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Using Browser Protection and Web Filtering
Installing browser protection during policy updates
When a client computer visits a website, browser protection tracks the site's domain specifier. The
domain specifier is the smallest amount of information required for browser protection to uniquely
identify the site being rated for security. The focus of browser protection is protecting your client
computers; no attempt is made to track personal Internet usage.
Installing browser protection during policy updates
Use this task to install browser protection automatically whenever client computers check for an
updated policy.
You might want to use this feature for adding browser protection on computers where the Total
Protection Service client software is already installed. By default, this option is enabled.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1
On the Policies page, click Add Policy (or click Edit to modify an existing policy).
2
Select Browser Protection, then click the General Settings tab.
3
Under Firewall Configuration, select Automatically install browser protection on all computers using this policy.
Click Save.
4
(For a new policy, click Next, select additional options for the policy, then click Save.)
Web filtering features
If you purchased a version of Total Protection Service that includes the web filtering module, the
SecurityCenter Policies page displays an expanded set of policy options labeled Browser Protection & Web
Filtering.
The additional policy options enable you to configure these features.
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Regulate user access to websites, based on their safety rating (for example, block access to red
sites and display a warning before opening yellow sites).
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Regulate user access to phishing pages.
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Regulate access to site resources, such as file downloads, based on their safety rating.
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Regulate user access to websites based on their content (for example, block access to shopping or
gambling sites).
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Create a list of authorized and prohibited sites, based on their URL or domain.
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Customize the message that browser protection displays on computers that attempt to access a
blocked website.
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Enable and disable browser protection at the policy level.
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Specify whether browser protection can be disabled from a client computer.
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Browser protection does not send information on your company's
intranet site to the SiteAdvisor servers.
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