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What is WebCatcher?
Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.8.x
WebCatcher is an optional feature that collects unrecognized and security-related URLs, and submits them to Websense Security Labs. Uncategorized URLs are reviewed for categorization, and security-related URLs are analyzed for what they can reveal about active Internet threats. (Full URL logging is not required for WebCatcher processing.) The results of the analysis are used to update the Master Database, resulting in improved performance.
 
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In an environment with multiple Web Security Log Server instances, WebCatcher is enabled only once, on the Settings > General > Accounts page in Web Security manager.
The information sent to Websense Security Labs contains only URLs and does not include user information. For example:
<URL HREF="http://www.ack.com/uncategorized/" CATEGORY="153" IP_ADDR="200.102.53.105" NUM_HITS="1" />
The IP address in the example reflects the address of the machine hosting the URL, not the requestor's IP address.
Beginning with 7.8.4, information sent by WebCatcher will include IPv6 addresses.
 
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Intranet sites are not sent by WebCatcher. This includes all sites with IP addresses in the 10.xxx.xxx.xxx, 172.16.xxx.xxx, and 192.168.xxx.xxx ranges.
WebCatcher data is sent to Websense, Inc., via HTTP post. You may need to create roles or make other changes on your proxy server or firewall to permit the outgoing HTTP traffic.

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