Proofpoint | ObserveIT On-Premises Insider Threat Management

What's New

Release Notes for the current release can be found here.

New Features and Enhancements

This release provides support for Windows and Mac Agent server communication via static proxy. Support for Windows Agents has been enhanced from previous releases. Mac Agent support which was not previously available has been added. The details of how to implement the support are described below.

Enhanced support for Windows Agent-server communication via static proxy

Agent-server communication via static IP proxy is supported. When enabled, all communication between the Agent and the server is via the proxy server.

This feature is currently available using silent installation. (GUI support will be added in future versions).

For Windows Agent and Auto Updater:

From version 7.12.4, use the following parameters:

  • PROXY_ENABLE=1

  • PROXY_HOSTNAME=""

  • PROXY_PORT=""

  • PROXY_USER_CREDENTIALS=1 (enabled) or 2 (not enabled)

    If PROXY_USER_CREDENTIALS is 1 (enabled) then the following are required:

    • PROXY_USERNAME=""

    • PROXY_PASSWORD=""

  • If PROXY_USER_CREDENTIALS is 1 (enabled) then the following is optional:

    • PROXY_DOMAIN=""

See Installation Script Switches and Parameters and Installing the Updater for Agent Auto Upgrade.

Added support for Mac Agent-server communication via static proxy

For Mac Agent:

In the preinstall.sh, for proxy server, the following parameters are included:

PROXY_URL=""

PROXY_PORT=""

PROXY_DOMAIN=""

PROXY_USERNAME=""

PROXY_USERPASSWORD=""

If you are using interactive deployment:

If you want to enable the proxy server, select Y when prompted to Enable Proxy. Complete the following fields:

  • Proxy server hostname/IP

  • Proxy Port (0 to 65535)

  • Set User Credentials (Y/N)

    • If User Credentials = Y, then Proxy User and Proxy Password are required.

  • Proxy Domain (Optional)

See Mac Agent Files and Mac Agent Interactive Deployment.

version 7.12.4