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Chapter 15: Controlling Web Site Access
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WatchGuard Firebox System
Creating WebBlocker exceptions
WebBlocker provides an exceptions control to override any
of the WebBlocker settings. Exceptions take precedence
over all other WebBlocker rules; you can add sites that you
want to be allowed or denied above and beyond other
WebBlocker settings. Sites listed as exceptions apply only
to HTTP traffic and are not related to the Blocked Sites list.
The exceptions option maintains a list of IP addresses that
you want to either specifically allow or deny, regardless of
other WebBlocker settings. You can specify exceptions by
domain name, network address, or host IP address. You
can also fine-tune your exceptions by specifying a port
number, path name, or string which is to be blocked for a
particular Web site. For example, if you wanted to block
only
www.sharedspace.com/~dave
, because Dave’s site con-
tains nude pictures, you would enter “
~dave
” to block that
directory of
sharedspace.com
. This would still allow users to
have access to
www.sharedspace.com/~julia
, which contains
a helpful article on increasing productivity.
If you wanted to block any sexually explicit content that
might be on
sharedspace.com
, you might enter
*sex
, to
block a Web page such as
www.sharedspace.com/~george/
sexy.htm
. By placing an asterisk (*) in front of the string you
want to match, it will be matched if that string appears
anywhere in the location part of the URL. However, you
cannot enter
*sex
in the pattern section, and expect to
block all URLs that contain the word “sex.” The * option
can be used only to modify the exceptions within a specific
URL. For example, you can block
www.sharedspace.com/
*sex
and expect that
www.sharedspace/sexsite.html
will be
blocked.
N
OTE
This WebBlocker features is applicable only for outbound
requests to access web sites. You cannot use WebBlocker
exceptions to make an internal host exempt from
WebBlocker rules.
Summary of Contents for Firebox X10E
Page 1: ...WatchGuard Firebox System User Guide WatchGuard Firebox System ...
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Page 44: ...Chapter 2 Service and Support 22 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 61: ...Cabling the Firebox User Guide 39 ...
Page 68: ...Chapter 3 Getting Started 46 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 78: ...Chapter 4 Firebox Basics 56 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 156: ...Chapter 8 Configuring Filtered Services 134 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 182: ...Chapter 9 Configuring Proxied Services 160 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 220: ...Chapter 11 Intrusion Detection and Prevention 198 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 242: ...Chapter 12 Setting Up Logging and Notification 220 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 256: ...Chapter 13 Reviewing and Working with Log Files 234 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 274: ...Chapter 14 Generating Reports of Network Activity 252 WatchGuard Firebox System ...