How To - Configure Web Filter Policy Applicable Version: 10.00 onwards Overview Web Filter Policies allow you to control Internet access of users or groups of users. Using these policies, you can block or allow specific URLs or an entire category of websites. Cyberoam s webcat database contains millions of websites grouped into categories like Games, DatingAndMatrimonials, Cricket, CrimeandSuicide, etc. Allowing or blocking any particular category allows/blocks all websites falling under that particular category. This reduces the effort on part of the administrator to create policies for each individual website. This article describes how you can block access to websites belonging to a particular category. Prerequisite Web and Application Filter Module Subscribed. Scenario Create and apply a Web Filter Policy such that it denies access to all the websites falling under Games web category. Configuration You must be logged on to the Web Admin Console as an administrator with Read-Write permission for relevant feature(s). Step 1: Create Web Filter Policy to deny Games web category Go to Web Filter > Policy > Policy and click Add to add a Web Filter Policy, with the following parameters:
Parameter Description Parameter Value Description Name Template Enable Reporting Download File Size Restriction Block_Games Allow All Enable 0 Name to identify the Policy. Duplicate names are not allowed. Select a template if you want to create a new policy based on an existing policy and want to inherit all the categories restrictions from the existing policy. Enable to generate Internet usage reports for all the users. Specify the file size (in MB) in the textbox to configure the maximum allowed size of file to be downloaded. Here we have specified 0 for No Restriction.
Click OK to create policy. Step 2: Add Rules to Policy Go to Web Filter > Policy > Policy and Select Block_Games policy created in Step 1.
Click Add to add rules to the policy with the following parameters: Parameter Value Description Category Type Category Web Category Games Select Category Type for which rule is to be added. Select Category for which rule is to be added. Multiple categories can also be selected. HTTP Action Deny Select Action for HTTP traffic. HTTPS Action Deny Select Action for HTTPS traffic. Schedule All the Time Select the Schedule for Categories selected.
Click Add to add the Rule. How To - Configure Web Filter Policy
Step 3: Apply Policy to Firewall Rule or User/User Group Firewall Rule You can apply the policy through a Firewall Rule such that it is applied on all traffic that hits on that rule. To create a Firewall Rule, go to Firewall > Rule > Rule and click Add. As shown below, apply the Policy created in step 1. Click OK to create the Firewall Rule.
User/User Group You can apply the Web-Filter policy to individual users or user groups. Here, as an example, we have applied the policy on a user named John Smith. To apply the policy on an individual user, go to Identity > Users > Users and select the user on whom policy is to be applied. As shown below, apply the Policy created in step 1. Click OK to apply policy on the user. Similarly, you can apply the policy on a Group. To apply the policy on a group, Go to Identity > Groups > Groups and select the group on which the policy is to be applied. As an example, we have applied the policy on the group Sales and Marketing.
Click OK to apply policy on the group. The above configuration shows how to create and apply a Web Filter Policy. Document Version: 1.1 27 March, 2013