URL Filtering WITHOUT Websense??

post what you have done. AFAIK the built-in filter is useful if you want to manage short lists of what to allow or deny. For more accurate management you need an external server.

HTH Alex

Hi Alex,

Yes I am only interested in blocking short lists. I am using the GUI interface to configure since I do not know the commands or how to use them yet. I have a training next week which will hopefully help out with that. Anyway, this is what I did:

1. Logged into the router via web browser
2. Clicked COnfigure at the top of the window
3. Went to Firewall and ACL.
4. Clicked on Application Security Tab
5. Clicked on URL Filtering
6. Checked Enable URL Filtering box.
7. Clicked Add URL
8. Entered
   formatting link
   (for testing).
9. Clicked Deny radio button.
10. Clicked Okay -
    formatting link
    shows up in list
11. Clicked Apply Changes.

After I do that I get the message "To enable URL Filtering, configure "any any" ACL for the Java Applet scanner to avoid performance issue." which I ignored and clicked OK. The commands are successfully delivered to router. After I do that, ALL websites give me the forbidden message. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

AM wrote:

to allow or deny. For more accurate

Hi Alex,

Yes I am only interested in blocking short lists. I am using the GUI interface to configure since I do not know the commands or how to use them yet. I have a training next week which will hopefully help out with that. Anyway, this is what I did:

1. Logged into the router via web browser
2. Clicked COnfigure at the top of the window
3. Went to Firewall and ACL.
4. Clicked on Application Security Tab
5. Clicked on URL Filtering
6. Checked Enable URL Filtering box.
7. Clicked Add URL
8. Entered
   formatting link
   (for testing).
9. Clicked Deny radio button.
10. Clicked Okay -
    formatting link
    shows up in list
11. Clicked Apply Changes.

After I do that I get the message "To enable URL Filtering, configure "any any" ACL for the Java Applet scanner to avoid performance issue." which I ignored and clicked OK. The commands are successfully delivered to router. After I do that, ALL websites give me the forbidden message. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

AM wrote:

to allow or deny. For more accurate

I guees that like the ACL config guidelines, you have to permit SOMETHING in a filter, as there are a implict deny any at the end of any filter.

So try to deny google, and then permit any.

HTH Martin

It's rule for ALL Access-Lists - there is implicit "deny all" at the end of EVERY access-list (even though it's not shown in the config). It means that everything "not permitted" by an access-list will be dropped by default. So, you have to enable "everything else" at the end of access-list.

Good luck,

Mike