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Applicable to Version: 10.0 onwards
Requirement
To block a URL for a specific user
For an hypothetical example to block URLs www.yahoo.com, www.orkut.com, www.facebook.com and www.youtube.com for user ‘John’, we need to create a Custom Web Category.
Document provides steps on creating custom web category and blocking the access for the user ‘John’.
Web and Application Filter Module Subscribed
Solution
The entire configuration is to be done from Web Admin console. Access Web Admin console with user having “Administrator” profile.
Follow the below given steps to create a customized Web Category & block a URL for user ‘John’:
Step 1: Add Custom Web Category
Go to Web Filter --> Category --> Category and click “Add” button to create custom Web Category i.e. “BlockCategory”
Step 2: Add Web Filter Policy
Go to Web Filter à Policy à Policy and click “Add” button to create a Web Filter Policy “BlockCategoryPolicy”
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Parameters
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Value
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Name
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BlockCategoryPolicy
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Template
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Allow All
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Enable Reporting
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Enable
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Click ‘OK’ button to create a Web Filter Policy.
Click Add button and the Web Filter policy rule will be created successfully as shown in the below snapshot:
Step 3: Apply Web Filter Policy to User
Above configuration will block access to yahoo.com, orkut.com, facebook.com, and youtube.com for user ‘John’.
Document Version: 1.0–24/11/2010
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