A Peek Under the Blue Coat

A Peek Under the Blue Coat

Explore the inner workings of Blue Coat ProxySG systems in this 50-minute Black Hat conference talk. Delve into the proprietary SG OS running on commodity Intel hardware, commonly used for web traffic proxying and filtering in large corporations. Gain insights into OS mechanisms, file system internals, and security features. Learn about the boot sequence, file structure, memory organization, and debugging tools. Examine the administration interface and potential exploitability. Discover security enhancements and methods for gaining access to these systems. Engage with a comprehensive analysis that sheds light on this widely deployed yet understudied technology.