Websense – Disable Internet until Database has loaded.

[FN-GM]

Hi,

 

We are running Websense 7.1. Every now and then the ISA server needs to be rebooted in the middle of the day. When you reboot it takes a few minutes for the Websense database to load. During this time users have unfiltered internet, personally i think this is really daft. I changed something in 6.3 so that when you start the server and the database was still loading the internet was disabled.

For the life of me i can’t remember what it was. Can someone give me a hint as to what needs to be changed?

 

Thanks

[timbo343]

I dont know, i didnt know this was a feature, but on another matter of websense... i am planning on upgrading to 7.1 this summer, i have tried it out already, but i dont particually like the web-based management. Its seems really... clunky. Also, is your ISA server running as a firewall or have you got another firewall in place and you are running ISA as a cache server? Is it any better than 6.3?

[FN-GM]

It good, i don’t like the web interface at all. I would rather have the Manager. The big snag i found the database takes an age to load unlike the old version.

 

We are using some firewall features of ISA, but we use a Cisco firewall for the main one.

 

You can set it to stop traffic until it has loaded but you have to go into a config file someplace. For the life of me i can't remember the place.

 

Thanks

 

PS: The upgrade from 6.3 > is dead easy. run the setup and it does all the hardwork for you. All your config will be moved over to the new version.

[timbo343]

i can have a look for you in a bit... im dialing into work in about 15 mins so will let you know. As for the upgrade, i am planning a brand new install, and have got websense to email a upgrade sheet on how to convert the database to v7.

[timbo343]

found it... Settings >> Network Agent >> Global Settings >> {IP address of NIC}

then filtering service definition. Select the server IP address and set "If Filtering serivce is unavailable" to block.

[FN-GM]

That easy?

 

I knew that, it was a test!

 

Thanks

[timbo343]

haha, yeah, thats how easy it is in version 6.3...