Requirement

To allow file category access to a specific website.

Cyberoam provides default categories, which can be used to block the malicious and objectionable contents.

In this article, a hypothetical example is illustrated to allow file category access to a specific website – www.cyberoam.com. Data can be downloaded from only this specific website and would be denied for all other websites.

This document explains to block file type categories (E.g. .mpeg, .mp3, .exe etc) for all the sites, but allow all these file types for one web site or list of web sites (E.g. cyberoam.com).

Prerequisite

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 & allow file category access to website – www.cyberoam.com  for user ‘John’:

Step 1: Create Custom Web Category for www.cyberoam.com website

Step 2: Create Web Filter Policy

Here File Category access has been allowed for website – www.cyberoam.com for user ‘John’ and has been denied for all other websites.

Click OK and the Web Filter Policy ‘Cyberoam’ will be created successfully.

 

Note:

You can also define custom policies to define different levels of access for different users to meet your organization’s requirements.

Step 3: Add Web Filter Policy Rules

Go to Web Filter à Policy à Policy and click on ‘Add’ button to add web filter policy rules. Click the Edit icon  in the Manage column against the Web Filter Policy to which rules are to be added.

 

Rule 1

 

Here file type categories (E.g. .mpeg, .mp3, .exe etc) are blocked for all the sites.

 

Parameters	Value
Category Type	File Type Select File Type Category from the list of available categories.
Category	Video Files, Audio Files, Executable Files Select the Categories which you want to deny for all the sites.
HTTP and HTTPs Action	Deny
Schedule	All the Time Schedule defines a time schedule for applying the rule.

 

Click Add and the Web Filter Policy Rule will be added successfully.

Rule 2 

• Here file type categories (E.g. .mpeg, .mp3, .exe etc) are blocked for all the sites, but all these file types are allowed for Cyberoam.com.

·         ‘AllowFileDownload’ Category should be on top as rules are executed in top to bottom sequence.

  

Parameters	Value
Category Type	Web Category Select Web Category from the list of available categories.
Category	AllowFileDownload Note* - Select the Category “AllowFileDownload” as created in Step 1. Select the Categories on which you want allow download of any file.
HTTP and HTTPs Action	Allow
Schedule	All the Time Schedule defines a time schedule for applying the rule.

 

Click Add and the Web Filter Policy Rule will be added successfully.

 

 

Step 4: Apply Web Filter Policy to User

 

• Go to Identity à Users à User

• Select user to apply Web Filter policy created in Step 2.

• Under Policies Section, select ‘Cyberoam’ for Web Filter

• Click OK button to update

Above configuration will allow file download on website – www.cyberoam.com for user ‘John’ and would be denied for all other websites.

Note

In this article policy has been applied on user. Policy can also be applied on Groups and Firewall.

 

 

                                                                                                                                             Document Version: 1.0–01/09/2011