[KB7251] Manage Web control settings in an ESET endpoint or server application

Issue

• Open Web control settings in an ESET endpoint or server application
• Enable Web control
• Manage URL rules
• Manage category-based rules
• Customize the blocked webpage message and graphic

Details

Solution

Related solution: Managed users

Open Web control settings in an ESET endpoint or server application

1. Open the main program window of your ESET endpoint or server application.

2. Press F5 to access Advanced setup.

3. Click Protections → Web access protection, expand Web control.

   

Enable Web control

1. Open Web control settings in your ESET endpoint or server application.

2. Enable the toggle next to Enable Web control.

   

Manage URL rules

1. Open Web control settings in your ESET endpoint or server application.

2. Click Edit next to URL rules.

   

3. To create a rule, click Add. Alternatively, select a rule and click Edit, Delete, Copy, or the arrows to perform the action you want.

   Rule priority

   The order of rules in the Rules list determines their priority: the rule at the top has the highest priority. To change a rule's position, select the rule and click the arrow icon to move it up or down one place. To move a rule directly to the top or bottom of the list, select the rule and click the move-to-top or move-to-bottom icon.

   

4. Define the rule settings. For more information, see Adding Web control rules (ESET Endpoint Security) or Add or edit Web control rules (ESET Server Security).

   

5. Below URLs, click Add and type or copy/paste the website address to which the rule should apply. To add multiple website addresses, click Enter multiple values, type or copy/paste the website addresses and select a separator for multiple values. Click OK → OK.

   Wildcards and other recommendations

   Use wildcards (* and ?) to match multiple addresses at once. The asterisk (*) replaces any sequence of characters, including none. The question mark (?) replaces a single character. For example, to block all addresses from nk01.sample.com to nk98.sample.net, type nk??.sample.*

   You do not have to include the protocol prefix—if omitted, both versions (http:// and https://) are used.

   

6. Click OK → OK.

   

Manage category-based rules

1. Open Web control settings in your ESET endpoint or server application.

2. Click Edit next to Category-based rules.

   

3. To create a rule, click Add. Alternatively, select a rule and click Edit, Delete, Copy, or the arrows to perform the action you want.

   Rule priority

   The order of rules in the Rules list determines their priority: the rule at the top has the highest priority. To change a rule's position, select the rule and click the arrow icon to move it up or down one place. To move a rule directly to the top or bottom of the list, select the rule and click the move-to-top or move-to-bottom icon.

   

4. Define the rule settings. For more information, see Adding Web control rules (ESET Endpoint Security) or Add or edit Web control rules (ESET Server Security).

   

5. Below Category groups, select the category groups to which the rule should apply. If needed, expand a category to view and select individual sub-categories. Click OK.

   

6. Click OK → OK.

   

Customize the blocked webpage message and graphic

1. Open Web control settings in your ESET endpoint or server application.

2. In the field next to Blocked webpage message, type the message that you want to display when the device attempts to access blocked content. In the field next to Blocked webpage graphic, type or copy/paste the link to the image that you want to display along with the blocked webpage message. Click Finish.