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How do I know which policy is in use?

July 08, 2011 • Administrator       

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When the CensorNet is determining which policy to apply to a request, it performs according to the following rules:-

• The CensorNet checks to see if a policy is defined for the workstation group the requesting workstation is a member of. If there is, that policy is applied and no further checks are made. In short, workstation policies always take precedence.
• If user authentication is in use, the CensorNet checks to see which group a user is a member of, and checks to see if a policy is defined for that group. If so, that policy is applied.
• If no policy has been identified so far, then the policy currently defined as the default policy is applied.

It is possible to create Custom Reports that will tell you what policy is active for a given username or workstation.

1. Go to Reports -> Custom Reports -> Create Custom Report
2. Give the report a name, e.g. "Active policy for workstation"
3. Give the report a timespan, e.g. 24 hours or Custom for a specific time period entered when running the report.
4. Select the fields "Timestamp", "Workstation Name", "MAC Address", "IP Address" and "Policy Name" to include in the report
5. Under Search Criteria, tick "Workstation" and "User defined".
6. Save the report

An example is shown in this screenshot:-

Now you can run the report to check a particular workstation.

1. Go to Reports -> Custom Reports -> View Custom Report
2. Select the report from the list e.g. "Active policy for workstations"
3. Enter in the name of the workstation, e.g. TIML
4. Click "View Report"

An example output is shown below:-

You can repeat the process of creating a custom report in order to search by Username.

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