What is WebSense category?

2020-02-24 by No Comments

What is WebSense category?

The Websense Master Database organizes similar websites (identified by URLs and IP addresses) into categories. Each category has a descriptive name, like Adult Material, Gambling, or Peer-to-Peer File Sharing. Categories are designed to create useful groupings of the sites of concern to subscribing customers.

What is category filter?

A filter category is a property of the items, such as color or price. A filter category often contains several filter values. A filter value is either a specific value of a property (say, “red”), or a range of values (say, “less than $100” or “red or blue”).

What is parked domain category in WebSense?

Parked Domain: Sites that are expired, offered for sale, or known to display targeted links and advertisements.

What is Forcepoint filtering?

Forcepoint URL Filtering is an easy-to-deploy, transparent filter and security solution that avoids the complexity of a proxy gateway. It’s equipped with more than 120 security and web filtering categories, hundreds of web application and protocol controls, and 60-plus reports with customization and role-based access.

What are filters on websites?

Web filtering is a technology stops users from viewing certain URLs or websites by preventing their browsers from loading pages from these sites. Web filters are made in different ways and deliver various solutions for individual, family, institutional or enterprise use.

How do I UnPark a domain?

How to UnPark a Parked Domain

  1. Log into WHM.
  2. Go to the Account Information section.
  3. Click on List Parked Domains.
  4. View all the parked domains in WHM.
  5. Click on UnPark next to the domain you want to unpark.

How do you classify a website?

Website categorization can be done on a large scale using specialized tools, or manually by accessing large databases of online domains. For example, you may receive an email from your bank, containing a link that leads you to a certain page.

What are two things that a web filter does?

In general, Web filters work in two distinct ways. They can block content as determined by quality of the site, by consulting known lists which document and categorize popular pages across all genres of content. Or, they can evaluate the content of the page live and block it accordingly.

What do I need to know about Websense categorization?

A command-line utility called WebsensePing is included as part of your Websense software installation. This utility can be used to: Check URL categorization, including Master Database categorization, custom recategorization, or dynamic recategorization based on Content Gateway scanning.

Why does Websense not always match the results?

In Websense Web Security Gateway and Gateway Anywhere deployments, WebsensePing results for scanned sites may not always match the results experienced by a user. Due to the constantly changing content of some Web 2.0 sites, dynamic categorization based on content scanning can change rapidly.

How can I see what category my URL is in?

Because WebsensePing does not rely on data passed from other network applications or services, it can test internal Websense processes. Run WebsensePing and understand its most-used functions. Find the default category for a URL or all categories for an IP address. See how a URL is filtered for a client (user or IP address).

How to check URL categorization and filtering status?

This utility can be used to: Check URL categorization, including Master Database categorization, custom recategorization, or dynamic recategorization based on Content Gateway scanning. Verify URL or protocol filtering behavior for a specific user, or via the Default policy. Review current Filtering Service status and subscription count information.