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Restricting access to the Internet with BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express
There are two ways in which web browsing from activated BlackBerry devices can be restricted:
- Implementation of a firewall or web proxy between the BES Express server and the Internet
- Usage of Pull Authorisation rules on the BES Express server
Firewall or web proxy deployment
As with the full BES solution, all web browsing from BlackBerry devices using the BlackBerry Browser is routed “through” the BES Express server once devices have been activated. Therefore any browsing restrictions that are applied to the BES Express server, either by a firewall or a proxy server, are automatically applied to all BlackBerry devices registered with it. Therefore it is a relatively straightforward process to restrict web browsing on user devices if an existing proxy or firewall is deployed already. If a proxy or firewall is deployed for user desktop machines, it is recommended to use this infrastructure for the BES Express server also to provide a single point of configuration and ensure consistency:
Proxy authentication can be defined in the Mobile Data Service (MDS) on the BES Express server:
Pull Authorisation Rules
Because all web browsing from client devices passes through the BES Express server, it is possible to create “allow” and “deny” rules, on a per user or per group basis, on the BES Express server itself.
To enable this feature on the BES Express server, within the Administration Console open the properties of the Mobile Data Service (MDS) instance and enable Pull Authorisation:
As soon as this feature is enabled, all web sites are now explicitly blocked on client devices:
To enable specific web sites, you must create a “Pull URL Pattern”. Multiple patterns can be defined and patterns can include wildcards:
Once defined, the URL must be assigned to an “Access Control Rule”, with an “allow” or “deny” action assigned to it:
Multiple rules can be created.
Once the Access Control Rule has been created, it must then be assigned to all target users within the properties of their user account on the BES Express server:
And the Mobile Data Service instance should then be restarted:
The new browsing policy will now be applied to all subscribed users.
Full details on this procedure is available on the BlackBerry Technical Support web site - http://btsc.webapps.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=...
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