Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S160 Guía Del Usuario
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AsyncOS 8.7 for Cisco Web Security Appliances User Guide
Chapter 9 Classify URLs for Policy Application
Creating Time Based URL Filters
Creating Time Based URL Filters
You can configure how the Web Security appliance to handles requests for URLs in particular categories
differently based on time and day.
differently based on time and day.
Before you Begin
Go to the Web Security Manager > Defined Time Range page to define at least one time range.
Step 1
Choose Web Security Manager > Access Policies.
Step 2
Click the link in the policies table under the URL Categories column for the policy group you want to
edit.
edit.
Step 3
Select Time-Based for the custom or predefined URL category you want to configure based on time
range.
range.
Step 4
In the In Time Range field, choose the defined time range to use for the URL category.
Step 5
In the Action field, choose the action to enact on transactions in this URL category during the defined
time range.
time range.
Step 6
In the Otherwise field, choose the action to enact on transactions in this URL category outside the
defined time range.
defined time range.
Step 7
Submit and Commit Changes.
Related Topics
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Viewing URL Filtering Activity
The Reporting > URL Categories page provides a collective display of URL statistics that includes
information about top URL categories matched and top URL categories blocked. This page displays
category-specific data for bandwidth savings and web transactions.
information about top URL categories matched and top URL categories blocked. This page displays
category-specific data for bandwidth savings and web transactions.
Related Topics
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Understanding Unfiltered and Uncategorized Data
When viewing URL statistics on the Reporting > URL Categories page, it is important to understand
how to interpret the following data:
how to interpret the following data:
Data Type
Description
URL Filtering Bypassed
Represents policy, port, and admin user agent blocking that
occurs before URL filtering.
occurs before URL filtering.
Uncategorized URL
Represents all transactions for which the URL filtering
engine is queried, but no category is matched.
engine is queried, but no category is matched.