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Web Filtering Overview

Juniper Secure Edge blocks or permits Web access based on built-in web categories or user-defined web categories.

Web filtering enables you to manage Internet usage by preventing access to inappropriate Web content over HTTP. Juniper Networks provides a list of 178 categories which you can use to create Web filtering and manage Web access in your enterprise network.

Use the Web Filtering page to view and to manage Web filtering. To access this page, click Secure Edge > Web Filtering.

Field Descriptions - Web Filtering Page

Table 1: Web Filtering Page

Field

Description

Name

The name of the Web filtering.

Permitted Categories

The Juniper Networks pre-defined categories and custom categories of Web content that is permitted in the enterprise network.

Permitted & Logged Categories

The Juniper Networks pre-defined categories and custom categories of Web content that is permitted and logged in the enterprise network.

Denied Categories

The Juniper Networks pre-defined categories and custom categories of Web content that is denied in the enterprise network.

Quarantined Categories

The Juniper Networks pre-defined categories and custom categories of Web content that is quarantined in the enterprise network when detected.

Description

The description of the Web filtering.

Field Descriptions - Web Filtering Details Page Fields

Table 2: Web Filtering Details Page Fields

Field

Description

Name

The name of the Web filtering.

Description

The description of the Web filtering.

Permitted Categories

The Juniper Networks pre-defined categories and custom categories of Web content that is permitted in the enterprise network.

Permitted & Logged Categories

The Juniper Networks pre-defined categories and custom categories of Web content that is permitted and logged in the enterprise network.

Denied Categories

The Juniper Networks pre-defined categories and custom categories of Web content that is denied in the enterprise network.

Quarantined Categories

The Juniper Networks pre-defined categories and custom categories of Web content that is quarantined in the enterprise network when detected.

Default action

The action for uncategorized URLs with no assigned action.

Fallback option

The fallback action to be used in the following scenarios:

  • The ThreatSeeker Websense Cloud servers are unreachable.

  • Requests to ThreatSeeker Cloud time out.

  • The device has too many requests to process.

Block options

The option selected to either block a URL address or a display a custom message when HTTP Web contents are blocked.

Redirect Message

The redirect URL address or a custom message when HTTP requests are blocked.

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