8  Protect Target URLs

8.1 Goal

Enable Encrypted URL to prevent the user frontend from directly showing the real origin address.

8.2 Suitable Scenarios

• Supplier portals.
• Special procurement channels.
• Customer backends.
• Internal systems.
• Private SaaS.
• Origin addresses that collaboration users should not know directly.

8.3 Enable Encrypted URL

Go to:

Site Management > Site List
Site Management > Inner Site List

Find the target site or inner site and click the “” button to enter the site or inner site configuration page, as shown in Figure 8.1:

1. Enable Encrypted URL.
2. Save.
3. Access again with a test account.
4. Verify that the user frontend no longer directly displays the origin address.

Figure 8.1: Sa2web enable Encrypted URL

When users access the site with encrypted URL enabled from the frontend, the result is shown in Figure 8.2.

Figure 8.2: Sa2web encrypted URL

Open the browser developer tools and inspect the source. The link address is also encrypted, as shown in Figure 8.3.

Figure 8.3: Sa2web encrypted link

8.4 Combine with Collaboration Links

Recommended flow:

Collaboration content
  ->
SaaS site
  ->
Encrypted URL
  ->
Collaboration link

8.5 Acceptance Checklist

• The user frontend does not directly show the real URL.
• The remote browser opens the site normally.