WEBFILTER System Log Messages

This chapter describes messages with the WEBFILTER prefix. They are generated by the web filtering process (webfilter) which allows you to manage Internet usage by preventing access to inappropriate web content.

WEBFILTER_CACHE_NOT_ENABLED

System Log Message

Failed to enable the web-filtering category cache

Description

Failed to enable the category cache for web-filtering

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_FIREWALL

Cause

Temporarily out of system memory

Action

No recommended action

WEBFILTER_INTERNAL_ERROR

System Log Message

Error encountered: error-message

Description

An error is encountered in a periodical task or during a server update

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_FIREWALL

Cause

An error is encountered in a periodical task or during a server update

Action

No recommended action

WEBFILTER_REQUEST_NOT_CHECKED

System Log Message

Error encountered: server down, failed to check request error-message

Description

Web-filtering failed to check a web request,

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_FIREWALL

Cause

Failed to talk to web server, temporary out of system memory or internal error

Action

No recommended action

WEBFILTER_SERVER_CONNECTED

System Log Message

Successfully connected to webfilter server name

Description

Client successfully connected to web server

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

notice

Facility

LOG_FIREWALL

Cause

Successfully connected to web server

Action

No recommended action

WEBFILTER_SERVER_DISCONNECTED

System Log Message

Webfilter: server name disconnected

Description

A socket error is encountered upon connecting to a web server

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

notice

Facility

LOG_FIREWALL

Cause

A socket error is encountered upon connecting to a web server

Action

No recommended action

WEBFILTER_SERVER_ERROR

System Log Message

WebFilter: An error is received from server name (0xstatus-code): error-message

Description

An error status is received from web server

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

notice

Facility

LOG_FIREWALL

Cause

An error status is received from web server

WEBFILTER_URL_BLOCKED

System Log Message

WebFilter: ACTION="URL Blocked" source-address(source-port)->destination-address(destination-port) CATEGORY="name" REASON="error-message" PROFILE="profile-name" URL=object-name OBJ=pathname

Description

A web request is blocked

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

warning

Facility

LOG_FIREWALL

Cause

A web request is blocked

Action

No recommended action

WEBFILTER_URL_PERMITTED

System Log Message

WebFilter: ACTION="URL Permitted" source-address(source-port)->destination-address(destination-port) CATEGORY="name" REASON="error-message" PROFILE="profile-name" URL=object-name OBJ=pathname

Description

A web request is permitted

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_FIREWALL

Cause

A web request is permitted

Action

No recommended action