In the
Silk Performer menu, click
Settings
> System.
Click the
Recorder icon.
The
Recording Profiles page opens.
Click the
Proxies tab.
Select one of the following options:
Click
Add to set up a new proxy on the controller computer. You can set up proxies for recording a number of types of traffic, and
you can have a number of proxies active at the same time.
Click
Edit to edit a selected proxy.
Click
Remove to remove a selected proxy.
The
Proxy Settings dialog appears.
From the
Protocol list box, select a protocol type for forwarding and recording traffic.
You have to set up a proxy for each type of traffic you want to record. Forwarding and recording traffic with the following
protocols is supported:
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
POP3 - Post Office Protocol
SMTP - Simple Mail Transport Protocol
SOCKS - When capturing SOCKS traffic, the
Silk Performer Recorder automatically detects other protocols like IIOP, FTP, POP3 and SMTP for recording.
TCP/IP Custom protocol based on TCP/IP.
In the
Listen port field, enter the port number to which traffic will be sent by the traffic-generating client computer.
Although any port not in use can be chosen, avoid standard port numbers (usually smaller than 1500).
In the
Remote host area, choose the
Type of host to which you want the
Silk Performer Recorder to forward intercepted traffic.
Choose one of the following:
Select the
Any option to forward intercepted traffic to the host specified by the traffic-generating client computer.
Select the
Proxy/Firewall option to forward intercepted traffic to a specified proxy or firewall.
In this case, the host name and IP address specified by the traffic-generating client computer are ignored.
Select the
Specified option to forward intercepted traffic to a specified remote host.
In this case, the host name and IP address specified by the traffic-generating client computer are ignored.
If you selected the
Specified option for a remote host, check the
Secure check box to record and forward Secure Socket Layer protocol traffic.
If this option is selected, HTTPS traffic will be recorded instead of HTTP traffic, for example.
In the
Host name or IP address field, enter the host name or IP address of a specific server to which you want the
Silk Performer Recorder to forward intercepted traffic.
In the
Port field, enter the port number that a specific server—the one to which the
Silk Performer Recorder forwards intercepted traffic—listens to.
From the
Certificate list box, select a client certificate that the
Silk Performer Recorder is to present to the Web server on behalf of the real client’s certificate.
When setting up a SOCKS proxy, use the
Record always at TCP/IP protocol level area to specify any number of ports for which to disable automatic protocol detection.
You can enter multiple port numbers and ranges, separated by commas (,); a range specification consists of the lower and upper
boundary, separated by a hyphen (-).
Whenever a client application sends SOCKS traffic to one of the specified ports, the
Silk Performer Recorder records traffic at the TCP/IP level without attempting to detect a familiar protocol first.
In the
Suppress recording (only forward data) area, specify a port range for which you want to suppress the recording of data by the
Silk Performer Recorder.
You can enter multiple port numbers and ranges, separated by commas (,); a range specification consists of the lower and upper
boundary, separated by a hyphen (-).
The data will still be forwarded, but no longer recorded.
Click
OK.
To activate a proxy, check the check box to the left of the proxy name, in the
Record column.