Cloud SWG (formerly known as WSS) hostnames for explicit and proxy forwarding
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Cloud SWG (formerly known as WSS) hostnames for explicit and proxy forwarding

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Article ID: 208150

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Cloud Secure Web Gateway - Cloud SWG

Issue/Introduction

What are the in-country specific hostnames for explicit proxy, SEP Web and Cloud Access protection and/or proxy forwarding redirection methods?
What are the additional Cloud SWG endpoints to avoid port exhaustion issues using explicit or proxy forwarding access methods?

Environment

Explicit, SEP Web and Cloud Access protection and Proxy Forwarding Access methods

Cause

Users accessing Cloud SWG via SEP Web and Cloud Access protection, Explicit or Proxy Forwarding access methods GEO located to wrong Cloud SWG datacenter
Port exhaustion causing users to experience TCP connection and performance problems going through Cloud SWG service from on-premise NAT gateways, or on-premise ProxySG servers.

Resolution

The following guide offers Cloud SWG administrators the ability to

  • Add custom entries into PAC files to force traffic to country specific Cloud SWG data centers (Alternate Options for Explicit Redirection)

and/or


WARNING*: These options should only be used by experienced individuals who understand the implications of manual traffic redirection. Manual data center selection may result in poor performance, reduced fault tolerance, and invalidation of relevant SLA claims. 


Alternate Options for Explicit Redirection

The table below provides country-specific hostnames for explicit traffic redirection, allowing customers to force traffic to a specific data center or set of data centers within a country, where applicable. This method of redirection is not recommended because it limits the number of available data centers for fault tolerance, removes Symantec’s ability to control which data centers users connect to compensate for outages and maintenance events, and may result in poor performance for roaming users. In the unlikely event that all data centers within a country are simultaneously unavailable, the service will redirect traffic to the nearest alternate data center outside of the country.


Multiple hostnames for Proxy Forwarding

Customers experiencing port exhaustion issues with explicit or proxy forwarding access method described above, have the option to redirect explicit and proxy forwarding traffic to up to six hostnames per data center; each resolving to a unique IP address, per this naming convention:

[data center codename]-vip[1-6].threatpulse.net

Where:

  • [data center codename] is a codename from the table below.
  • [1-6] is a number 1 through 6 for each of the available six IP addresses.

Using the Tokyo (GJPTK) data center as an example, the available hostnames, each resolving to a different public ingress IP address, are:

  • gjptk1-vip1.threatpulse.net
  • gjptk1-vip2.threatpulse.net
  • gjptk1-vip3.threatpulse.net
  • gjptk1-vip4.threatpulse.net
  • gjptk1-vip5.threatpulse.net
  • gjptk1-vip6.threatpulse.net

CHINESE HOSTNAMES:

Hostnames in China will use a different format.  They will use <hostname>.wss.broadcom.cn instead of <hostname>.threatpulse.net.  This hostname change is necessary due to Chinese regulations which Symantec/Broadcom must abide by.  The Chinese hosts will also have the six different VIPs as explained in the example above for Tokyo (gjptk).

