Websense Express
Websense Express: Apache Web Server fails and Websense Explorer does not display
To address this problem, you can either give the machine a longer host name, and then reinstall Websense Express, or manually create a self-signed SSL certificate, and then restart the Apache Web Server, as described below. Open a Windows command prompt (Start > Run > cmd). Use the following command to navigate to the Apache [...]
How to Enable MSN Messenger in Websense
Using MSN Messenger involves making more than one type of Internet request. To ensure that MSN Messenger is permitted, you must configure Websense Express to permit all of the following: Websense protocol MSN Messenger Websense protocol HTTPS Websense Master Database category Search Engines and Portals (in addition to Web Chat and Internet Communication) The “MSN Messenger protocol” must be permitted for [...]
Log entries show permitted protocol requests even though all protocols are blocked in Websense
Log entries show permitted permitted protocol requests (for example, RTSP) even though all protocols are configured to be blocked. Even if all protocols are configured as blocked, Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) and Windows Media requests are occasionally permitted and logged. This also affects report output generated by Websense Explorer. This behavior has to do with [...]
How to Block Internet radio sites in Websense
The Websense Master Database includes the Bandwidth Premium Group (also known asBandwidth Categories), which includes the category Internet Radio and TV. As with any other Websense category, you can add this category to your policy in Websense Manager, and then block users from access.
How to view a list of blocked URLs in Websense
Information about blocked URLs, based on your corporate policies, is available through Websense Explorer. You can create an Explorer report to retrieve, view, and print URL information. See the Websense Explorer Help system for details. If you want to know if a specific site is being blocked for a particular user or computer, a quick [...]
How to create a Web filtering policy that is different for different times of the day or different days of the week in Websense
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 [...]
In Websense reports, what information is available about bandwidth usage?
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. [...]
How to block the nimda virus with Websense
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 [...]
How to download the Master Database from Websense?
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 [...]
How to prevent access to a specific site that is not in the Websense Master Database
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 [...]
How Internet Browse Time Reports works in Websense
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 [...]
How to Use TestLogServer with Websense Express
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= [...]
How does Websense Express deal with public proxies?
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 [...]