How to create a URL categorization policy
As a network administrator, you might want to block specific categories of websites for user access. You can perform this by creating a URL Categorization policy and binding the policy with a pre-defined list of categories that you want to restrict access.
For example, you might want to restrict access to all social networking websites as per organizational policies. In such a scenario, you must create a categorization policy and bind the policy to the pre-defined list of social networking category websites.
To create URL categorization policy by using basic method:
- Log on to the NetScaler SWG appliance and navigate to Secured Web Gateway > URL Filtering > URL Categorization.
- In the details pane, click Add to access the URL Categorization Policy page and specify the following parameters.
- URL Categorization Policy. Name of the responder policy.
- Basic. Select Configure using a predefined list of categories.
- Action. An action to control access to the URL.
- URL Categories. A predefined list of categories to select and add it to a configured list.
- Click Create and Close.
To create URL categorization policy by using advanced method:
- To configure a new URL Categorization policy using advanced categorization.
- Click Add.
- In the URL Categorization Policy page, specify the following parameters.
- URL Categorization Policy. Name of the responder policy.
- Advanced. Configure policy using custom expressions.
- Click Create and Close.