Technicolor - Thomson TG585 V8 Parental Control, Access Denied, Address-based filtering, Options

5 Internet Security

5.2Parental Control

Introduction

The Thomson Gateway allows you to deny access to specific web sites.

Access Denied page

When a user tries to access a page that is being blocked, the following page is displayed:

Address-based filtering

With address-based filtering (or URL-filtering) you can block web sites based on their address (for example www.porn.com).

To configure address-based filtering:

1Browse to the Thomson Gateway GUI.

2On the Toolbox menu, click Parental Control.

3On the Navigation bar, click Configure.

4Make sure that the Use Address-Based Filter check box is selected.

5In the Action for Unknown Sites, select:

Allow as the default rule if you want to allow access to all web sites and manually specify which web sites may not be accessed.

Block as the default rule if you want to deny access to all web sites and manually specify a number of web sites that may be accessed.

6Click Apply.

7If you want to make exceptions for specific web sites, add the necessary rules in the address-based filter.

Options

With the address-based filter you can:

Deny access to a specific web site.

Allow access to a specific web site.

Redirect a web site.

Redirect all web sites.