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Script scwss-poll.py does not cater for proxy authentication

matthewpearce
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Symantec WSS Splunk App - Production Installation and Architecture Guide.pdf on page 9 indicates that to take advantage of proxy authentication, that certain variables need to be configured in
$SPLUNK_HOME$/etc/apps/TA-SymantecWebSecurityService/bin/scwss-poll.py
e.g.
PROXY_FLAG=True
PROXY_USERNAME=...
PROXY_PASSWORD=...

However, the code in scwss-poll.py does not appear to handle these variables, and also does not make a URL request with proxy details.

This is how it is configured:

    url = "%s://%s/reportpod/logs/sync?apiUsername=%s&apiPassword=%s&startDate=%s&endDate=%s&token=%s" % (
        protocol, self.host, self.apiusername, self.apikey, startime, endtime, token)
    request = urllib2.Request(url)
    try:
        response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
        return response

So I was unable to get proxy authentication working. However, I found that the below code modification works by doing the following:

    url = "%s://%s/reportpod/logs/sync?apiUsername=%s&apiPassword=%s&startDate=%s&endDate=%s&token=%s" % (
        protocol, self.host, self.apiusername, self.apikey, startime, endtime, token)

    #### My EDIT
    proxy = urllib2.ProxyHandler({'http': 'http://<username>:<password>@<myproxy>:<proxy_port>','https': 'https://<username>:<password>@myproxy:<proxy_port>'})
    auth = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler()
    opener = urllib2.build_opener(proxy, auth, urllib2.HTTPHandler)
    urllib2.install_opener(opener)
    #######
    ##request = urllib2.Request(url)

    try:
        response = urllib2.urlopen(url)
        return response

Should this code and/or documentation be updated to reflect this. I am using Version 1.0.1 of the add-on.

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