Create Web Classes

Because PacketWise can identify specific attributes of web traffic, you can create classes based on these attributes. You can create web classes based on a specific IP address or host name as well as a URL to a specific web page.

Note: To perform this task from PolicyCenter, you must first select a configuration from the Editing Configuration drop-down list at the top of the page.

To create a web class:

1. Click the manage tab.

2. In the left window pane, select the class or folder that will be the parent of the class you are about to define. Usually, you will want web classes to be children of the HTTP class.

3. Click class and select add.

4. In the Name field, type a descriptive name (up to 31 characters; hyphens, underscores, and periods are acceptable).

5. For the Service, select HTTP (Web).

6. Scroll down to the Criterion field, and select Host DNS Name or IP Address or URL from the drop-down list.  show screen

7. If you selected Host DNS Name for the criterion, enter the DNS name (for example, www.test.com) or IP address (such as 10.10.10.10) of the website in the empty text field.

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If you selected URL:

• In the empty text field next to URL, type only the portion of the URL that follows the server hostname (http://hostname). For example, to specify a remote website http://www.mycompany.com/FavoriteStuff, enter /FavoriteStuff in the URL Criterion field. See URL Syntax for details.
  
  
• Enter the hostname in the Name field (in the Inside or Outside column in the window, depending on where the web server resides). For example, enter www.mycompany.com into the Name field of the Outside column.

8. Click add class.

For more information about the other entries in the New Traffic Class window, see Matching Rules.

Note: A matching rule can contain only one application-specific criterion. To combine multiple criteria, use two traffic classes, a parent and a child.