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Barracuda Web Security Service

Barracuda Web Security Agent

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Barracuda WAF Control Center

Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service

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Barracuda Vulnerability Remediation Service

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Barracuda Content Shield

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Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup

Yosemite Server Backup

Barracuda Message Archiver

Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service

Barracuda ArchiveOne

Barracuda PST Enterprise

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Barracuda Load Balancer

Barracuda Link Balancer

ECHOplatform

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Barracuda Control Server

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Why is my Barracuda product showing requests to http://clients3.google.com/generate_204?

Type: Knowledgebase
Date changed: one year ago

Solution #00007864

Scope:

All Barracuda Web Security Gateways

Answer:
This website is used by Chromebooks and some Android devices to
determine if they are behind a Captive Portal (e.g. a hotel’s sign-in
page). According to
https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/network-portal-detection
this may occur several times before the device makes this determination.