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status-webmon [2023/10/01 20:25] – [Recently Visited Websites] -Add VPN warning, how to disable Web Usage hogwildstatus-webmon [2023/10/31 23:03] (current) – [Recently Visited Websites] -"will not function properly" hogwild
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  \\ You may not recognize some domains in the table. That's because they are for data harvesting, displaying ads, program updating, caching content and other purposes that users are generally not made aware of.  \\ You may not recognize some domains in the table. That's because they are for data harvesting, displaying ads, program updating, caching content and other purposes that users are generally not made aware of.
  
-Note that if you use a VPN, Web Monitor will function properly, since domains you enter will be encrypted when travelling through the VPN tunnel. If you use routing policy and allow the web browser to bypass the VPN, domains you enter should be listed in the table.+Note that if you use a VPN, Web Monitor will not function properly, since domains you enter will be encrypted when travelling through the VPN tunnel. If you use routing policy and allow the web browser to bypass the VPN, domains you enter should be listed in the table.
  
-To disable Web Usage, click on >> Web Monitor Configuration near the bottom right. This takes you to the Logging menu. There, uncheck //Monitor Web Usage// to disable Web Usage.\\+To disable Web Usage, click on  >> Web Monitor Configuration  near the bottom right of the menu. This takes you to the Logging menu. There, uncheck //Monitor Web Usage// to disable Web Usage.\\
  
  
 ===== Recent Web Searches ===== ===== Recent Web Searches =====
  
-Below Recently Visited Websites, a table of **Recent Web Searches**  will be displayed.+Generally speakingthis function is mostly obsolete. It relied on web links being unencrypted to gather the data it needed. Now that most web connections are (SSL/TLS) encrypted, it cannot gather the data needed to present any results. It will therefore remain empty unless search engine is used via an unencrypted connection. 
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 +As a substitute, dnsmasq supports the //log-queries// configuration option. If you add this option into the //Dnsmasq custom configuration// field in the DHCP/DNS/TFTP menu, you will be able to see what domains have been resolved by consulting the logs. 
  
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status-webmon.1696188312.txt.gz · Last modified: 2023/10/01 20:25 by hogwild