The following screenshots illustrate the Web Administration Interface of the Barracuda Web Filter.
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Basic -> Status
Displays the current status of the appliance including statistics on overall Web traffic, attempted policy violations, blocked spyware downloads, blocked virus downloads, and infected clients.
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Basic -> Log
Provides an entry for each Web request by user, whether it was allowed or blocked, and details about attempted policy violations or network security threats.
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Basic -> IP Configuration
Controls the settings for IP, DNS and Domain configuration.
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Basic -> Administration
Change Password, Time Zone and Administrator IP Range.
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Basic -> Virus
Enable virus engine.
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Basic -> Reporting
Generate or schedule reports to be sent via email.
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Basic -> Infection Activity
Breakdown of spyware protocol activity by host.
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Block/Accept -> Domains
Create a filter on domain names to either allow or block matching requests.
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Block/Accept -> Patterns
Create a filter on URL patterns (regular expressions) to either allow or block matching requests.
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Block/Accept -> Content Filter
Create policy by allowing or blocking pre-installed content categories containing millions of URLs.
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Block/Accept -> Applications
Create policy by allowing or blocking applications that access the Internet, including Instant Messaging (IM), Internet media players, and software updaters.
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Block/Accept -> Block Messages
Customize the messages displayed to users when their Web requests are blocked. Set policy to automatically redirect infected clients to the Barracuda Spyware Removal Tool, an ActiveX control that removes spyware from Windows computers.
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Block/Accept -> MIME Blocking
Create a filter to block file downloads over the Web by MIME type.
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Block/Accept -> Exempt IPs
Define clients, servers, or subnets to exempt from filtering.
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Block/Accept -> Blocked IPs
Create custom blocking IP rules based on network IP address, netmask, and port.
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Block/Accept -> Exceptions
Create policy exceptions based on user, group, IP subnet, or time range.
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Block/Accept -> Browse Test
Test policies that apply for a particular user, IP address, and time.
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Users/Groups -> Account View
Display list of users known the Barracuda Web Filter.
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Users/Groups -> New Users
Create local users on which to apply policy when using LDAP users is not appropriate.
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Users/Groups -> Groups
Create local groups on which to apply policy when using LDAP groups is not appropriate.
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Users/Groups -> IP
Create local groups based on subnet on which to apply policy.
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Users/Groups -> External Directory Services
Configure integration with LDAP directory servers for user and group information. The Barracuda Web Filter uses LDAP directory information to authenticate users and to apply policy.
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Users/Groups -> Configuration
Configure user session duration and integration with Windows Domain Controllers to automatically map client IP address to username without requiring a separate login.
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Advanced -> Backup
Backup/Restore configuration.
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Advanced -> Energize Updates
Sets content filtering and virus definition update intervals.
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Advanced -> Firmware Update
Provides firmware download options.
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Advanced -> Syslog
Sets syslog server connection.
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Advanced -> Linked Management
Cluster two or more Barracuda Web Filter units to share configuration.
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Advanced -> Troubleshooting
Provides support diagnostics and network connectivity tests for troubleshooting.
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Advanced -> Caching
Enable content cache to improve Web Filter performance.
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Advanced -> Task Manager
Display list of background tasks such as running firmware downloads.
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