Yearly Archives: 2015


Some Websites are strongly cached how to avoid it ?

For example, when browsing the following pages: https://services.land.vic.gov.au/maps/interactive.jsp or https://www.eldersweather.com.au/  or https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ (and other news sites) Sites appear to be cached and not updating with current information… You have 2 ways to avoid it 1) Deny caches for defined sites: On the top menu, click on Action button Choose “Deny From […]

09-09-2015 00-55-21

04-09-2015 17-20-59

How can i setup Artica with my Load-balancer ?

If you using an HTTP load-balancer such as HaProxy, Squid.. you need to specify to Artica the IP address of the load-balancer. This to allow the proxy to understand the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header. Notice: The x-Forwarded for is added by the Load-balancer, for SSL communications, the Load-balancer will not be […]


12-09-2015 10-32-37

The Quota time object

The quota time object allows you to define a quota time with budget per user/ip address/MAC address in your ACLs. This feature is available on 2.19.082502 or above To enable the feature, you need to use 2 steps: Create the quota time engine based on the identifier Create the quota […]


Monitor the Artica Proxy server trough SNMP

This article allows you to monitor both system ( hardware, disks, memory ) and the Proxy service. There are some improvements on Artica v2.19.082118 or above. We suggest to upgrade your Artica to this version. 1) Upgrade the SNMP software. You can upgrade the SNMP service by downloading this package […]

22-08-2015 01-19-22

Move 1.9.022321 to Artica 2.x without lost settings

If you need to use the new 2.x version with installing a new Artica server without lost your settings, follow these procedures. Backup settings. Open an SSH session to your old 1.9x server. Backup MySQL databases. mysqldump –force -u root -S /var/run/mysqld/squid-db.sock squidlogs >/home/squidlogs.sql mysqldump –force -u root -S /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock […]


The native Web-filtering client

Artica use it’s own script in order to make to join the proxy service with the Webfiltering service. You can turn it to use the native client for better performance. Enabling the native client will disable these features: Redirection Protocol cannot be changed. The native client could not determine the […]

12-08-2015 11-05-12

How to link/route different networks trough Artica ?

Routers is a feature that allows an Artica to centralize different networks. Routers can be used if the Firewall is installed and enabled on the Artica server   Our Artica server have 3 interfaces. Each interface is connected to a specific network On the Dashboard, choose “Firewall” On the Bridges […]


07-08-2015 13-36-09

Your bandwidth statistics

The Artica v2.17.080713 or above allows you to perform a speed test in order to display your current Internet bandwidth. If the Bandwidth can be retrieved, you will see your bandwidth on the dashboard When clicking on links, Artica display Bandwidth graphs for the current day, week and month You […]