Step-by-step guide
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Open the Symantec Blue Coat ProxySG management console using a web browser (default URL: http://<bluecoat proxy IP>:8082/)
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When prompted, enter your user name and password and click "Ok".
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In the Blue Coat management console, click on the "Configure" tab)
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On the "Configuration" page, click on the "Advanced configuration" button
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In the management console menu, go to Policy -> Visual Policy Manager.
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Click "Launch" to start the Visual Policy Manager.
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In the Visual Policy Manager, click on the tab where you set the ICAP rule you plan to add file type filtering on.
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In these instructions, the ICAP layer is named "Metascan ICAP RespMod". The tab name on your installation might be different.
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The window you see should look similar to the screenshot below.
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Right click the "Destination" cell of the ICAP rule (line where the "Action" is set to your ICAP service) and click "Set".
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In the "Set Destination Object", select "New" and click "Apparent Data Type".
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In the "Add Apparent Data Type Object" window, change the "Name" value to whatever you want (optional) and select the file types you want forwarded to the ICAP server.
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Click "Ok" twice to get back to the Visual Policy Manager.
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In the "Visual Policy Manager" window, click "Install policy" to apply the new configuration.
