10.4. Useragents

By means of the browser Useragent filters administrators can allow or prohibit certain browsers for users.

The initial default Useragent list is already included in the product. To apply the Useragent-specific filters, perform the following steps:

Name

Description

Step 1. Create a Useragent list.

Click Add and specify a name for the new UserAgent list.

Step 2. Add the necessary browser Useragents to the new list.

Add the Useragent that you need. The full list of Useragent strings can be found here: http://www.useragentstring.com/pages/useragentstring.php

Step 3. Create a content filtering rule with one or more lists.

Please refer to section Content filtering

Administrators can create custom Useragent lists and distribute them centrally across all workstations on which UserGate is installed. To create a custom list, perform the following steps:

Name

Description

Step 1. Create a file with the necessary Useragent.

Create a file called list.txt with the Useragent list.

Step 2. Create an archive containing this file.

Pack the file into the archive called list.zip.

Step 3. Create a file containing the version of the list.

Create a file named version.txt and specify the list version number in it, e.g. 3. Make sure to increment this value each time the list is updated.

Step 4. Publish the files on your web server.

Publish list.zip and version.txt on your site so that users could download them.

Step 5. Create a Useragent list and provide the URL for updates.

Create a Useragent list on each UserGate instance. Make sure to provide the address from which to download the updates. UserGate will be checking for a new version on your site each 4 hour and will update the list once a new version is available.