Adding and applying an approved URL list Follow these steps to create an approved URL list in Websense Manager: Right-click in the navigation tree, and select Add Approved URL List. The Add Approved URL List dialog box appears. Enter a unique name for the approved URL list (for example, HR Sites). Click OK. The approved URL list is [...]
To set up a Web filtering policy that is different at different times of the day or different days of the week: Adding a URL category filter In Websense Manager, right-click in the navigation tree, and then select Add URL Category Filter. The Add URL Category Filter dialog box appears. Enter a unique name for the [...]
When a user requests a permitted Web site, that site transfers information to the user’s computer in the form of text and graphics. This transferred information occupies a certain number of bytes on the computer. Detailed reports of bytes transferred identify the total number of bytes of data sent from the requested site to the computer. [...]
To filter the nimda virus, add the file name that is used to infect machines to a keyword list. Then associate the keyword with a category and make the Block Keyword setting active for that category. Example:Â nimda.eml Keywords offer protection against sites that have not been explicitly added to the Master Database or to a [...]
First-time download of the Master Database Websense Manager is the interface used to monitor Internet usage filtering, customize filtering behavior, and schedule or request database downloads. To start Websense Manager, select Start > Programs > Websense > Websense Manager. The first time you launch Websense Manager, you are asked to create a password. Enter a password [...]
To prevent access to a specific site that is not in the Websense Master Database, simply add the site to any category that is already blocked for the users you wish to block. An uncategorized URL that you add to a category is called a custom URL. (Similarly, a URL in the Websense Master Database that [...]
The HTTP Redirector Filter that must be enabled in ISA for these clients to be redirected to the web-proxy service and then redirected to Websense. To enable the HTTP Redirector Filter: Access the ISA Management Console. Navigate to Extensions. Access Application Filters. Ensure that the HTTP Redirector Filter rule is enabled. If the rule is [...]
Calculating a user’s Internet browse time is challenging, because it is difficult to determine whether the user is actually reading the page, just opening or closing the browser, performing another task in a different application with the browser open, or possibly away from the desk entirely with the browser open. Websense software makes a reasonable [...]
TestLogServer is a command-line utility that displays log traffic sent to Websense Log Server. TestLogServer listens on port 55805, which is the same port used by Websense Log Server. Here is an example of traffic displyed by the TestLogServer: time=Fri Jul 30 09:15:41 2004 version=3 server=10.1.1.1 source=127.0.0.1 dest=199.181.132.250 protocol= “http” url= “http://espn.com/” port= “80″ category= [...]
Public proxy servers on the Internet offer anonymous Internet browsing. Users send their Internet requests through these remote sites rather than sending them directly from the desktop. Public proxies typically allow the user to enter a destination URL on the site’s Web page. The requested page is then fetched through the public proxy’s system, rather [...]
Adding tokens to a custom block pages is a simple process. However, it is important to follow each step in order for the block page to work properly. Copy (do not move) all the files in the Websense\BlockPages\en\Default directory to the Websense\BlockPages\en\Custom directory. The new custom block page will not work unless all these files are copied. Copying [...]
Practical steps and considerations for this process are available in a Websense technical white paper. If you want to transfer your Websense configuration settings from your current system to a freshly installed (not upgraded) Websense Enterprise system, see the procedures inTransferring Configuration Settings to a Vx.x System Without Upgrading. This white paper is available from [...]
The most frequent reason that Log Server is unable to write data is that the Microsoft SQL Server database has run out of allocated disk space. This can occur even when the database is set to grow automatically. The problem occurs when Log Server tries to write to the database before Microsoft SQL Server increases [...]
You can add individual computers in your network as clients in Websense Manager, and then assign specific policies to those computers. Right-click in the navigation tree and select Add Computer. The Add Computer dialog box appears. Enter the IP address of the computer in the dialog box, and then click OK. The computer IP address is added [...]
The Master Database must be downloaded from within Websense. This requirement ensures that the registration information can be checked by the Websense software. You can manually download the Websense Master Database using the Websense Manager. First time download If you have just installed Websense Enterprise and are downloading the Master Database for the first time, [...]