Cloud SWG hostnames

AMERICAS
Location (Codename) Ingress Hostname* (explicit and proxy forwarding) Country-specific ingress hostname
Bogota, Columbia (GCOBO) gcobo1-vip1.threatpulse.net co.proxy.threatpulse.net
Buenos Aires, Argentina (GARBA) garba1-vip1.threatpulse.net ar.proxy.threatpulse.net
Columbia, South Carolina (GUSCO) gusco1-vip1.threatpulse.net us.proxy.threatpulse.net
Dallas, Texas (GUSDA) gusda1-vip1.threatpulse.net us.proxy.threatpulse.net
Des Moines, Iowa (GUSDM) gusdm1-vip1.threatpulse.net us.proxy.threatpulse.net
Las Vegas, Nevada (GUSLV) guslv1-vip1.threatpulse.net us.proxy.threatpulse.net
Los Angeles, California (GUSLA) gusla1-vip1.threatpulse.net us.proxy.threatpulse.net
Mexico City, Mexico (GMXMC) gmxmc1-vip1.threatpulse.net mx.proxy.threatpulse.net
Montreal, Canada (GCAMO) gcamo1-vip1.threatpulse.net ca.proxy.threatpulse.net
Portland, Oregon (GUSPO) guspo1-vip1.threatpulse.net us.proxy.threatpulse.net
Sao Paolo, Brazil (GBRSP) gbrsp1-vip1.threatpulse.net br.proxy.threatpulse.net
Toronto, Canada (GCATO) gcato2-vip1.threatpulse.net ca.proxy.threatpulse.net
Washington, DC (GUSAS) gusas1-vip1.threatpulse.net us.proxy.threatpulse.net
APAC
Auckland, New Zealand (GNZAU) gnzau1-vip1.threatpulse.net nz.proxy.threatpulse.net
Beijing, China (ACNBJ) acnbj2-vip1.wss.broadcom.cn cn.proxy.wss.broadcom.cn
Delhi, India (GINDE) ginde1-vip1.threatpulse.net in.proxy.threatpulse.net
Hong Kong, China (GCNHK) gcnhk1-vip1.threatpulse.net hk.proxy.threatpulse.net
Jakarta, Indonesia (GIDJK) gidjk1-vip1.threatpulse.net id.proxy.threatpulse.net
Melbourne, Australia (GAUME) gaume1-vip1.threatpulse.net au.proxy.threatpulse.net
Mumbai, India (GINMU) ginmu1-vip1.threatpulse.net in.proxy.threatpulse.net
Osaka, Japan (GJPOS) gjpos1-vip1.threatpulse.net jp.proxy.threatpulse.net
Seoul, South Korea (GKRSE) gkrse1-vip1.threatpulse.net kr.proxy.threatpulse.net
Shanghai, China (ACNSH) acnsh2-vip1.wss.broadcom.cn cn.proxy.wss.broadcom.cn
Singapore (GSGRS) gsgrs1-vip1.threatpulse.net sg.proxy.threatpulse.net
Sidney, Australia (GAUSY) gausy1-vip1.threatpulse.net au.proxy.threatpulse.net
Taipei, Taiwan (GTWTA) gtwta1-vip1.threatpulse.net tw.proxy.threatpulse.net
Tokyo, Japan (GJPTK) gjptk1-vip1.threatpulse.net jp.proxy.threatpulse.net
EMEA
Abu Dhabi, UAE (GAEAD) gaead1-vip1.threatpulse.net ae.proxy.threatpulse.net
Amsterdam, the Netherlands (GNLAM) gnlam1-vip1.threatpulse.net nl.proxy.threatpulse.net
Ankara, Turkey (GTRAN) gtran1-vip1.threatpulse.net tr.proxy.threatpulse.net
Brussels, Belgium (GBEBR) gbebr1-vip1.threatpulse.net be.proxy.threatpulse.net
Bucharest, Romania (GROBU) grobu1-vip1.threatpulse.net ro.proxy.threatpulse.net
Copenhagen, Denmark (GDKCP) gdkcp1-vip1.threatpulse.net dk.proxy.threatpulse.net
Dammam, Saudi Arabia (GSADA) gsada1-vip1.threatpulse.net sa.proxy.threatpulse.net
Dover, England (GGBDO) ggbdo1-vip1.threatpulse.net uk.proxy.threatpulse.net
Dubai, UAE (GAEDX) gaedx1-vip1.threatpulse.net ae.proxy.threatpulse.net
Dublin, Ireland (GIEDU) giedu1-vip1.threatpulse.net ie.proxy.threatpulse.net
Frankfurt, Germany (GDEFR) gdefr1-vip1.threatpulse.net de.proxy.threatpulse.net
Helsinki, Finland (GFIHE) gfihe1-vip1.threatpulse.net fi.proxy.threatpulse.net
Johannesburg, South Africa (GZASO) gzaso1-vip1.threatpulse.net za.proxy.threatpulse.net
London, England (GGBLO) ggblo1-vip1.threatpulse.net uk.proxy.threatpulse.net
Madrid, Spain (GESTO) gesto1-vip1.threatpulse.net es.proxy.threatpulse.net
Milan, Italy (GITMO) gitmo1-vip.threatpulse.net it.proxy.threatpulse.net
Oslo, Norway (GNOOS) gnoos1-vip1.threatpulse.net no.proxy.threatpulse.net
Paris, France (GFRPA)  Retiring October 23, 2024 gfrpa1-vip1.threatpulse.net fr.proxy.threatpulse.net
Paris, France (GFRVE) gfrve1-vip1.threatpulse.net fr.proxy.threatpulse.net
Stockholm, Sweden (GSESK) gsesk1-vip1.threatpulse.net se.proxy.threatpulse.net
Tel Aviv, Israel (GILTA) gilta2-vip1.threatpulse.net il.proxy.threatpulse.net
Warsaw, Poland (GPOWA) gpowa1-vip1.threatpulse.net pl.proxy.threatpulse.net
Zurich, Switzerland (GCHZU) gchzu1-vip1.threatpulse.net ch.proxy.threatpulse.net

* Before redirecting explicit or proxy-forwarding traffic to POP or country-specific hostnames, be sure to review the information at the top of this article to avoid performance and fault tolerance issues. IPsec connections must use the IPsec ingress IP address.  Please see article 167174 for details.