This page displays a summary of some of the new features added to Netsweeper 6.3.
See also 6.3 Release Notes and New Features in 6.3.
All WebAdmin tables can be toggled between a Tile and Table view.
In Table View, you can now drag and drop to reorder columns This allows you to customize the view of each page to better suit your requirements.
The default Session Store can be set for all users when they first log in. This allows you to change the interface, or the default page they see, or even change searches and other settings stored in the Session Store.
'GZipped CSV' has replaced 'Zipped CSV' in the WebAdmin in order to better stream the download process.
There are two a new WebAdmin Search options:
'Contains All' takes each space separated word and searches for a match for each; if all words have a match, results will be shown (logical AND).
'Contains Any' takes each space separated word and searches for a match for each; if any words have a match, results will be shown (logical OR).
Client and Policy columns have been removed from the Group Manager List. New columns: Description, Deny Page (Yes/No), Logging Mode, Logfile Tag, Timezone, Language, Override, Enforced Categories, and Auth Redirect have been added.
The menu in the 'Moved IP Address Expire Time' field on the Group Authentication Redirect page can now be set for Minutes, Hours, Days, and Weeks to offer longer moved IP expire times.
You can now assign all Groups managed by the logged in user when creating a SysOp Account. A new checkbox, 'Assign to all managed groups' has been added to the Account Manager Create tab.
Permission templates are now called 'Account Templates' and now includes Permissions, Groups and IP range restrictions options.
The Permissions tab lets you assign permissions to the Template. You can also copy permissions from an existing Account Template.
The Groups tab lets you assign the selected Account Template to one or more Groups.
The IP Restrictions tab can restrict a template to specific IP ranges (e.g. 192.168.0.0/24 or 10.0.0.5-10.0.0.17)
The Report Wizard has been removed and has been replaced by the Custom Report.
There is now the ability to view the 'trends' between a configurable number of report instances. Two new fields: 'Trend Fields' and 'Trend Depth' have been added to Summary Groups for Scheduled Reports. Trend Depth shows the number of instances (in a row) used for the trend calculation
A 'Timeline' view has been added to the Custom Report Presentation Table view.
Demand, Scheduled, and Continuous Reports can now show the Report in 'Tile' View.
The 'Table' view has a new 'Chart' column with a 'Show' link that can display the Chart if desired.
'GZipped CSV' has replaced 'Zipped CSV' in the WebAdmin in order to better stream the download process.
When viewing the Demand, Scheduled or Continuous Reports windows, you can now use the Filter icon to filter for the type of Reports you wish to view.
A Settings button has been added to the 'Create Report' and 'Quick Search' windows to set the 'Domain Definitions' and 'Average Page Browsing Time'.
You can now view large amounts of data in the Report tables. Column views have been improved and word wraps have been implemented.
Two new columns: 'Edited At' and 'View Count' have been added to the Reports windows.
There is a new WebAdmin Setting, 'Maximum WebAdmin Report Table Rows' that allows you to specify the maximum number of rows that will be displayed for Summary and Detail tables in the WebAdmin for Reports.
The Category selection option in the 'Quick Search' window has been replaced with a better selection function.
The 'Protocol and Server IP' name in the Request Part of the URL List Entry window has been changed to 'Server IP'.
The items in the List Actions dropdown have been updated.
A 'URL Lookup' button has been added to the edited entry input in the 'Review List' and 'Edit Entry' window. This button is only shown if the 'Entry Type' is URL and the 'Action' is Categorize.
The URL List Manager, in Review mode, now looks for similar entries in the current list and in the Merge List if it is set. Clicking the 'Identical Entry' link displays a table with the List entry allowing you to lookup the found URL.
There are two new Check Rules.
URL Convert to Path: Warn users when creating a URL type entry which starts with a forward slash. This will be automatically converted to a Path type entry.
URL Convert to Query: Warn users when creating a URL type entry which starts with a question mark. This will be automatically converted to a Query type entry.
There are new NSProxy settings to bind the proxy to a CPU node and bind NSProxy threads to specific CPU cores.
