Alert messages keep your system administrator informed about significant events in your Websense system and in your network as they happen. Unlike reporting, which tracks trends over time, alerting provides a quick look at events that determine the health of your Websense software and the security of your network. Alert notification contains specifics about an event, allowing the administrator to identify the user, client machine, or Websense component involved.
Websense Logon Agent identifies users as they log on to a Windows domain. Logon Agent communicates with Websense Filtering Service to provide current logon session information. Logon Agent gathers this information from LogonApp.exe, the Websense logon application that runs on client workstations. The logon application can be deployed to workstations from a central location using a script.This tutorial demonstrates the following procedures:
Websense Express installs with Windows NT Directory as its default directory service. If your network uses Active Directory, you cannot assign policies to users until you reconfigure the directory service settings in Websense Manager. Filtering can occur with the wrong directory service selected, but user data is logged incorrectly. In addition, user-based policies cannot be assigned.To configure Active Directory:
