Configuring Web Control in the Administration Console

In the Administration Console, you can configure Web Control settings in the policy properties (Security ControlsWeb Control).

Web Control component settings

Setting

Description

Enable Web Control

The check box enables the Web Control component.

This check box is cleared by default.

Web Control settings

The table contains a list of web resource access rules. Web Control applies rules in the order in which they are listed in the table.

The table contains the following columns:

  • Status. Status of the web resource access rule:
    • Enabled – the rule is enabled, Web Control applies this rule during operation.
    • Disabled – the rule is disabled and is not used when Web Control is running.

    You can select or clear the check box in the table, you can also select or clear the Use this rule check box in the Web Control rule window.

  • Action. The action to be taken by the application when it detects an attempt to access web resources that match the rule.
  • Name. Web resource access rule name.

    You can add, edit, delete, move up, and move down items in the table.

You can also import a list of rules from a file by clicking Advanced->Import and export the list of added rules to a file by clicking Additional->Export selected or Additional->Export all. When importing, you will be prompted to replace the list of rules or add the rules to the existing list.

Default rule

In the drop-down list, you can select the default rule that governs how the application regulates access to web resources that are not covered by other rules:

  • Allow (default value) – allow access to the web resources.
  • Block – block access to the web resources.

Message templates

This group of settings contains the Configure button. Clicking this button opens the Message templates window.

In this section

Web Control rule window

Selecting the content category

Selecting the data type category

Selecting addresses

Selecting address groups

Adding an address group

Selecting users

User or group window

Access schedule window

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