User's Guide - Websense Knowledge Bases

Chapter 1: Introduction• Custom URLs: Provides 2 ways to change how a URL is filtered.Use the Recategorized list to move a URL from one category toanother to change the way the site is filtered. To ensure that a URL isalways permitted, add it to the Not Filtered list (see Working withcustom URLs, page 43).• Approved URL Lists: Each list defines sites to permit, regardless ofother filtering settings. When you create an approved URL list andapply it in a policy, users governed by that policy can visit only sitesthat appear in the list. See Using an approved URL list, page 34, formore information.• Keywords: A complete list of categories that you can use to definefiltering based on certain words. When you define keywords for acategory, then enable keyword blocking in a URL category filter,Websense Express blocks any site whose URL contains a keyword.See Defining keywords, page 31, for more information.• File Types: A list of common file types, like audio files andcompressed files. Each file type definition includes a series of fileextensions (like MP3 and WAV) associated with that type of file. UseURL category filters to block any defined file type within a permittedcategory (see Working with file type definitions, page 33).• Categories: A list of all current URL categories, both Websensedefinedand custom. Use this interface to define custom categories(see Adding a custom category, page 45).• Protocols: A list of all current protocols, both Websense-defined andcustom. Use this interface to define custom protocols (see Adding acustom protocol, page 46).Report Administration: A list of reporting roles that you define.Reporting roles determine who can access which aspects of WebsenseExpress reporting tools. See Establishing reporting roles in the WebsenseManager Help system for more information.18 Websense, Inc.