Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S190 Guía Del Usuario
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AsyncOS 8.8 for Cisco Web Security Appliances User Guide
Chapter 10 Create Policies to Control Internet Requests
Access Control by URL Category
Step 7
Click Submit and then click Commit Changes to apply your changes. Alternatively, click Cancel to
abandon your changes.
abandon your changes.
Next Steps
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(Optional) Navigate to Security Services > End-User Notification to configure end-user
notifications for quotas.
notifications for quotas.
Access Control by URL Category
You can identify and action web requests based on the category of website they address. The Web
Security appliance ships with many predefined URL categories by default, such as Web-based Email
and others.
Security appliance ships with many predefined URL categories by default, such as Web-based Email
and others.
Predefined categories, and the websites associated with them, are defined within filtering databases that
reside on the Web Security appliance. These databases are automatically kept up to date by Cisco. You
can also create user-defined custom URL categories, however, for hostnames and IP addresses that you
specify.
reside on the Web Security appliance. These databases are automatically kept up to date by Cisco. You
can also create user-defined custom URL categories, however, for hostnames and IP addresses that you
specify.
URL categories can be used by all policies except policies to identify requests. They can also be used by
Access, Encrypted HTTPS Management and Data Security policies to apply actions to requests.
Access, Encrypted HTTPS Management and Data Security policies to apply actions to requests.
Creating Custom URL Categories
Before you begin
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Go to Security Services > Acceptable Use Controls to enable Acceptable Use Controls.
Step 1
Choose Web Security Manager > Custom URL Categories.
Step 2
Click Add Custom Category.
Step 3
Enter the settings for the custom URL category:
Table 10-2
Setting
Description
Category Name
Enter a name for the URL category. This name appears when you configure
URL filtering for policies.
URL filtering for policies.
Note: The Sawmill for reporting tool will not find custom URL categories in
access logs if their names contain spaces in the first four characters.
access logs if their names contain spaces in the first four characters.
List Order
Choose the order in the list of custom URL categories to place this category.
Enter “1” for the topmost URL category.
Enter “1” for the topmost URL category.
The URL filtering engine evaluates a client request against the custom URL
categories in the order specified.
categories in the order specified.