access. The web proxy server then acts as an intermediary, transferring all traffic between the Internet and the campus network public machine for the duration of the session.

For more details regarding the proxy service and client proxy configuration settings, see:
http://www.mcmaster.ca/uts/policy/qacct.htm
http://www.mcmaster.ca/uts/proxy.html
To apply for a MAC ID, please use the following form:
http://www.mcmaster.ca/uts/appforms/emailapp.pdf

Please fill out this form, in order to provide a greater degree of control regarding off-campus access. By filling out this form you are requesting that the specified system be BLOCKED from accessing off-campus sites directly.