Adding Usupported HTTP Request Methods for SVN

[devilflake]

I must admit that this is our first Firebox, so I am a newbie. We have a Firebox 750e running Fireware v8.3. WebBlocker and IPS are disabled.

Our Web applications department uses SVN on a Linux Server for for version control. The Developers use TortoiseSVN on their local machines to manage commits, updates, merges, etc...

I created rules for allowing HTTP request methods that SVN requires thinking that I could add "supported methods" to the HTTP-Proxy later (much like SQUID).

I cannot see that there is a way to add to the list of supported methods. The Firebox docs simply state that creating rules allowing unsupported methods will result in "method unsupported" error messages. Does anyone know if there is any way to add them? Do I have to go around the Firebox to use SVN?

Thanks in advance.

 

[devilflake]

Never mind... I finally found an answer. It's disappointing. Apparently, there is no support for request methods above and beyond the standard 8.

Thus, SVN (and remote Outlook sync, for that matter), cannot be done through the HTTP-Proxy.

The proxy must be worked around with HTTP Packet filtering (to the destination host of the desired request methods - whatever happened the DMZ?).

Between this difficulty and the lack of a web-based management utility (there is only, to my knowledge, a windows client), I am extremely disappointed in Watchguard.

The Firebox was not my choice, and it would not have been. If you are thinking of going with Watchguard, I would encourage you to look elsewhere to avoid momentous frustration.