Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S680 Guía Del Usuario
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AsyncOS 9.1.1 for Cisco Web Security Appliances User Guide
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Managing Access to Web Applications
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Overview of Managing Access to Web Applications
The Application Visibility and Control (AVC) engine lets you create policies to control application
activity on the network without having to fully understand the underlying technology of each
application. You can configure application control settings in Access Policy groups. You can block or
allow applications individually or according to application type. You can also apply controls to particular
application types.
activity on the network without having to fully understand the underlying technology of each
application. You can configure application control settings in Access Policy groups. You can block or
allow applications individually or according to application type. You can also apply controls to particular
application types.
Using Access Policies you can:
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Control application behaviors
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Control the amount of bandwidth used for particular application types
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Notify end-users when they are blocked
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Assign controls to Instant Messaging, Blogging and Social Media applications
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Specify Range Request settings
To control applications using the AVC engine, perform the following tasks:
Task
Link to Task
Enable the AVC engine
Set Controls in an Access Policy Group
Limit bandwidth consumed by some
application types to control congestion
application types to control congestion
Allow instant messaging traffic, but disallow
file sharing using instant messenger
file sharing using instant messenger