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Web Security initial configuration
Deployment and Installation Center | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.8.x
In this topic:
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Getting started with Web Security solutions
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Additional tips for working with Web Security solutions
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Identifying Filtering Service by IP address
Getting started with Web Security solutions
After entering your Web Security subscription key (see Initial Configuration for All Websense Modules), use the Initial Setup Checklist to complete basic setup tasks.
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If you have Web Security Gateway or Gateway Anywhere, also see Content Gateway initial configuration.
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If you have Web Security Gateway Anywhere, also see Additional configuration for Web Security Gateway Anywhere.
Next, you can:
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Configure transparent user identification on the Settings > General > User Identification page (see the "User Identification" topic in the Web Security Help).
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If you installed Logon Agent, you must create and deploy a client logon script in addition to configuring Logon Agent in the Web Security manager. See the Using Logon Agent for Transparent User Identification technical paper for instructions.
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If you were unable to grant User Service, DC Agent, or Logon Agent administrator privileges during installation, see the "Troubleshooting" > "User Identification" topic on changing User Service, DC Agent, and Logon Agent service permissions in Web Security Help.
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Enable email or SNMP alerting on the Settings > Alerts > Enable Alerts page (see the "Alerting" topic in the Web Security Help).
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Customize reporting behavior (see the "Reporting Administration" topic in the Web Security Help).
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Configure optional Remote Filtering components to enable filtering of off-site users. For instructions, see the Remote Filtering Software technical paper.
Additional tips for working with Web Security solutions
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All Websense tools and utilities installed on Windows Server platforms (such as wsbackup.exe and websenseping.exe), as well as text editors used to modify Websense configuration files (such as websense.ini), must be run as the local administrator. Otherwise, you may be prevented from running the tool or the changes you make may not be implemented.
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Navigate to the Websense bin directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Websense\Web Security\bin\).
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Right-click the relevant executable file, and then click Properties. Following is a list of files for which this should be done.
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In the Compatibility tab, under Privilege Level, select Run this program as an administrator. Then, click OK.
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If you installed Network Agent on a machine with multiple NICs, you can configure the agent to use more than one NIC to monitor and block requests. See the "Network Configuration" topic in Web Security Help for more information. To configure a stealth mode NIC for monitoring, see Network Agent and stealth mode NICs.
Identifying Filtering Service by IP address
When Websense software blocks an Internet request, the browser is redirected to a block page hosted by Filtering Service. The block page URL takes the form:
http://<FilteringServiceNameorIPAddress>:<MessagePort>/cgi-bin/blockpage.cgi?ws-session=#########
If Filtering Service is installed on a machine with multiple NICs, and Filtering Service is identified by machine hostname rather than IP address, users could receive a blank page rather than a block page.
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If you have an internal domain name server (DNS), enter the Filtering Service machine's IP address as a resource record in your DNS. See your DNS documentation for instructions.
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If you do not have an internal DNS:
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On the Filtering Service machine, go to the Websense bin directory (by default, C:\Program Files\Websense\bin or opt/Websense/bin).
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Make a backup copy of eimserver.ini in another directory.
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Open the original eimserver.ini file in a text editor.
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In the [WebsenseServer] section, enter the following command:
BlockMsgServerName=<IP address>
Here, <IP address> is the IP address of the Filtering Service machine.
 
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Important 
Do not use the loopback address (127.0.0.1).
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Save the file.
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Restart Websense Filtering Service.
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Windows: Use the Windows Services tool (Start > Administrative Tools > Services or Server Manager > Tools > Services) to restart Websense Filtering Service.
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Linux: Use the /opt/Websense/WebsenseDaemonControl command to restart Filtering Service.

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