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INTRODUCTORY SECTION ...............................................1
Chapter 1: Filtering Operations ............................................... 11
Chapter 2: Logging and Blocking ............................................25
Chapter 3: Getting Started ....................................................... 31
GLOBAL ADMINISTRATOR SECTION ..............................50
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Chapter 2: Group screen ........................................................ 199
Chapter 3: Library screen .......................................................248
Chapter 4: Reporting screen .................................................. 290
GROUP ADMINISTRATOR SECTION .............................311
Chapter 2: Library screen .......................................................367
TECHNICAL SUPPORT / PRODUCT WARRANTIES .........390
Technical Support ................................................................... 390
Product Warranties ................................................................. 393
APPENDICES SECTION ...............................................396
Appendix A ..............................................................................396
Appendix B ..............................................................................400
Appendix C ..............................................................................408
Appendix D ..............................................................................423
INDEX .......................................................................455
Appendix F ............................................................................... 437
Appendix H ..............................................................................448
INTRODUCTORY SECTION
8e6 ProxyBlocker
About this User Guide
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How to Use this User Guide
Conventions
The following icons are used throughout this user guide:
Terminology
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Overview
Environment Requirements
Workstation Requirements
Network Requirements
Chapter 1: Filtering Operations
Invisible Mode
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Group Types
Global Group
IP Groups
Filtering Profile Types
Static Filtering Profiles
Master IP Group Filtering Profile
IP Sub-Group Filtering Profile
Individual IP Member Filtering Profile
Active Filtering Profiles
Global Filtering Profile
Override Account Profile
Time Profile
Lock Profile
Filtering Profile Components
Library Categories
8e6 Supplied Categories
Custom Categories
Service Ports
Rules
Minimum Filtering Level
Filter Settings
Filtering Rules
Filtering Levels Applied
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Chapter 2: Logging and Blocking
Web Access Logging
Instant Messaging, Peer-to-Peer Blocking
How IM and P2P Blocking Works
IM Blocking
P2P Blocking
Setting up IM and P2P
Using IM and P2P
Block IM, P2P for All Users
Block IM for All Users
Block P2P for All Users
Block Specified Entities from Using IM, P2P
Block IM for a Specific Entity
Block P2P for a Specific Entity
Chapter 3: Getting Started
Initial Setup
Using the Administrator Console
Log On
4. When the Login dialog box opens, enter your Username and Password:
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Last Library Update message
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Navigation Tips
Access Main Sections
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Help Features
Access Help Topics
Tooltips
Screen and Window Navigation
Topic Links
Select Sub-topics
Navigate a Tree List
Tree List Topics and Sub-topics
Navigate a Window with Tabs
Console Tips and Shortcuts
Navigation Path
Refresh the Console
Select Multiple Items
Copy and Paste Text
Calculate IP Ranges without Overlaps
Log Off
GLOBAL ADMINISTRATOR SECTION
Introduction
Chapter 1: System screen
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Control
Filter window
Local Filtering
Disable Local Filtering Options
Enable Local Filtering Options
HTTP Filtering
Enable HTTP Packet Splitting Detection
Disable HTTP Packet Splitting Detection
HTTPS Filtering
Service Control
In the Service Control frame, indicate whether or not Pattern Blocking with be enabled or disabled.
Enable Pattern Blocking
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Disable Pattern Blocking
Click Off to disable Pattern Blocking.
NOTE: After making all entries in this window, click Apply.
