Security Agents can use proxy settings during automatic update or if they have the privilege to perform "Update Now".
Update Method
Proxy Settings Used
Usage
Automatic update
Internal proxy settings.
For more information, see Configuring Internal Agent Proxy Settings.
Agents apply internal proxy settings first.
If you do not configure internal proxy settings, agents dol not use any proxy settings.
Update Now
User-configured proxy settings. You can grant agent users the privilege to configure proxy settings.
For more information, see Granting Proxy Configuration Privileges.
If no proxy settings are enabled and agent users do not have the required privilege, agents do not use any proxy when updating components.