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Create and Manage Secure Edge Web Filtering Profiles

Web filtering profiles enable you to manage Internet access according to your acceptable use policy.

Create Web Filtering Profiles

  1. Select Secure Edge > Security Subscriptions > Web Filtering Profiles.

    The Web Filtering Profiles page opens.

  2. Click the plus icon (Blue plus symbol suggesting an action like adding or expanding content.) to create a Web filtering profile.

    The Create Web Filtering Profile page opens.

  3. Click Next to navigate to the next page.
  4. Complete the configuration according to the following guidelines:
    Table 1: Fields on the Create Web Filtering Profile Page

    Setting

    Guideline

    Name

    Enter a unique name containing maximum 29 characters for the Web filtering profile.

    Description

    Enter a description containing maximum 255 characters for the Web filtering profile.

    Force safe search

    Enable to filter explicit results and to prevent such results from appearing in your search results.

    Safe search ensures that embedded objects, such as images on the URL received from the search engines, are safe and that undesirable content is not returned to the client.

    Predefined URL categories

    View and edit the Juniper Networks pre-defined categories list

    Select the URL category, click Set action, then select one of the following actions for the category:

    • Default

    • Log and permit

    • Block

    • Permit

    • Quarantine

    Custom URL categories

    Create a list of custom URL categories.

    Click the plus icon (Blue plus symbol suggesting an action like adding or expanding content.) to open the Add Custom URL Categories page. Select the category to add, and click Set action, then select one of the following actions:

    • Log and permit

    • Block

    • Permit

    • Quarantine

    Default action

    Select an action for the uncategorized URLs with no assigned action.

    This setting is used only if no reputation action is assigned.

    Fallback option

    Select 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

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

    Redirect message

    Specify the redirect URL or a custom message to be sent when HTTP requests are blocked. The maximum length is 1024 characters.

    Note:

    If a message begins with http: or https:, the message is considered a block URL. Messages that begin with values other than http: or https: are considered custom block messages.
  5. Click Finish.
A Web filtering profile is created, and the Web Filtering Profiles page opens with a confirmation message.

Manage Web Filtering Profiles

  • Edit—Select the profile, and then click the pencil icon ().

  • Clone—Select the profile, and then click More > Clone.

  • Delete—Select the profile, and then click the trash can icon (). Before deleting a Web filtering profile, ensure that the profile is not used in a content security profile. If you try to delete a Web filtering profile that is used in a content security profile, an error message is displayed.