ICAP Connection counters have been added for connects, disconnects, connect timeouts and read timeouts.
The NSProxy can now keep the nfmark or the ip tos field from client to remote server. In addition, the Policy Service can now read the request context IP address from the ICAP header X-Context-IP. This allows the NSProxy to communicate the request context via the ICAP channel rather then creating new ICAP channels for each request context.
NSProxy can fail open/close when processing a very large HTTP request header. NSProxy will now truncate the HTTP request header to avoid a fail open/fail close state. We will truncate the path/host and remove optional http headers.
There are new Request Log Record Fields: Module Name, Workstation Name, and Screenshot/Image
In the 'General Settings' section: WebAdmin Unavailable Deny Page DPID and WebAdmin Secure Deny Page DPID have been added. They are used to configure the global deny page DPID for the unavailable and secure deny page. This can be changed from the default to service different default deny pages for different deny page hosts.
In the 'General Limits' section there is a new setting called 'Maximum URLs to Lookup at once' that allows you to set the number of URLs the URL Lookup tool tries to lookup at once.
In Report Settings, Module Name, Screenshot, and Workstation Name can now be enabled.
account_add_ip_range assigns an IP range to a SysOp Account.
agent_config_create has been updated. The groupname and defaultgroup fields are no longer required.
There is a new WebAdmin interface, that allows users to enter per brand settings for the Client Filter. Previously this was done through Policy Server Settings. You now create the Brand and then modify the settings.
Two settings have been moved from 'WebAdmin Settings' to the 'Client Filter Settings' window: 'Global Uninstall Password' and 'Override Profile Manager Password'.
There is now the ability to use the Name Attribute for the Azure and Google directory sync in 6.3.6 and above for the WebAdmin and for the Directory Sync Service. A 'Name Attribute' field has been enabled.
There are new options found in the 'Agent Config Manager' window.
Add Name Based Client will create a name-based Client when a Client is added for WAgent. Note: This will only work if 'Client Name Type' is not set to 'No duplicated Client Names allowed' in WebAdmin Settings.
Expire Client on Logout that will expire the Client session instead of deleting it.
'Create group with default setting if it doesn't exist' that assigns SysOp Accounts to groups created by the WAgent. This option only displays if System Group Name or Environment Variable is selected. When the option is checked, a new Managers field displays. Select from the list of Manager Accounts in the dropdown.
There are two new WebAdmin Setting in the 'General Settings' section: WebAdmin Unavailable Deny Page DPID and WebAdmin Secure Deny Page DPID. They are used to configure the global deny page DPID for the unavailable and secure deny page. This can be changed from the default to service different default deny pages for different deny page hosts.
In Report Settings, Module Name, Screenshot, and Workstation Name can now be enabled in 'Report Settings'.
In WebAdmin Settings > Category Settings, three fields: Category Views, Default Category View and Category Group/Block View Columns have been removed as they are no longer used by the WebAdmin.
In WebDB Cache Settings, a 15-minute (900 seconds) WebDB cache is now enabled by default in WebAdmin Settings.
List Search: This gives a SysOp access to List Search. It allows a SysOp to browse List Entries from all Lists the SysOp has permission to view. The List Search can be used to view both Local and Shared Lists and from the List Search page, SysOps can edit or delete entries if they have permission to do so.
Manage User Accounts: This allows a SysOp to create, edit and delete User Accounts.
Global Language Change: This allows an Admin to change the global Language.
SAML2.0 Authentication Settings: This allows an admin to manage the SAML2.0 Authentication Settings.
The list below shows new Categories added in 6.3. In addition, 'Child Pornography' has been renamed to 'Child Sexual Abuse'.
Bullying
Child Erotica
Child Sexual Abuse (Formerly Child Pornography)
Terrorism
IWF NPI
Tango
Viber
OpenVPN
PPTP
icapConnectTimeouts: Number of connect timeouts
icapReadTimeouts: Number of read timeouts
icapConnects:Number of connects
icapDisconnects: Number of disconnects
icapRetriedRequests: Number of retried requests