
4.2.4.4 Configuring Download Types
On the Download Types page of the Additional Policy wizard, you can modify any of the default
policy settings or leave them unchanged to accept the default.
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Modify the settings or accept the default settings for any of the Download Types that you
want to change by selecting:
— Allow (green): If selected, lets users download content of this type; if cleared, denies users
the ability to download them.
— Warn (yellow): If selected, presents a warning to users that they are at risk of violating their
organization’s web use policy, but allows them to proceed with their requested downloads
of this type. A log entry is created when a user does proceed in possible contravention of
the organization’s web use policy.
— Block (red): If selected, prevents users from downloading content of this type and displays
a warning page explaining the reason why access is blocked.
— Use default (gray): This is the current setting, to which you can restore any changed type.
Note: Rules that have been overridden are displayed with the background color associated
with that setting: Allow is green, Warn is yellow, and Block is red. This does not necessarily
mean that the override setting is different from the default or special hours policy setting, it
only indicates that this option is no longer drawn from the default or special hours policies
settings.
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Modify the settings or accept the default settings for the Block potentially unwanted
applications option.
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Once the category handling for this additional policy is set, move to the next page of the wizard
by clicking either the Tags icon or the Next button.
4.2.4.5 Controlling Web Applications
On the Web Applications page of the Additional Policy wizard you can configure how your
additional policy differs from the default policy for each web application. The default behavior is
to Use default.
1. Click the drop-down menu under Action.
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Use default will use the Default Policy.
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Choose Allow to allow access to the web application.
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Choose Block to block access to the web application.
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Choose Quota to allow access to the web application, but have it count towards your Quota
Time.
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Choose Follow Category to allow the site category to control access to the web application.
2. For web applications that are set to Allow or Quota, you can also configure Enabled features:
a) Click on the row for an application.
b) Ensure that only the features you want enabled are selected.
For instance, if only Status Update is not selected under Enabled features for Facebook
only status updates will be disabled. Access to the rest of the site will be allowed.
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