Smoothwall Web filter exceptions for Mac device

[mikkydoos]

Hi all,

 

I have a user with a Mac that I need to configure a Smoothwall policy to allow/not filter certain URL's.

The MAC is not AD joined and the user account is local.

 

URL's I need to whitelist are specific social media sites.

 

 

I have exception policies for Windows users, but these are user applied, not device.

 

Has anyone done this and can point me in the right direction???

 

 

 

Cheers in advance    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tom_newton]

You could send them to the login page when they want to go to social media:

https://<smoothwall-hostname>:442/clogin

You can give them a local user and password if you arent connected to AD. If you are connected to AD, their AD username and password should work there, and get them user permissions.

[mikkydoos]

Thanks @tom_newton

 

Any further info on how I actually set this up.

[tom_newton]

Try visiting that site on the mac

If you get a certificate error, you need to push the smoothwall's cert to the mac

When you get the username/password, try logging in with an Ad user

If that doesnt work, go into authenticaction, add a local directory, and put in a user there with the right group membership, and then use that.

The staff member can then make a browser shortcut to go to the login page whenever they need better access

[mikkydoos]

This works a treat.

 

 

Many thanks Tom