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Chapter 14 Managing Access to Web Applications
Understanding Application Control Settings
Understanding Application Control Settings
Controlling applications involves configuring the following elements:
The Applications Visibility and Control page offers the following views for configuring applications:
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Browse view. You can browse for application types. You can use Browse view to configure
applications of a particular type at the same time. When an application type is collapsed in Browse
view, the summary for the application type lists the final actions for the applications and does not
indicate whether the actions are inherited from the global policy or configured in the current Access
Policy.
applications of a particular type at the same time. When an application type is collapsed in Browse
view, the summary for the application type lists the final actions for the applications and does not
indicate whether the actions are inherited from the global policy or configured in the current Access
Policy.
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Search view. You can search for applications. You might want to use Search view when the total list
of applications is long and you need to quickly find and configure a particular application.
of applications is long and you need to quickly find and configure a particular application.
Note
You can configure most of the same control settings in both views. However, you can only configure the
bandwidth control limits for application types in Browse view.
bandwidth control limits for application types in Browse view.
When configuration applications, you can choose the following actions:
Related topics
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Option
Description
Application types
A category that contains one or more applications
Applications
Particular applications that belong in an application type
Application behaviors
Particular actions or behaviors that users can do within an application
that administrators can control. Not all applications include application
behaviors you can configure
that administrators can control. Not all applications include application
behaviors you can configure
Option
Description
Block
This action is a final action. Users are prevented from viewing a webpage and instead
an end-user notification page displays
an end-user notification page displays
Monitor
This action is an intermediary action. The Web Proxy continues comparing the
transaction to the other control settings to determine which final action to apply
transaction to the other control settings to determine which final action to apply
Restrict
This action indicates that an application behavior is blocked. For example, when you
block file transfers for a particular instant messaging application, the action for that
application is Restrict
block file transfers for a particular instant messaging application, the action for that
application is Restrict