Block Page Authentication window
Enter, Edit Block Page Options
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Block page
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Options page
Option 2
Option 3
ShutDown window
Shut Down the Server
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Reboot window
Fig. 2:1-10 Reboot window
Reboot the Server
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Network
LAN Settings window
Specify LAN Settings
NTP Servers window
Specify Network Time Protocol Servers
Add an NTP Server
Remove an NTP Server
Regional Setting window
Specify the Time Zone, Language Set
Block Page Route Table window
Add a Router
Remove a Router
Administrator
Administrator window
View Administrator Accounts
Add an Administrator Account
Edit an Administrator Account
Delete an Administrator Account
Secure Logon
Logon Settings window
Enable, Disable Password Expiration
Enable, Disable Account Lockout
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Logon Management
View User Account Status, Unlock Username
View Account Status
Unlock a Username
View Locked IP Address, Unlock IP Address
View Locked IPs
Unlock an IP Address
View Admin, Sub Admin Interface Access
Diagnostics
System Command window
Perform a Diagnostic Test, View Data
Command Selections
Ping
Trace Route
Process list
TOP CPU processes
NIC configuration
Active connections
Routing table
Current memory usage
CPU usage
System performance
Recent logins
System uptime
df(disk usage)
dmesg(print kernel ring buffer)
View Log File window
View Log Results
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Troubleshooting Mode window
Use the Troubleshooting Mode
Active Profile Lookup window
Verify Whether a Profile is Active
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Admin Audit Trail window
Admin Audit Trail
Specify FTP Criteria
FTP the Log on Demand
View
View the Log of Administrator Changes
Alert
Alert Settings window
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Enable the Alert Feature
Modify Alert Settings
Disable the Alert Feature
SMTP Server Settings window
Enter, Edit SMTP Server Settings
Verify SMTP Settings
Patch
Local Patch window
Read Information about a Software Update
Select and Apply a Software Update
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Undo an Applied Software Update
Patch Update Log window
View Log Contents
Download Log, View, Print Contents
Download the Log
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View the Contents of the Log
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Save, Print the Log File Contents
Mode
Operation Mode window
Specify the Listening Device
Specify the Block Page Device
Specify the Block Page Delivery
Apply Settings
Proxy Environment Settings window
Use a Local Proxy Server
Use Proxy Port 80
Authentication
NIC Mode
NIC Mode window
View the NIC Negotiation
Modify the NIC Mode Setting
Backup/Restore
Backup/Restore window
Backup Procedures
Perform a Backup
Download a File
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Perform a Restoration
Upload a File to the Server
Restore Configurations to the Server
Remove a Backup File
View Backup and Restoration Details
Reset
Reset window
Reset All Server Settings
SNMP
SNMP window
Enable SNMP
Specify Monitoring Settings
Set up Community Token for Public Access
Create, Build the Access Control List
Maintain the Access Control List
Hardware Failure Detection
Hardware Failure Detection window
View the Status of the Hard Drives
X Strikes Blocking
X Strikes Blocking window
Configuration
Set up Blocking Criteria
Reset All Workstations
Lock Page
Overblocking or Underblocking
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Email Alert
Set up Email Alert Criteria
Set up Email Alert Recipients
Remove Email Alert Recipients
Logon Accounts
Set up Users Authorized to Unlock Workstations
Deactivate an Authorized Logon Account
Delete a Logon Account
Categories
Set up Categories to Receive Strikes or No Strikes
Go to X Strikes Unlock Workstation GUI
Re-login window
X Strikes Unlock Workstation
Unlock a Workstation
Set up an Email Address to Receive Alerts
Remove an Email Address from the Alert List
Close the Pop-up Window
Warn Option Setting
Warn Option Setting window
Specify the Interval for Re-displaying the Warn page
Customization
Common Customization window
Enable, Disable Features
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Lock Page Customization window
Edit Entries, Setting
Preview Sample Lock Page
Block Page Customization window
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Preview Sample Block Page
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Warn Page Customization window
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Preview Sample Warning Page
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Profile Control window
Edit Entries
Quota Block Page Customization window
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Preview Sample Quota Block Page
Quota Notice Page Customization window
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Preview Sample Quota Notice Page
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Quota Setting
Quota Setting window
Configure Quota Hit Settings
Reset Quotas
Reset Quotas Now
Set up a Schedule to Automatically Reset Quotas
Delete a Quota Reset Time from the Schedule
Quota Notice page
Quota Block page
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Chapter 2: Group screen
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Global Group
Range to Detect window
Add a Segment to the Network
Range to Detect Setup Wizard
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Step 2: Optional In this step you define the destination IP address(es) to be filtered.
