If you connect to the internet through a Proxy, enter the Proxy configuration in this section.


To access certain sites without using a Proxy, enter the domain names of those sites, one entry per line.


Example:

www.aignes.com
website-watcher.com
345.32.123.21


If an entered line starts with a dot, no Proxy is used for all subdomains:


  • domain.com ... does not use a Proxy for domain.com
  • .domain.com ... does not use a Proxy for news.domain.com, download.domain.com, etc., but uses a Proxy for domain.com

FTP Proxy

WebSite-Watcher supports different Login types for FTP Proxy servers. You can specify them with numbers from 0 to 8. To determine the correct number for your FTP Proxy, click the button "Detect Login Type automatically".

FTP over HTTP

Use the FTP-over-HTTP method only if you must connect through a Proxy that does not support the FTP protocol.


A typical example where FTP-over-HTTP is required is a proxy solution. The FTP-over-HTTP method sends an HTTP-like request, for example GET "ftp://ftp.something.com", to the proxy. The proxy connects to the FTP server and retrieves a file listing. It then converts this file listing into a web page and returns it to your browser or to WebSite-Watcher.


Disadvantages and limitations:


  • No direct support for password-protected FTP servers or directories. The only way to monitor a password-protected directory is the insecure URL format: ftp://USERNAME:PASSWORD@ftp.something.com/
    This format is not supported by all proxies, so you must test whether it works in your environment.
  • It is not possible to monitor a single file through a directory entry. Only a complete directory listing can be monitored, all files in the directory are listed.
  • A Proxy change or Proxy update can cause a false positive.


Tip: Use the FTP-over-HTTP method only if direct FTP access is not possible.

Proxy Rotation

If two or more Proxy servers are entered, the Proxy rotation feature changes the Proxy with each check run. This makes it more difficult for a web server to detect WebSite-Watcher as a bot.


This feature is available only in the Business Edition.

Proxy List

The Proxy List section allows you to define additional HTTP Proxy servers that can be selected per Bookmark, see also chapter Check Options. This makes it possible to monitor different Bookmarks with different proxies. A custom Proxy works only for Bookmarks that use the internal checking technology.