Web Gateway 7.1.5 Product Guide - McAfee

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• In the Content section, go to the line below , delete the default
text completely and type the text you want to appear in the user message.
Type, for example: The text you requested access to was blocked because it contained
words that are on a list of forbidden words.
d Select the txt file and fill it with content.
You can proceed in the same way as for the hmtl file. If you copy and paste the content of the
default txt file, you only need to type new text to replace the existing template title and
message text.
e Click Save Template Changes. The Template Editor closes.
f Click Save Changes.
Action settings are now available for the blocking action in a rule that blocks bad key words. For
information on how to create this rule, see Create a rule for blocking text with bad key words.
For more information on configuring action settings that specify user messages, see User messages.
Create a rule for blocking text with bad key words
A rule can block text containing “bad” key words, which are eventually recorded in a log file.
This rule requires special settings for the blocking action, which you must have created before creating
the rule.
To create the blocking rule:
1 Go to Policy | Rule Sets.
2 From the rule sets tree, select the rule set you have created for the rule, for example, Block Unwanted
Text.
3 On the settings pane, click Add Rule. The Add Rule Window opens with the Name step selected.
4 In the Name field, type the rule name, for example, Block bad words.
5 Select Rule Criteria and click Add. The Add Criteria window opens.
a From the Property list, select User-Defined.listOfWords.
b From the Operator list, select a suitable operator, for example, at least one in list.
c From the Value list in the Parameter area, select the list you created, for example, BadWords.
6 Click OK. The Add Criteria window closes and the added criteria appears in the main window area.
7 Select Action and configure the following:
a From the Action list, select Block.
b From the Settings list, select the settings you created for the rule, for example, Bad Word Found.
8 Click Finish. The Add Rule window closes and the new rule appears on the settings pane.
9 Click Save Changes.
For information on creating the action settings that are required for this rule, see Add action settings for
a key word blocking rule.
When this rule has been processed and a blocking action was executed, the blocking reason and the
key words that triggered the blocking can be recorded in an entry of the Access Log.
To ensure an entry with this data is written into the log, you need to modify the appropriate logging
rule.
For more information, see Modify a default logging rule to record key words.
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