Websense software can notify you via email when certain events occur, such as database download failure or Websense subscription expiration.  Use the Server > Settings > Alerts and Notifications screen in Websense Manager to set your notification preferences: Check the Email Alerts box to enable the configuration options for sending notifications via email. Enter the IP address or [...]
If you want to create a policy that enforces different category sets, based on the time or days of the week, you need to edit an existing policy. For example, you could block the Shopping category Monday through Friday, from 7:00 am to 6:00pm. On weekends, and after hours, employees would have unlimited access to [...]
Adding a Category Set is necessary when you want to customize how Websense filters sites during different days or time periods, or for different people. The following steps will guide you in adding a new Category Set: From the file menu, select Actions > Add Category Set. The Add Category Set dialog box appears. Enter a name for [...]
If peer-to-peer traffic is not blocked on your network as you believe it should be, then the protocol may be encrypted. Examples of applications using encryption include WinMX and Ares. Websense is actively researching solutions for monitoring and managing encrypted network traffic that are accurate, scalable, and secure. While decrypting encrypted traffic is possible through [...]
A remote Cisco PIX firewall can be configured to send URL requests to a central installation of Websense software via a VPN connection. The Remote PIX must be reconfigured to include the outside interface as part of interesting traffic for the VPN and the nonat ACL must also include the outside interface. Below is an [...]
Occasionally you may need to stop/start/restart the Websense components. For example, if you edit any Websense *.ini files, you must stop and then restart services to implement any changes. The following instructions provide steps to start or stop components on a Solaris, Linux, or Windows system. Solaris and Linux You can stop, start, or restart Websense components [...]
Websense Remote Filtering requires that a Remote Filtering Server be installed in the DMZ. It must be configured to properly communicate with the Remote Filtering Clients outside the network. It also must be configured to properly communicate with Websense Policy Server and Filtering Service inside the network.If the configuration is not correct, Remote Filtering Clients [...]
Websense Express installs with Windows NT Directory as its default directory service. If your network uses Active Directory, you cannot assign policies to users until you reconfigure the directory service settings in Websense Manager. Filtering can occur with the wrong directory service selected, but user data is logged incorrectly. In addition, user-based policies cannot be [...]
Websense Express protects against potential data storage issues and performance degradation by limiting the size of the Log Database. This database contains partitions that roll over every day. When a partition is 30 days old, it is deleted automatically.If your organization requires that data older than 30 days be preserved, you can export reports to [...]
Corporate or departmental policy in your organization may require user names to be hidden in reports generated for certain audiences. Employees who create reports in Websense Explorer must belong to a group whose members share a common reporting “role.†Reporting roles are configured within Websense Manager and can be set to show or hide user names [...]
Websense Express installs with Windows NT Directory as the default directory service. The other supported directory service is Windows Active Directory. If your network uses Active Directory, you cannot assign policies to users until you reconfigure the directory service settings in Websense Express. Filtering can occur with the wrong directory service selected, but user data [...]
Policies assigned to users, computers, or networks control user access to the Internet. Each policy identifies certain categories and protocols for enforcement and defines when the policy is in effect. Websense Express installs with default policies that allow you to begin filtering the Internet immediately. If these policies do not meet the filtering requirements of [...]
Configuration settings in Websense Manager allow you to prevent the logging of employee data. The anonymous logging feature prevents user names and IP addresses from being added to the log database when Internet requests are made. Employee browsing habits are protected from scrutiny and cannot be used for any purpose, including reporting.To suppress the logging [...]
After Websense Enterprise or Web Security Suite is installed on your network, you must configure the Cisco security appliance to send Internet requests to the Websense software. This configuration is most commonly done through a console or telnet session, or configuration may also be done through one of the Cisco management GUIs, such as the [...]
When filtering is enabled and a request for content is directed through the security appliance, the request is sent to the content server and to the filtering server at the same time. If the filtering server allows the connection, the security appliance forwards the response from the content server to the client that originated the request. If the filtering server denies the connection, the security appliance drops the response and sends a message or return code that indicates that the connection is not successful.