topic Re: MAB not translating the URL in SASE and Remote Access

MAB not translating the URL

abihsot__ — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 11:34:48 GMT

Hi there,

we are running MAB portal on R80.40 and I want to configure web application using "hostname translation" method, however I get into problem when html element is being loaded from another server.

Web application has following code:

Assuming main application is accessed via "server1", I can see with the help of developers tool (F12) that all elements of the web application are translated just fine (including script1.js in the example), except the ones which are invoked from "server2". Those are keeping original URL, thus fail to load.

TAC case registered anyway.

Re: MAB not translating the URL

PhoneBoy — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:36:23 GMT

Have you configured access to Server 2 via MAB?
Otherwise, it assumes that server is external and thus won't go through MAB's host translation.

Re: MAB not translating the URL

abihsot__ — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:46:33 GMT

Yes, of course. All servers are configured in "Authorized location" -> "Multiple servers".

I did some testing with dummy app and loading html elements externally in various ways and it seems MAB doesn't like when external source starts with "//".

It works if I change to "https://something". Unfortunately application is proprietary and I can't change the code.

Re: MAB not translating the URL

PhoneBoy — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 16:20:27 GMT

Not sure if this is a bug or not.
Either way, it's probably going to require a TAC case to resolve.

Re: MAB not translating the URL

abihsot__ — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 06:10:58 GMT

I think it is a bug. Not an html expert, but it seems it is common to define external css or js elements starting with "//". Some elements are defined starting with "https://", though. Don't know the difference but in my opinion both ways should be handled by MAB.

example from checkmates website:

Re: MAB not translating the URL

PhoneBoy — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 16:18:24 GMT

I am inclined to agree it's a bug, which makes a TAC case the logical next step.