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FireSIGHT System User Guide
 
Chapter 14      Understanding and Writing Access Control Rules 
  Understanding Rule Conditions and Condition Mechanics
You can log blocked network traffic only at the beginning of connections.
Interactive Block and Interactive Block with Reset
For HTTP traffic, the 
Interactive Block
 and 
Interactive Block with reset
 actions give users a chance to bypass 
a website block, by clicking through a warning page. If a user does not bypass the block, matching traffic 
is denied without further inspection. Interactive Block with reset rules also reset the connection. For 
information on configuring the warning page, see 
On the other hand, if a user bypasses the block, matching network traffic is treated identically to allowed 
traffic; see 
. When the system initially blocks a user’s HTTP request using an 
Interactive Block rule, it marks the beginning-of-connection event with the Interactive Block or 
Interactive Block with Reset action. If the user clicks through the warning page that the system displays, 
any additional connection events you log for the session have an action of Allow. Therefore, as with 
Allow rules, you can associate either type of Interactive Block rule with a file and intrusion policy. The 
system can also use network discovery to inspect this user-allowed traffic.
Logging options for interactively blocked traffic are identical to those in allowed traffic, but keep in mind 
that if a user does not bypass the interactive block, the system can log only beginning-of-connection 
events.
Understanding Rule Conditions and Condition Mechanics
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You can add conditions to access control rules to identify the type of traffic that matches the rule. You 
can add any of several types of conditions to a rule, either alone or in any combination.