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FILTERING TRANSACTIONS USING URL CATEGORIES
The URL filtering engine configured allows you to filter transactions in Access, Decryption,
and Data Security Policies. To configure URL filtering in a policy group, click the link in the
policies table under the URL Categories column for the policy group you want to edit. For
more information about the policies table, see “Using the Policies Tables” on page 110.
When you configure URL categories for policy groups, you can configure actions for custom
URL categories, if any are defined, and predefined URL categories. For more information
about custom URL categories, see “Custom URL Categories” on page 281.
The URL filtering actions you can configure depends on the type of policy group.
• Access Policies. See “Configuring URL Filters for Access Policy Groups” on page 272.
• Decryption Policies. See “Configuring URL Filters for Decryption Policy Groups” on
page 275.
• IronPort Data Security Policies. See “Configuring URL Filters for Data Security Policy
Groups” on page 277.
Configuring URL Filters for Access Policy Groups
You can configure URL filtering for user defined Access Policy groups and the Global Policy
Group.
To configure URL filtering in an Access Policy group:
1. Navigate to the Web Security Manager > Access Policies page.
2. Click the link in the policies table under the URL Categories column for the policy group
you want to edit.
The Access Policies: URL Categories: policyname page appears.