How to do monitoring/filtering based on user accounts?

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Author:

IMFirewall Software

HomePage:

http://www.imfirewall.us

Contents

• Introduction
• Integrate WFilter with Active Directory
  • Enable "Account Monitoring" -> "Windows Active Directory"
  • Add Domain Settings
  • Set Policy for Domain Users
  • Check whether a certain account is being monitored
• WFilter Local Account
  • Enable WFilter Local Account
  • Add WFilter Local Accounts
  • Check whether a certain account is being monitored

Introduction

For better internet monitoring and filtering, WFilter can also enable "Account Monitoring" to set policy based on user accounts. With this feature, you can set blocking policy for active directory users or WFilter local accounts. Please follow below steps to get it started.

1. Integrate WFilter with Active Directory

WFilter can be integrated with Microsoft Active Directory to monitor/filter based on AD users. To use this feature, an available windows Active Directory is required.

1.1 Enable "Account Monitoring" -> "Windows Active Directory"

As in "Figure 1.1", you need to enable "Windows Active Directory" in "Account Monitoring Settings".

Figure 1.1

1.2 Add Domain Settings

Click "Add" to add a domain controller:

Figure 1.2

1.3 Set Policy for Domain Users

If your settings are correct, you will be able to check and set blocking policy for domain users.

Figure 1.4

1.4 Check whether a certain account is being monitored

As in Figure 1.5, upon successful account retrieving, you will be able to see "Logon Domain" and "Logon User" in the "Computer Information" by moving your mouse over the names in "Online Computers".

Please notice: To correctly associate a domain user with a computer, WFilter needs to see the logon process of this domain user. So you need to wait for some while before AD users appear in "Online Computers".

Figure 1.5

2 WFilter Local Account

If you don't have an available Active Directory, you also can enable "WFilter Local Account" feature to monitor/filter by user accounts.

2.1 Enable WFilter Local Account

As in figure 2.1, enable "WFilter Local Account" in "Account Monitoring Settings".

When "WFilter Local Account" is enabled, monitored computers will be required to input their username/password to access the internet. Blocking policies of these users are also applied.

Figure 2.1

2.2 Add WFilter Local Accounts

Click "New WFilter Local Account" to add users to WFilter.

Figure 2.2

2.3 Check whether a certain account is being monitored

First, open a webpage in a monitored computer, upon correct settings, you will be asked to input username/password.

Figure 2.3

As in Figure 2.4, you will be able to see "Logon User" in the "Computer Information" by moving your mouse over the names in "Online Computers".

Figure 2.4