Working with computers and networks

Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.8.x

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Working with clients

Working with users and groups

Adding a client

Assigning a policy to clients

In the Web Security manager, a computer is the IP address (for example, 10.201.3.1 or fd3a:918a:71a1:bcaa::0011) associated with a filtered machine. A network is the IP address range (for example, 10.201.3.2 - 10.201.3.44 or fd3a:918a:71a1:bcaa::1111 - fd3a:918a:71a1:bcaa::1211) that corresponds to a group of filtered machines.

In Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere deployments, the hybrid service does not apply policies to individual computer and network clients. See Working with hybrid service clients for information about applying policies to filtered locations.

Before applying policies to IPv6 computer and network clients, disable temporary IPv6 addresses on the affected machines. See support.websense.com for details.

You can assign policies to computer and network clients just as you would to user, group, or domain clients.

Assign a policy to a computer, for example, that does not require users to log on, or that can be accessed by users with guest accounts.

Assign a policy to a network to apply the same policy to several machines at once.

When you assign a policy to a computer or network, that policy is enforced regardless of who is logged on to the filtered machine, unless you have assigned a policy to the logged-on user. When on-premises Web Security components are used, the computer or network policy takes precedence over any group policies that may apply to the user. (In Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere deployments, the hybrid service applies the group policy before applying a computer or network policy. See Working with hybrid service clients.)