This article applies to organisations with a 'Hybrid' setup (both On-Premise Appliance and Cloud), as well as On-Premise only and Cloud only setups.
The Smoothwall Category Test Tool lets you check whether websites are allowed or blocked for different blocklist categories without needing to manually check your policies for Smoothwall Cloud Filter or On-Premise Appliance.
To use the overview:
- Use a device that is currently using your Smoothwall proxy.
- Open a browser.
- Go to http://test.mysmoothwall.net.
- Scroll down to view the list of categories. You can see whether each is blocked or allowed.
Image 1: Blocked or allowed categories.
To check content for individual categories:
- Use a device that is currently using your Smoothwall proxy.
- Open a browser.
- Open the Categories and Signatures list.
- Select the Test URL icon for the category you want to test.
- If there is a Block policy in place that covers this device, you will see the block page.
- If the page is not blocked, you will see the test.mysmoothwall.net page.
Image 2: The Block page when a website is blocked.
Image 3: The test.mysmoothwall.net page when a website is not blocked.