You can block users or IP addresses from sending requests to the Web Gateway. You can also set factors for blacklisting a user or an IP address. These are threshold values and when a user or an IP address meets these values, they can be blacklisted. You can also add properties for these blacklist factors to increase the number of factors.

To enable the blacklist, you must set the bus.security.blacklistproperty to true in the Platform Properties file using the Management Console . Refer to Managing Properties for more information on modifying Platform Properties.

1. In a Windows-based computer, click Start > Programs > Process Platform > <Instance Name> > Tools > Management Console.

   Note: In a Linux based computer,

   1. Launch Terminal
   2. Type CD Process Platform Installation Directory/bin
   3. Execute ./cmc.sh

   The Management Console window appears.

2. Click Security Properties in the Management Console window. The Security Properties page appears.
3. If you are accessing Security Properties for the first time, you must type the password for accessing Management Console, else go to the next step. The Security Properties page appears and the DoS Attack tab is displayed by default.
4. Click the Blacklist tab in the Security Properties window. The Blacklist page appears.
5. Add the users for whom the access must be blocked as follows:
   
   1. Click in the Blocked Users pane. The Add User window appears.
   2. Select the organization from the Select the Organization list box, and the users from the User DN list.
   3. Click Add in the Add User window. The selected users are added to the Blocked Users list.
6. Add the IP addresses for whom the access must be blocked as follows.
   
   1. Click in the Blocked IP pane. The Add IP window appears.
   2. Type the IP Address to be blocked, and click OK. The specified IP address is added to the list of Blocked IP addresses.
7. Select the Enable blacklist checkbox.
8. Add the blacklist factors to be used to analyze the incoming requests to the Process Platform gateway as follows:
   
   1. Click in the Blacklist Factors pane. The Add Blacklist Factors window appears.
   2. Type the Name and Value of the factor and click OK. Refer to Blacklist Factors for more information on the various black list factors and the default values associated with them. The selected blacklist factors are added to the list in the Blacklist Factors pane.
9. Add the blacklist properties to be used to analyze the incoming requests to Process Platform gateway as follows:
   
   1. Click in the Blacklist Properties pane. The Add Blacklist Properties window appears.
   2. Type the Name and Value of the property and click OK. Refer to Blacklist Properties for more information on the various blacklist properties. The selected blacklist properties are added to the list in the Blacklist Properties pane.
10. Click .
    The Blacklist is enabled.
    Note: When you change the blacklist settings, ensure to restart the Web server for the changes to be effective.