Creating access rules

You can add web access control rules when you are on the Access rules panel, located at Web Access Control > Access rules in the WinGate Management console.

To add a rule:

1. Open the WinGate Management console.
2. Navigate to Web Access Control > Access rules.
3. Select Add new rule from the Tasks menu to open the Rule wizard.
   
   

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4. In the Rule Name field, enter a meaningful name to identify the rule.
5. In the Rule result section, select the way the rule should respond if implemented. This can either be Allow access or Deny access and show the default block page or Force client to(re)authenticate which will ensure the user has authenticated and then re-run the rules for their request. (Read more about the default response page).
6. Click the Next button to bring up the Who dialog.
   
   

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7. If you wish the rule to apply to all users then check the Rule applies to everyone checkbox. 

   WinGate 8: If you uncheck the box then you can specify whether the rule applies to all users in the list below or all users except the ones in the list below.

   WinGate 7: If you uncheck the box then you can specify the users that this rule applies to.

   Note

   • When choosing a user or group, if you select the Everyone user, then this is the same as selecting the Rule applies to everyone check box at the top of the dialog.
   • If you select particular users or groups that this rule should apply to, then WinGate may force users to authenticate themselves (if they are not currently known to WinGate, i.e. not currently authenticated).

   Once you have selected who this rule should apply to, click Next to bring up the Where dialog.

   

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8. On the Where dialog you can specify the IP address (or IP address range) of the client making the request that should by matched for the rule to apply. If you wish the rule to apply to all IP adresses then check the Rule applies to everything checkbox. 

   Once you have set the Where details, click Next to open the What dialog.

   
   

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9. On the What dialog you can select the Web content classification category or the site requested by the user that this rule should apply to. 

   WinGate 8: If you uncheck the box then you can specify whether the rule applies to all categories and sites in the list below or all categories and sites except the ones in the list below.

   WinGate 7: If you uncheck the box then you can specify the categories and sites that this rule applies to.

   You can choose to have the rule apply to all categories and sites by selecting the Rule applies to everything check box at the top of the dialog.

   Category

   • If you wish to define a category this rule will apply to, select the Add new category button. This will open the Select category dialog where you can select the appropriate category (categories) that this rule will apply to.

     

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     In the Select category dialog, select the appropriate category(categories) thatthe rule will be used for. If you need to create a new category, you can do so by selecting the Add new button to open the Enter category details dialog (Read more about creating categories).

   • Site

     If you wish to define a requested website that this rule will apply to, select the Add matching site button to open the Edit sitename dialog.

     

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     A site is defined as the domain name portion of a URL (the portion of the URL preceding the resource string). For example a site could be defined as wingate.com. This site would then include all URLs that contained http://wingate.com (e.g. http://wingate.com/sales.htm, http://wingate.com/example.asp etc).

     When you add a site, the rule will be set to check and match on subdomains within the defined site automatically. With the wingate.com example above, this would match on subdomains such as help.wingate.com, sales.wingate.com, support.wingate.com etc. that may be requested by a user.

     You can choose to have the rule only apply to the domain specified in the site (and not match on subdomains) by deselecting the and sub-items checkbox next to the site entry once it has been added to the rule.

10. Once you have added a category or site for the rule, select Next to open the When dialog.

    

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11. On the When dialog, you can choose which time frames during the week the rule should be implemented. Each day in the schedule is divided into 15 minute blocks, so you can configure one, or multiple time frames if required. To create time frames click the appropriate blocks on the appropriate days. If you wish to always have the rule implemented, then you simply select the Rule applies always check box at the top of the Schedule dialog.
12. Click Finish to exit the Rule wizard. The newly created rule will now be listed on the Access rules panel.
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