Group Policy - Proxy Setting

[snootalope]

So I've setup a group policy that forces all our users to go through a proxy server (trend micro if it matters). One of the options in the Proxy Settings is to "Do not use proxy server for addresses beginning with" - this doesn't appear to work at least not for me.

We have an internal webserver -

http://www.example.com

In the "do not use proxy..." box I've put in *.example.* - I've tried every flavor too, *.example.com, etc.

Yet, after applying this policy, and actually seeing it set in the proxy options on the advanced tab of each user it says - Bypass the proxy for *.example.*, I go to our proxy server and check the logs and it still shows that user accessing

http://www.example.com.

We're using Internet Explorer 6 on windows 2003 terminal servers.

Anyone know what I might be missing here? I'm under the impression that anything in the "do not use proxy" box will, well, not use the proxy..

 

[Dublin73]

have you tried putting in the IP address of

http://www.example.com

(instead of

http://www.example.com)?

 

[gmail2]

Also, maybe you should check the policy on the client side. I presume you have tested with your account to see if the site is listed there etc. Have you tried accessing the site and running netstat at the same time to see if the computer is accessing the site directly or going through proxy.

As it's a terminal services machine, it may be difficult to determine which connection you are looking for in netstat, so use the -o option - this will tell you which process is responsible for which connection.

Also, maybe check that the user in question is getting the GPO applied correctly. Maybe use GPMC to run some group policy results?

Hope this helps

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