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Access Control and Content Filtering
Inappropriate Internet use during work hours can have a serious effect on productivity.
With the SnapGear Access Control web proxy, you can control access to the Internet
based on the type of web content being accessed (
Content
), and which user or
workstation is accessing the Internet content (
Require user authentication
,
IP Lists
).
Additionally, you can set up global block/allow lists for web sites that you always want to
be accessible/inaccessible (
Web Lists
), or force users to have a personal firewall
installed before accessing the Internet (
ZoneAlarm
).
To enable any of these access controls or content filtering, select
Access Control
, then
under the
Main
tab check
Enabled
and click
Apply
.
User authentication
Check
Require user authentication
if you want to require users to authenticate
themselves before browsing the web. When attempting to access a web site on the
Internet, their browser will display a dialog similar to the following:
Figure 6-7
Web proxy user accounts are added and removed through
Users
under the
System
menu. Web proxy users should generally have only
Internet Access (via. Access
Controls)
checked, with all other access permissions unchecked. See the
Users
section
in the chapter entitled
Advanced
for further details on adding user accounts.
