Web Resources

Any Web resource—such as a Web application, a Web portal, or a Web server—can be defined as a URL resource (they are specified in AMC using the standard http:// or https:// URL syntax). Examples include Microsoft Outlook Web Access and other Web-based e-mail programs, Web portals, corporate intranets, and standard Web servers.

Defining a Web resource as a URL provides several advantages:

• You can create a Web shortcut on WorkPlace to give users quick access.
• You can define very specific access rules to control which users can access the URL.
• You have the option of obscuring (or “aliasing”) the internal host name so it is not publicly exposed.
• You can block attachments from being downloaded to untrusted devices, or prevent a Web-based application from displaying restricted data to untrusted devices.

Web traffic is proxied through the Web proxy service, a secure gateway through which users can access private Web resources from the Internet.