Controlling access to Web sites
You can control the Web sites that users access. For example, you might want to prevent users from browsing sites that are not work-related.
About this task
When you specify access settings, keep these tips in mind:
- Use a DNS name rather than an IP address. Entering an IP address forces the Web Navigator to take extra steps to perform a Domain Name System (DNS) lookup. If the DNS cannot resolve an IP address, access to that site is denied.
- A more specific reference overrides a less specific reference. For example, if you enter www.*.com in the Deny access field and enter www.ibm.com in the Allow access field, users can access www.ibm.com but cannot access sites with names such as www.ibm-us.com.
- If you enter an identical reference in both the Allow access and Deny access fields, the Allow access entry overrides the Deny access entry.
- There is an implied [*] in the Allow access field at all times. This [*] allows access to all sites by default, unless you enter settings in the Deny access field to override this default.
To control access to Web sites
Procedure
- From the IBM® Domino® Administrator, click the Configuration tab, and then open the Server document for the Web Navigator server.
- Click the tab.
- Allow or deny access to Internet sites by entering one
or more of the following, separated by commas or spaces:
- A DNS name -- for example, www.renovations.com
- An IP address -- for example, 205.159.212.10
- A DNS name or IP address with a wildcard (*) --for example, www.*.com. You can use only one wildcard per entry -- for example you cannot enter w*.*.com.