Locking protocols

Administrator Help | Forcepoint Web Security and Forcepoint URL Filtering | v8.5.x

Use the Policy Management > Filter Lock > Protocols page to block and lock access to or lock logging of selected protocols for all clients managed by delegated administration roles.


	Note Protocol logging is associated with protocol usage alerts. You cannot generate usage alerts for a protocol unless it is set for logging in at least one protocol filter. Enabling the Lock protocol logging option through the Filter Lock assures that usage alerts can be generated for the protocol. See Configuring protocol usage alerts.

Select a protocol in the tree.

Delegated administration roles do have access to custom protocols created by the Super Administrator. Therefore, custom protocols do appear in this tree.

Set the restrictions for this protocol in the box that appears beside the protocol tree.


Option	Description
Lock protocol	Blocks and locks access to applications and websites using this protocol.
Lock protocol logging	Logs information about access to this protocol, and prevents delegated administrators from disabling logging.
Apply to Group	Applies the same settings to all protocols in the group.

When you are finished making changes, click OK to cache the changes and return to the Filter Lock page. Changes are not implemented until you click Save and Deploy.