TRITON - Web Security Help, Version 7.7 - Websense

ClientsYou can assign policies to computer and network clients just as you would to user,group, or domain clients.Assign a policy to a computer, for example, that does not require users to log on,or that can be accessed by users with guest accounts.Assign a policy to a network to apply the same filtering policy to severalmachines at once.When you assign a policy to a computer or network, that policy is enforced regardlessof who is logged on to the filtered machine, unless you have assigned a policy to thelogged-on user. When on-premises filtering components are used, the computer ornetwork policy takes precedence over any group policies that may apply to the user.(In Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere deployments, hybrid filtering appliesthe group policy before applying a computer or network policy. See Working withhybrid filtering clients, page 88.)Working with users and groupsTRITON - Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.7.xRelated topics: Working with clients, page 74 Directory services, page 77 Working with custom LDAP groups, page 82 Working with computers and networks, page 75 Adding a client, page 83 Assigning a policy to clients, page 97In order to apply policies to individual users and groups in your network, configureWebsense software to access your directory service to obtain directory object (user,group, and domain [OU]) information.Websense software can communicate with Windows Active Directory in mixed ornative mode, and with Novell eDirectory or Oracle (formerly Sun Java) DirectoryServer Enterprise Addition accessed via Lightweight Directory Access Protocol(LDAP).When you use an LDAP-based directory service, duplicate user names are notsupported. Ensure that the same user name does not appear in multiple domains.If you are using Windows Active Directory or Oracle Directory Server, usernames with blank passwords are not supported. Make sure that all users havepasswords assigned.Websense User Service conveys information from the directory service to PolicyServer and Filtering Service for use in applying filtering policies. Websense, Inc.,76 Websense Web Security Solutions