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Adding and Editing Web Rules

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To add or edit a Web rule

  1. Click Security in the main menu, and click the Web Rules tab.

    The Web Rules page appears.

  2. Do one of the following:

    The UTM-1 Web Rule Wizard opens, with the Step 1: Rule Type dialog box displayed.

  3. Select the type of rule you want to create.
  4. Click Next.

    The Step 2: Rule Location dialog box appears.

    The example below shows a Block rule.

  5. To configure advanced settings, click Show Advanced Settings.

    New fields appear.

  6. Complete the fields using the relevant information in the following table.
  7. Click Next.

    The Step 3: Confirm Rule dialog box appears.

  8. Click Finish.

    The new rule appears in the Web Rules page.

Web Rules Fields

In this field…

Do this…

Block/Allow access to the following URL

Type the URL or IP address to which the rule should apply.

Wildcards (*) are supported. For example, to block all URLs that start with "http://www.casino-", set this field's value to: http://www.casino-*

Note: If you block a Web site based on its domain name (http://<domain_name>), the Web site is not automatically blocked when surfing to the Web server's IP address (http://<IP_address>). Likewise, if you block a Web site based on its IP address, the Web site is not automatically blocked when surfing to the domain name. To prevent access to both the domain name and the IP address, you must block both.

Log allowed connections /
Log blocked connections

Select this option to log the specified blocked or allowed connections.

By default, allowed Web pages are not logged, and blocked Web pages are logged.

If the connection source is

Select the source of the connections you want to allow/block. This list includes network objects.

To specify an IP address, select Specified IP and type the desired IP address in the field provided.

To specify an IP address range, select Specified Range and type the desired IP address range in the fields provided.

If the current time is

Select this option to specify that the rule should be applied only during certain hours of the day.

You must then use the fields and drop-down lists provided, to specify the desired time range.

See Also

Using Web Rules

Reordering Web Rules

Enabling/Disabling Web Rule Logging

Viewing and Deleting Web Rules