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Range to Detect Advanced Settings
Modify a Segment of the Network
Remove a Segment from the Network
Rules window
View Criteria for a Rule
Add a Rule
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Modify a Rule
Copy a Rule
Remove a Rule
Global Group Profile window
Category Profile
Create, Edit a List of Selected Categories
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Port
Create, Edit a List of Service Ports
Default Redirect URL
Create, Edit the Redirect URL
Filter Options
Create, Edit the Filter Options
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Override Account window
Add an Override Account
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Edit an Override Account
Change the Password
Modify an Override Account
Delete an Override Account
Minimum Filtering Level window
Minimum Filtering Categories
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Create, Edit Minimum Filtering Categories
Port
Create, Edit a List of Service Ports
Minimum Filtering Bypass Options
Specify Minimum Filtering Bypass Options
Refresh All
Refresh All Main Branches
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IP
Fig. 2:2-24 Group screen, IP menu
Add Group
Add a Master IP Group
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4. Click OK to add the group to the tree.
Refresh
Refresh IP Groups
From the IP group menu, click Refresh whenever changes have been made in this branch of the tree.
Chapter 3: Library screen
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Updates
Configuration window
Set a Time for Updates to be Retrieved
Optional: Specify a Proxy Server
Select the Log Level
Manual Update window
Specify the Type of On Demand Update
Additional Language Support window
Select Additional Languages
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Library Update Log window
View the Library Update Process
Download Log, View, Print Contents
Download the Log
View the Contents of the Log
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Save, Print the Log File Contents
Emergency Update Log window
View the Emergency Software Update Process
Download the Software Update Log File
Library Lookup
Library Lookup window
URL Lookup, Removal
Perform a URL Check
Remove a URL
Submit an Email to the Administrator
Search Engine Keyword Lookup, Removal
Perform a Search Engine Keyword Check
Remove a Search Engine Keyword
Category Weight System
Category Weight System window
View the Current Selections
Method for Weighting Library Categories
Weighting Library Categories
NNTP Newsgroup
NNTP Newsgroup window
Add a Newsgroup to the Library
Remove a Newsgroup from the Library
Category Groups
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Library Details window
View Library Details
URLs window
View a List of URLs in the Library Category
Add or Remove URLs, Reload the Library
Add a URL to the Library Category
Add a Wildcard URL to the Library Category
Remove a URL from the Library Category
Reload the Library
URL Keywords window
View a List of URL Keywords
Add or Remove URL Keywords
Add a URL Keyword to the Library Category
Remove a URL Keyword from the Library
Upload a List of URL Keywords to the Library
Upload a List of URL Keyword Additions
Upload a List of URL Keyword Deletions
Search Engine Keywords window
View a List of Search Engine Keywords
Add or Remove Search Engine Keywords
Add a Search Engine Keyword to the Library
Remove a Search Engine Keyword from the Library
Upload a List of Search Engine Keywords
Upload a List of Search Engine Keyword Additions
Upload a List of Search Engine Keyword Deletions
Chapter 4: Reporting screen
Report Configuration
Report Configuration window
Specify the Reporting Device
8e6 Enterprise Reporter
Edit ER Server Information
Execute Log Transfer Now
View Transfer Activity to the ER
Other Device
Enter or Edit Server Information
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View Transfer Activity to the Reporting Device
Real Time Probe
Real Time Probe window
Configuration
Enable Real Time Probes
Set up Real Time Probes
Exclude an IP Address from Real Time Probing
Remove IPs from the White List
Report Recipients
Specify Email File Criteria
Set up Email Addresses to Receive Reports
Remove Email Addresses
Logon Accounts
Set up Users Authorized to Create Probes
Deactivate an Authorized Logon Account
Delete a Logon Account
Go to Real Time Probe Reports GUI
Re-login window
Real Time Probe Reports
Create a Real Time Probe
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View Real Time Probe Details
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GROUP ADMINISTRATOR SECTION
Introduction
Chapter 1: Group screen
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IP
Fig. 3:1-2 Group screen, IP menu
Refresh
Refresh the Master IP Group, Member
Click Refresh whenever a change has been made to the master IP group or member level of the tree.
Master IP Group
Group Details window
Change the Group Administrator Password
Members window
Add the IP Address of the Member
Remove a Member from the Group
Override Account window
Add an Override Account
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Edit an Override Account
Change the Password
Modify an Override Account
Delete an Override Account
Group Profile window
Category Profile
Create, Edit a List of Selected Categories
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Redirect URL
Create, Edit the Redirect URL
Filter Options
Create, Edit the Filter Options
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Block URL frame
ByPass URL frame
Apply Settings
Add a Time Profile
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The Rule tab is used for creating the categories portion of the time profile.
