This feature is available with Artica v2.17.080501 or above.
The paranoid mode is designed to reduce web error page processing caused by flooder clients.
If a computer is infected by a malware that want to access to Internet or if a client use an application denied by a policy, background generated requests should consume proxy performance ( requests processing, web page error generation).
The paranoid mode is designed to deny client access to Internet or deny web sites using a static web error page without any processing.
Enable the paranoid mode.
On the top menu, select your proxy.
Your proxy on the top menu
Choose “Paranoid mode” link
- Turn to green the “Paranoid mode”
- Events number to deny a website: During 24 hours, how many blocked events will auto-create the rule to deny the web site.
- Events number to deny a computer: During 24 hours, how many blocked events will auto-create the rule to deny the computer.
- Remove rules after: How many times an automated rule is available ( by default, rules are deleted after 24 hours).
- The generated rules section allows you to display websites and computers banned by the paranoid mode.
- When a request is denied by Paranoid mode the proxy display a static error page instead the Web filtering error page.
- You can change the title and the web error page content with the template section
- When a rule is added, the paranoid mode add an event to the watchdog with the critical event
- In this case, you are able to receive SMTP notification trough the watchdog