Defining a Web Access Control Autopolicy
Web access policies control which Web resources users can access in order to connect to the Internet, intranet, or extranet. When defining a custom Web resource profile, you must enable a corresponding Web access control autopolicy that enables access to the profile's primary resource. The system simplifies the process for you by automatically creating an autopolicy that allows access to the Web resource and all of its sub-directories.
If necessary, you may choose to modify this default autopolicy or create supplementary Web access control autopolicies that control access to additional resources. For instance, your IT department may use one server to store Web pages for your company intranet (http://intranetserver.com) and another server to store the images that the Web pages reference (http://imagesserver.com). In this case, you can create two Web access control autopolicies that enable access to both servers so that your users can access both your Web pages and the corresponding images.
To create a new Web access control autopolicy:
- Create a custom Web application resource profile.
- If available, click the Show ALL autopolicy types button to display the autopolicy configuration options.
- If it is not already enabled, select the Autopolicy: Web Access Control check box.
- In the Resource field, specify the Web server or HTML page to which you want to control access using the format: [protocol://]host[:ports][/path].
- From the Action list, choose Allow to enable access to the specified resource or Deny to block access to the specified resource.
- Click Add.
- Click Save Changes.