Go to the machine where you will be installing Websense Enterprise and log on with administrator access. If necessary, close any open applications. Access the Websense software installer. Make sure you have your Websense subscription key. The key is required to log on. Go to www.mywebsense.com and download the installer. Run the download file. This unzips the [...]

The Websense ISAPI Filter supports communication between Microsoft ISA Server and Websense Enterprise. Once Websense software is installed, you must install the ISAPI Filterat each Microsoft ISA Server machine that will communicate with Websense. Follow these instructions to install the Websense ISAPI Filter. Go to the machine where you want to install the ISAPI Filter and log on [...]

For information on why Websense software displays a blank .gif file instead of a block message when blocking an advertisement, see the Related Articles, below. You can have Websense software display a .gif file of your choice, if you prefer. To use your own graphic: Browse to the directory containing the block page images: Windows: \Websense\BlockPages\Images Solaris [...]

There are two options for blocking HTTPS traffic with a Squid integration: Install Websense Network Agent, which performs protocol filtering, and configure it to block HTTPS traffic.  For information about installing Network Agent, see the Websense Enterprise Installation Guide. After installation, detailed information about configuring Network Agent is provided in the Websense Enterprise Administrator’s Guide. If Squid [...]

Websense works as a filtering engine for the Cisco Content Engine, allowing you to enforce your organization’s Internet access policies. Once Websense is installed on your network, you must activate it within the Content Engine. This can be done through the Cisco Web-based interface or through a console or TELNET session, by following the instructions [...]

Websense Enterprise offers a completely flexible solution for managing internet access. Websense components can be installed in a variety of ways. Stand-alone:  All Websense Enterprise web filtering components are installed on a single machine. Distributed:  Websense Enterprise web filtering components are installed on two or more machines. In this configuration, many customers install Filtering Service, User Service, [...]

Installation and Upgrades Be aware of the following general details before you upgrade Websense components: Before upgrading, make sure your system meets the system requirements listed in the Deployment Guide for Websense Enterprise or Websense Web Security Suite. Upgrade of Websense software using a remote control utility such as Terminal Services is not supported. Check chapter [...]

For Cisco PIX integrations Websense Filtering Service supports URLs of up to 4 K bytes.  PIX Firewall software versions 6.1 and earlier do not support filtering for URLs longer than 1159 bytes.  PIX Firewall software versions 6.2 and higher support filtering for URLs up to 4 K bytes for Websense Filtering Service. PIX Firewall software [...]

The Websense service that sends data to MSDE needs to be stopped during the upgrade process. After the upgrade, re-establish the ODBC connection between the Log Server and SQL. As no Internet access information will be logged during the upgrade process, it is suggested to perform the upgrade during a quiet period as to minimize [...]

Reporter can generate reports from the current log database or from an archived log database. Use the Options dialog box to specify which log database to use when generating reports. To select a log database for reporting: Select Options from the Reporter Tools menu. The Select Data Source dialog box appears. Select the Machine Data Source tab. Highlight the desired Data Source Name (ODBC connection [...]

To view a list of all clients assigned to a particular policy: Right-click the policy name in the navigation pane. Select View Assigned Clients. The Assigned Clients dialog box appears showing all associated clients. Click OK to close the list.

Create your own policies to apply different levels of Internet filtering to different clients (users or machines) in your network. You can create as many policies as you need to customize filtering for your organization. To create a policy in Websense Manager: Right-click in the navigation tree, and then select Add Policy. Enter a name (1-25 [...]

A category set is a list of all Websense-defined and custom categories, with a filtering setting assigned to each. Create a new category set to customize how filtering settings are associated with URL categories, and then add the category set to a policy and apply the policy to clients. In Websense Manager, right-click in the [...]

Keyloggers is a subcategory in both the Websense Enterprise Security Premium Group (PG) and Client Policy Manager (CPM). This article discusses the Security PG subcategory. Keyloggers are programs that run in the background recording all keystrokes, and which may also send those keystrokes (potentially including passwords or confidential information) to an external party. Keylogging can [...]

Policy Server stores Websense Enterprise configuration data (including filtering policy settings). Policy Server communicates configuration data to Filtering Service. One or more Policy Servers can be configured from the same installation of Websense Manager. Each Policy Server must be added and configured separately. Policy Server stores Websense Enterprise configuration data (including filtering policy settings). Policy [...]