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Changes to Edge/IE traffic user agent matching for proxy addresses

Changes to Edge/IE traffic user agent matching for proxy addresses

Edge/IE traffic user agent matching for proxy addresses have the following changes in 7.4.0:

Option

7.2

7.4.0

chrome

  • Google Chrome traffic
  • Microsoft Edge traffic with the Edg or EdgA token in User-Agent header

Google Chrome traffic

ms

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer traffic
  • Microsoft Edge traffic with the Edge token in User-Agent header
  • Traffic from Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 or later
  • Microsoft Edge traffic

firefox

Mozilla Firefox traffic

safari

  • Apple Safari traffic
  • Microsoft Edge traffic with the EdgiOS token in User-Agent header

Apple Safari traffic

NEW ie

N/A

Traffic from Microsoft Internet Explorer versions before 11

NEW edge

N/A

Microsoft Edge traffic

other

Traffic from other browsers

For existing 7.2 policies with proxy addresses that match Edge/IE traffic (with the Edg, EdgA, EdgiOS, or MSIE token in User-Agent header), you must manually edit the proxy address to add the new edge or ie category for the policy to continue handling Edge/IE traffic properly in 7.4.0.

See Proxy policy addresses or config firewall proxy-address for more information.

Changes to Edge/IE traffic user agent matching for proxy addresses

Changes to Edge/IE traffic user agent matching for proxy addresses

Edge/IE traffic user agent matching for proxy addresses have the following changes in 7.4.0:

Option

7.2

7.4.0

chrome

  • Google Chrome traffic
  • Microsoft Edge traffic with the Edg or EdgA token in User-Agent header

Google Chrome traffic

ms

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer traffic
  • Microsoft Edge traffic with the Edge token in User-Agent header
  • Traffic from Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 or later
  • Microsoft Edge traffic

firefox

Mozilla Firefox traffic

safari

  • Apple Safari traffic
  • Microsoft Edge traffic with the EdgiOS token in User-Agent header

Apple Safari traffic

NEW ie

N/A

Traffic from Microsoft Internet Explorer versions before 11

NEW edge

N/A

Microsoft Edge traffic

other

Traffic from other browsers

For existing 7.2 policies with proxy addresses that match Edge/IE traffic (with the Edg, EdgA, EdgiOS, or MSIE token in User-Agent header), you must manually edit the proxy address to add the new edge or ie category for the policy to continue handling Edge/IE traffic properly in 7.4.0.

See Proxy policy addresses or config firewall proxy-address for more information.