Cannot access the Setup Console (Webmin)


  • Description
    When Finjan Vital Security Web Appliance is configured to be a proxy for an end user's browser, the end user will not be able to access the Webmin (Setup Console).

  • Symptoms
    When the end user tries to access the Setup Console (Webmin) the following error appears:

    HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
    Internet Explorer

  • Cause
    A browser uses HTTP Connect to establish a conection to remote TCP 3012 port.  By default, this port is not enabled on the Scanning Server and therefore it is blocked.

  • Solution
    There are 2 possible ways to solve this issue:

  • Software Version
    8.4.0
    8.4.3
    8.5.0

  • This article applies to:
    NG 1000
    NG 5000
    NG 6000
    NG 8000
    This article was previously published as:
    Finjan KB 1436

    Last Modified 3/23/2009.
    https://support.trustwave.com/kb/KnowledgebaseArticle13303.aspx