Testing URL Monitoring

Before testing the monitor feature in URL filtering, require your users to set the Web client’s HTTP proxy to point to IWSVA.

To test URL filtering:

1. Open the IWSVA Web console and click HTTP > Configuration > Custom Categories and create a new category “monitor” for the following URL:

http://www.download.com

2. Click HTTP > URL Filtering > Policies and select Enable URL Filtering; then, click the URL Filtering Global Policy name to access the policy for editing it.

3. In the Rule tab, select Monitor and click the check box under Leisure Time for “monitor” under Custom Categories; then, click Apply.

4. Select Monitor and click the check box under Leisure Time for Search Engines/Portals under Computers/Communications; then, click Apply.

5. Save and deploy this policy.

6. From a client computer, access the following Web sites during leisure time:

http://www.download.com

http://www.google.com

http://www.yahoo.com

You should be able to access the Web sites without seeing any warning messages. To query and view URL filtering log, access the IWSVA Web console and click Logs > Log Query > URL Filtering Log.