Web Gateway 7.1.5 Product Guide - McAfee

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Rules and rule sets
About rule elements
Main elements of a rule
A web security rule on the appliance has three main elements:
(1) Criteria:
If the category of a URL is on list x, ...
Note: Instead of criteria, the term condition is used in other rule syntaxes.
(2) Action that is executed if the criteria is matched:
... block the URL
The third element is optional:
(3) Event (or more than one) that is to happen if the criteria is matched.
... and log this action.
Criteria
If the category of a
URL is on list x, ...
Rule
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The criteria has again three elements:
(a) Property (of a web object or user)
the category of a URL ...
(b) Operator that links the property to an operand
... is on list
(c) Operand specifying with the operator a value for the property
... x (list name)
Note: The operand is also known as parameter on the appliance.
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Action
(Event)
... block the URL (and) ... log this action.
Property Operator Operand
the category of a URL ... ... is on list ... x (list name)
Criteria