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Mac OS X Anyconnect Overrides Proxy Settings

uckun
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I am using anyconnect behing a proxy. When I connect to VPN via anyconnect, proxy settings are changed. I tried to disable and enable autoproxy discovery at network settings but it didn't changed. Is there any way to fix it? Here are the steps.

 

Before connecting to vpn

$ scutil --proxy
<dictionary> {
  ExceptionsList : <array> {
    0 : *.local
    1 : 169.254/16
  }
  FTPPassive : 1
  ProxyAutoConfigEnable : 1
  ProxyAutoConfigURLString : http://wpad/wpad.dat
  ProxyAutoDiscoveryEnable : 1
}

After connected to vpn, it works for like 40-50sec than reconnects to vpn. Screen Shot 2018-04-26 at 10.12.47.png

And resets the proxy settings.

$ scutil --proxy
<dictionary> {
}

After trying to turn off and on autoproxy discovery, nothing changes. Also, I tried to set Automatic proxy configuration file. But, it didn't work either.

 

I can connect to the internet with firefox because it has auto proxy discovery mode at preferences. But, I can't use chrome or safari because they uses system proxy setting and settings are overriden by anyconnect.

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Hi, The documentation you mention says allow local proxy is not supported at Mac Os X. What is the parameter for profile xml? I can add it to the ~/.anyconnect file.

 

Requirements for AnyConnect Proxy Connections

OS support of proxy connections varies as shown:

Proxy Connection Type

Windows

macOS

Linux

Local Proxy

Yes

No

No

Private Proxy

Yes (on Internet Explorer)

Yes (on Safari)

No

Public Proxy

Yes (IE and Override)

No

Yes (Override)

As you correctly pointed out mac os does not support local proxy, so modifying the profile will not have any effect.

Thank you for your response. Is it Mac OS or Anyconnect mac os app not supporting this feature? Should I ask for a roadmap for anyconnect mac os app?