User guide

Policy Manager
Reference Guide 215
WebBlocker Controls tab
Activate WebBlocker
Enable this checkbox to filter Web sites based on the rule set
defined by the WB tabs.
Auto-download the WebBlocker database
Enable this checkbox to have the log host automatically check the
WatchGuard Web site database once a day. If the database is
different from the one being used at a site, the log host obtains a
new database and loads it into the Firebox. When disabled, the log
host does not perform database checking.
Message for blocked user
Enter a custom message to be sent to users' browsers when they
are denied a page because of WebBlocker rules. It must be plain
text and cannot contain HTML or the greater than (>) or less than
(<) characters. Several metacharacters are permitted:
%u -- Full URL of the denied request
%s -- Blocked status: The reason the request was blocked.
%r -- WebBlocker category causing the denial
WB: Schedule tab
Schedule
Click hour blocks to toggle from Operational (bright green) to
Non-Operational (dark green) hours.
WB: Privileges tab
Block all outgoing Web access
Enable this checkbox to completely disable all access to the Web
during the hours selected on the WB: Schedule tab.
Block specific Web access
WebBlocker differentiates URLs based on their content. Select the
types of content accessible during operational and non-
operational hours.
Alcohol/Tobacco
Pictures or text advocating the sale, consumption, or production
of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products.