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Hi there!
Can you tell me how can I make the ISA 2004 to scan each web page for keywords and block the page if any keywords match the black list of keywords. For example I want to block every page that has the "teen" word in it. Is it possible?
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Hey,
Great article, have been waiting for how to configure this on ISA2004 for some time.
What I would like to know is, is it possible to allow some users past the blacklist? if the ISA is in domain, can i tell it that the rule applies to domain users only? etc?
quote:Originally posted by Stage Electrics: Hi there!
Can you tell me how can I make the ISA 2004 to scan each web page for keywords and block the page if any keywords match the black list of keywords. For example I want to block every page that has the "teen" word in it. Is it possible?
Thanks Stage Electrics
Hi Stage,
Yes, you can use the HTTP Security Filter signatures to do this. I'll put this on the article list for upcoming articles.
Great article, have been waiting for how to configure this on ISA2004 for some time.
What I would like to know is, is it possible to allow some users past the blacklist? if the ISA is in domain, can i tell it that the rule applies to domain users only? etc?
Many thanks, Ryan O'Dwyer
Hi Ryan,
You bet. You can create the rule to apply to all user *except* the group in question, on the Users tab of the rule.
This will turn the rule into an authenticated access rule, so you'll have to be careful where to place it in relation to your anonymous access rules.
I'm already using such a URL filter but instead of using just one massive URL block I do categorize my filters. I know that it will take a huge time to have a succesful filter but I'm not going to analyze and filter those unproductive site visits for a long time.
My goal by doing categorized filter lists is to show specialized warnings to the users. It will especially be useful for our goverment users. For some types of websites I need to show official warnings to the employees and for other types I need specified warnings which would embarrass and warn them This way, I think I could force them to use the internet in a more productive way.
I haven't prepared those warning pages yet but I would like to get those pages from a local drive. There is a checkbox in the "Action" tab of Access Policy properties which says "Redirect HTTP requests to this Web page". Is it possible to point this webpage to a local file on the ISA box ?
If I have a URL set with 500 entries, how will this affect the ISA's performance. I would imagin ISA needs to go through each URL entry for every outgoing traffic and do authentication on top of it. Hopefully ISA uses something like hash tables for searching.
i want to block any web page thats URL contain the keyword "sex" any where in it (in start, mid or end of URL) is it possible in isa server 2000 and isa server 2004 , if it is so tell me the whole procedure
RE: Discussion about article on site blocking - 4.May2005 5:12:00 PM
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Hi, great article ! Have a question though, am i doing something wrong ?
Take for example the URL "fateback.com". Through the IE you can access the site both by "http://www.fateback.com" and "http://fateback.com". However, by blocking "http://fateback.com" y can still access it by using "http://www.fateback.com"
Am i doing something wrong or is it supposed to work like this ?
I've tried blocking "http://*.fateback.com" and it works, but is this how it is suppossed to be done ?
ps: This doesnt happen only with that address, i've tried it with many on the blocked lists from the article.