Can I exclude specific traffic from logging?

Topic 80018 / Updated: 18-May-2011

Applies To:

Websense Web Filter, Web Security, Web Security Gateway, and Web Security Gateway Anywhere Version 7.6

Websense software provides the option to omit select categories or protocols from being logged. You can still filter requests for these categories and protocols, but no record of the requests is included in the Log Database. Usage alerts can also not be generated for unlogged categories and protocols.

Excluding categories from logging

1.	Go to the Settings > General > Logging page.

2.	Use the Selective Category Logging list to indicate any URLs that should not be logged. Changes made to the list apply to all category filtering in all active policies.

Expand parent categories as needed to change logging for subcategories.

Clear the check box next to a category name to stop logging the category.

You must select or deselect each category separately. Selecting a parent category does not automatically select its subcategories. Use Select All and Clear All to assist with selections.

3.	Click OK to cache your changes. Changes are not implemented until you click Save All.

See Configuring how filtered requests are logged in the TRITON - Web Security Help for more information.

Disabling a protocol from being logged by default

1.	Go to the Policy Management > Filter Components page and click Edit Protocols.

2.	Select a protocol in the list

3.	Click the Override Action.

4.	If the protocol is currently set for logging by default, click Change Settings, then clear the Log protocol data check box.

5.	Click OK to return to the Edit Protocols page. When you are finished making changes, click OK again to cache the changes, then click Save All to implement them.

The changes that you made are applied to all active protocol filters in your delegated administration role. Administrators can override the change in individual protocol filters.

See Editing custom protocols in the TRITON - Web Security Help for more information.