Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S670 Guide De Dépannage
Blocking Facebook Chat with Application Visibility
and Control (AVC)
and Control (AVC)
Document ID: 118260
Contributed by Zack Shaikh and Jai Koolwal, Cisco TAC Engineers.
Aug 12, 2014
Aug 12, 2014
Contents
Question:
How do I allow Facebook but block Facebook chat using Application Visibility and Control on the Web
Security Appliance?
Security Appliance?
Environment:
AsyncOS 7.x and later
AsyncOS 7.x and later
Symptoms:
Occasionally it becomes necessary to block user access for instant messaging (IM/chat) traffic within the
environment to avoid loss of productivity.
Occasionally it becomes necessary to block user access for instant messaging (IM/chat) traffic within the
environment to avoid loss of productivity.
Solution:
From GUI:
From GUI:
Navigate to the Web Security Manager > Access Policies page.
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Click the link in the policies table under the Applications column for the policy group you want to
edit. The Applications Visibility and Control page appears.
edit. The Applications Visibility and Control page appears.
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Choose Define Applications Custom Settings in the Edit Applications Settings section.
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Click Facebook under Application column to expand it (that will show all categories within
Facebook)
Facebook)
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Click on Facebook Chat and then check radio button Block
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Submit and commit.
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Please note:
Assure AVC is enabled.
1.
Check access policy setting/configuration.
2.
Verify clients are hitting correct access policy using access logs details.
3.
Related Articles:
Enabling Application Visbility and Control
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Block File Transfer within the Yahoo Messenger using Application Visibility and Control
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Updated: Aug 12, 2014
Document ID: 118260