The below document explains how to setup Watchguard Web Blocker
Step1: Enable Web Blocker
From Watchguard Policy Manager:
- From the Menu bar Click on Subscription Services > WebBlocker and Click Activate. Click Next
- Check the boxes for the Proxy policies you want Webblocker enabled (Packet Filters cannot be enabled for webblocker) Click Next
- If you have a local WebBlocker database select Custom otherwise Click Next
- Click on Add. Enter the Server IP. Click OK. Next, Next
- Select the categories you wish to block from the list
If certain websites you wish access fall in the above categories you can add them to the exceptions list
Step 2: Configure Policies to Use Web Blocker
- Select the policy you wish to modify and select Configure
- Select the Exceptions tab. Click on Add
- Type in the domain name of the website you wish to allow access (i.e *.circleit.co.uk/* this will allow access to all subdomains of circleit.co.uk and all pages if you leave the /* off you will only allow access to the homepage). Click Ok
- Click ok to close the WebBlocker Configuration
Step 3: Updating Web blocker database
Need to create a scheduled task to update web blocker database on the web blocker server. There is a bat file in c:\program files\watchguard\wsmXX\bin\updatedb.bat Run this as a scheduled task in windows.
Step 4: Configure Webblocker Manual Overide
If a user wants to access a website blocked by webblocker you can specify a password to manually override this.
