# Web Proxy and apt-get

**URL:** <https://community.ipfire.org/t/web-proxy-and-apt-get/8307>\
**Category:** Web Proxy, URL Filter & Update Accelerator\
**Created:** [25 July 2022 00:35 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/web-proxy-and-apt-get/8307 "2022-07-25T00:35:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![jon](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/jon/32/15363_2.png) [@jon](https://community.ipfire.org/u/jon)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2022 16:55 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/web-proxy-and-apt-get/8307/7 "2022-07-25T16:55:11Z")

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> [@mfischer](#):
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> Do you have IPS running?  
> I ran ET **emerging-policy** rules and had to deactivate `"ET POLICY GNU/Linux APT User-Agent Outbound likely related to package management"` which showed up in IPS logs.

This stopped APT for me also!

> [@Problems with DNS Configuration](https://community.ipfire.org/t/problems-with-dns-configuration/5574/4):
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> I had an issue with apt update when IPS is enabled. Try disabling IPS temporarily (this is just a test). For me there was single rule I had enabled that caused the problem. (Sorry I cannot remember the rule but I’ll keep looking for my notes!) EDIT: Found it! In an IPS rule named: emerging-policy.rules Is a item called: ET POLICY GNU/Linux APT User-Agent Outbound likely related to package management And it was blocking my apt-get update.

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