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Initial configuration for web protection solutions
Deployment and Installation Center | Web Protection Solutions
 
Getting started with web protection solutions
After entering your Forcepoint Web Security or Forcepoint URL Filtering subscription key (see Initial Configuration for All Security Modules), use the Initial Setup Checklist to complete basic setup tasks.
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Next, you can:
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Configure transparent user identification on the Settings > General > User Identification page.
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Enable email or SNMP alerting on the Settings > Alerts > Enable Alerts page.
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Additional tips for working with web protection solutions
All web protection tools and utilities installed on Windows Server platforms (such as wsbackup.exe and websenseping.exe), as well as text editors used to modify web protection configuration files (such as websense.ini), must be run as the local administrator. Otherwise, administrators may be prevented from running the tool, or changes may not be implemented.
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Navigate to the bin directory (C:\Program Files or 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.
Identifying Filtering Service by IP address
When an Internet request is blocked, 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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On the Filtering Service machine, go to the 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.
 
Important 
Do not use the loopback address (127.0.0.1).
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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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