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Enabling or disabling the SSL interception whitelist for uncategorized third-party URLs using the CLI

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Use the commands in this section to enable or disable the Network Security appliance to whitelist uncategorized third-party URLs for SSL interception.

To enable the appliance to whitelist uncategorized URLs for SSL interception:
  1. Go to CLI configuration mode.

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Verify that the SSL interception whitelist for third-party URL categorization is enabled.

    hostname # show url-category stats
    URL lookup                     : Enabled
    Whitelist null url             : Disabled
    Whitelist uncategorized url    : Disabled
    SSL Categorization trend       : Enabled
    Trellix Default Whitelist : Enabled
    Engine Name                       : SSL Intercept Module
    Total urls processed              : 4826
    Total whitelisted urls            : 184
    Total NULL url                    : 715
    Total Uncategorized url           : 16
  3. Enable the appliance to whitelist uncategorized third-party URLs.

    hostname (config) # url-category whitelist uncategorized-url enable
  4. Verify your changes.

    In the following example, the "Whitelist uncategorized url:" line of the command output displays "Enabled" to show that the appliance will exclude the uncategorized third-party URLs from decryption.

    hostname # show url-category stats
    URL lookup                   : Enabled
    Whitelist null url             : Disabled
    Whitelist uncategorized url   : Enabled
    SSL Categorization trend       : EnabledTrellix Default Whitelist      : Enabled
    Engine Name                       : SSL Intercept Module
    Total urls processed              : 4826
    Total whitelisted urls            : 184
    Total NULL url                    : 715
    Total Uncategorized url           : 16
  5. View the session logger output after enabling this feature.

    hostname (config) # session-logger enable
    hostname (config) # session-logger ssl enable
    hostname # show session-log ssl continuous

    Feb 25 23:15:16 192.169.210.138 56089 176.74.176.178 443 cs_tls_version:N/A rs_tls_version:N/A cs_cipher_suite:N/A rs_cipher_suite:N/A rs_cert_common_name:N/A action:(ssl-1,whitelisted-1,block-0) s_site_name:internettraffic.click error:N

    For detailed information about the SSL session logger and the log details on SSL flows for SSL interception traffic, see Viewing the connection event logs.

To prevent the appliance from whitelisting uncategorized URLs for SSL interception:
  1. Go to CLI configuration mode.

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Verify that the SSL interception whitelist for third-party URL categorization is enabled.

    hostname # show url-category stats
    URL lookup                     : Enabled
    Whitelist null url             : Disabled
    Whitelist uncategorized url    : Disabled
    SSL Categorization trend       : EnabledTrellix Default Whitelist      : Enabled
    Engine Name                       : SSL Intercept Module
    Total urls processed              : 4826
    Total whitelisted urls            : 184
    Total NULL url                    : 715
    Total Uncategorized url           : 16
  3. Disable the appliance from whitelisting uncategorized third-party URLs.

    hostname (config) # no url-category whitelist uncategorized-url enable
  4. Verify your changes.

    In the following example, the "Whitelist uncategorized url:" line of the command output displays "Disabled" to show that the appliance will not exclude the uncategorized third-party URLs from decryption.

    hostname # show url-category stats
    URL lookup                   : Enabled
    Whitelist null url             : Disabled
    Whitelist uncategorized url   : Disabled
    SSL Categorization trend       : EnabledTrellix Default Whitelist      : Enabled
    Engine Name                       : SSL Intercept Module
    Total urls processed              : 890483
    Total whitelisted urls            : 22125
    Total NULL url                    : 4111
    Total Uncategorized url           : 199634
  5. View the session logger output after disabling this feature.

    hostname (config) # session-logger enable
    hostname (config) # session-logger ssl enable
    hostname # show session-log ssl continuous
    Feb 25 23:15:16 192.169.210.138 56089 176.74.176.178 443 cs_tls_version:N/A rs_tls_version:N/A cs_cipher_suite:N/A rs_cipher_suite:N/A rs_cert_common_name:N/A action:(ssl-1,whitelisted-0,block-0) s_site_name:internettraffic.click error:N

    For detailed information about the SSL session logger and the log details on SSL flows for SSL interception traffic, see Viewing the connection event logs.