Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance C160 Mode D'Emploi

Redirect to a custom proxy or web security service: 

http://custom_proxy/$URL

 

This becomes: http://custom_proxy/http://example.com 

URLs that are included on the selected URL whitelist or on the global URL whitelist are not evaluated. 

If you defang or replace URLs, you can choose to ignore URLs in signed messages. 

Pairing a URL Category action with a URL Category condition (or rule) is not recommended. If you pair 
a condition (rule) and action that include different categories, then no match occurs. 

To check the category of a particular URL, visit the link in 

. 

 

Based on the evaluation by the Cisco Cloud Web Security proxy service: 

If the site is benign, the user is directed to the target web site and has no knowledge that the link has 
been redirected. 

If the site is malicious, the user sees a notice that the site is malicious and access to it has been 
blocked.

If communication with the Cisco Cloud Web Security proxy service times out, the user is allowed 
to access the target web site. 

If any other error occurs, the user sees a notice. 

To view data about malicious and suspicious URLs detected, select Monitor > URL Filtering. For 
important information about the data on this page, see