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The URL Database is a collection of different types of URLs defined based on webpage contents. The URL Database aims to help the device identify websites to implement access control and traffic control for different websites. The URL Database contains a URL Database list and an intelligent URL identification system. The URL Database list consists of embedded URL groups and custom URL groups. Sangfor periodically updates embedded URL groups on the server. The device visits the server over the Internet to update embedded URL groups. This type of update requires authorization. Custom URL groups can be defined when embedded URL groups cannot meet the requirements.
The URL Database is reused in the Application Signature. Therefore, to filter the websites visited by intranet users, choose Online Activities > Access Control[A220] [LCH221]and set website types.
The URL Database list consists of an embedded and custom URL Database. The device periodically updates the embedded URL Database, but the update must be authorized by using a license, and Internet access must be available. In the custom URL Database, URLs can be added, deleted, and modified.
Navigate to Objects > URL Database. Next, double-click on the URL Database page, and then the update time and upgrade validity period of the embedded URL Database are displayed in the upper part of the page.
3.11.1.9.1.1 URL Lookup
Navigate to Objects > URL URL Database. Click URL Lookup. In the URL Lookup window, enter a domain name and click Go. The URL type is displayed in the query result.
Fuzzy search is not supported in URL Lookup.
3.11.1.9.1.2 Add URL Category
You can add a URL group to define URLs. On the URL Database page, click Add.
Name: specifies the name of the URL group.
Description: specifies the description of the URL group.
In URL, add URLs as required. URLs can be matched using wildcards.
In Domain Name Keyword, match a URL group based on a URL keyword. A domain name is identified as the URL group if it contains the keyword. Domain name keyword matching has a lower priority than embedded and custom URL databases.
1. The asterisk (*) can be used as a wildcard. For example, to set a URL to indicate a sub-page of Sina, including news.sina.com.cn, sports.sina.com.cn, and ent.sina.com.cn, enter *.sina.com.cn in the URL. The asterisk (*) can match a first-class domain name and be placed only at the headmost of the URL instead of in the middle. Otherwise, the URL is invalid.
2. After adding a custom URL group, an intelligent identification URL group with the same name will be added to the intelligent URL identification system.
3.11.1.9.1.3 Delete URL Category
You can delete a custom URL category. An embedded URL group cannot be deleted. Select a custom URL category on the URL Database to delete a URL group, and click Delete.
3.11.1.9.1.4 Modify URL Groups
You can modify a custom or embedded URL category. Specifically, you can modify a custom URL group's description, URLs, and domain name keywords. However, you cannot modify an embedded URL group's name, description, or existing URLs. You can only add URLs and domain name keywords.
Click the name of a URL group and modify related information in the Edit URL Category window.
3.11.1.9.1.5 Update URL Category
On the URL Database List page, click Database Manual Update. Then, select an embedded library file and click Open.
3.11.1.9.1.6 Import and Export URL Database
On the URL Database page, click Import & Export, choose Export, select the save path, and click OK to export all custom URL Database contents.
Choose Import and upload a .csv file.
If the name of a URL group to be imported is duplicated with an existing URL group, the existing URL group will be overwritten. If the name of a URL group to be imported is unique, it is imported as a new URL group.
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