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. Select one of the objects in scheduled times under “Scheduling."

4. Create a time object under Administration > IWSVA Configuration > Scheduled Times.

4. Select Monitor and click the check box under Action for Blogs/Web Communications/Search Engines/Portals; then, click Apply.

5. Save and deploy this policy.

6. From a client computer, access the following Web sites during a time you have not selected as the time object:

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 Analysis > Internet Security.