Fig. 3:1-17 Time Profile pop-up window, Rule tab
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Fig. 3:1-18 Time Profile pop-up window, Redirect URL tab
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Fig. 3:1-19 Time Profile pop-up window, Filter Options tab
Exception URL
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Modify a Time Profile
Delete a Time Profile
Upload/Download IP Profile window
Upload IP Profiles
Download Profile
Add Sub Group
Add an IP Sub Group
From the group menu: 1. Click Add Sub Group to open the Create Sub Group dialog box:
2. Enter the Group Name for the sub-group.
3. Click OK to close the dialog box and to add the sub- group to the master IP group tree.
Add Individual IP
Add an Individual IP Member
From the group menu: 1. Click Add Individual IP to open the Create Individual IP dialog box:
2. Enter the Member Name for the Individual IP address.
Delete Group
Delete a Master IP Group Profile
Paste Sub Group
Paste a Copied IP Sub Group
Sub Group
Sub Group (IP Group) window
View IP Sub-Group Details
Add IP Sub-Group Details
Members window
Modify Sub-Group Members
Sub Group Profile window
Delete Sub Group
Delete an IP Sub-Group
Copy Sub Group
Copy an IP Sub-Group
Individual IP
Member window
Enter the IP Address of the Member
Individual IP Profile window
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Delete Individual IP
Delete an Individual IP Member
Chapter 2: Library screen
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Library Lookup
Library Lookup window
Fig. 3:2-2 Library Lookup window
Look up a URL
Look up a Search Engine Keyword
Custom Categories
Library Details window
View, Edit Library Details
URLs window
View a List of URLs in the Library Category
Add or Remove URLs or Wildcard URLs
Add a URL to the Library Category
Add a Wildcard URL to the Library Category
Remove a URL from the Library Category
Upload a Master List to the Library
Upload a Master List of URLs
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If the file contains valid wildcard URLs, click Upload to open the Upload Successful pop-up window.
After all changes have been made to library windows, click Reload Library to refresh.
URL Keywords window
View a List of URL Keywords
Add or Remove URL Keywords
Add a URL Keyword to the Library Category
Remove a URL Keyword from the Library
Upload a List of URL Keywords to the Library
Search Engine Keywords window
View a List of Search Engine Keywords
Add or Remove Search Engine Keywords
Add a Search Engine Keyword to the Library
Remove a Search Engine Keyword
Upload a Master List of Search Engine Keywords
Delete Category
Delete a Custom Category
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Technical Support
Hours
Contact Information
Domestic (United States)
Office Locations and Phone Numbers
8e6 Corporate Headquarters (USA)
8e6 Taiwan
Support Procedures
Product Warranties
Standard Warranty
Technical Support and Service
Extended Warranty (optional)
Extended Technical Support and Service
APPENDICES SECTION
Appendix A
Filtering Profile Format and Rules
Rule Criteria
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Appendix B
Traveler Log Messages
General Activity
Startup, Finish
Command Executed More than Once
System Command Execution
Temp Files
Library Download Process
Customer Feedback Module Option
Library Update Process
Printstack Trace
Error Messages
Weekly Update (7 Days Library)
Summary Messages
Full URL Library Update (URLs, URL Keywords)
All Library Updates (includes all other msgs.)
IM and P2P Pattern File Update
Newsgroup Library Update (News)
Search Engine Keywords Library Update
Patch Update
Emergency Update
Appendix C
Create a Custom Block Page
Part I: Modify the ProxyBlocker
1. Enable block page redirection
Option 1: Modify the back end
2. Exclude filtering <server for block page> IP
Part II: Customize the Block Page
1. Set up a Web server
2. Create a customized block page
Show 8e6s information in the block page (optional)
Implement the further option (optional)
Part III: Restart the ProxyBlocker
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HTML
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CGI written in Perl
Embed data in query string
Use Java Script to post form data
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CGI written in C
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Appendix D
Override Pop-up Blockers
Yahoo! Toolbar Pop-up Blocker
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Google Toolbar Pop-up Blocker
AdwareSafe Pop-up Blocker
Temporarily Disable Pop-up Blocking
Mozilla Firefox Pop-up Blocker
Windows XP SP2 Pop-up Blocker
Set up Pop-up Blocking
Use the Internet Options dialog box
Use the IE Toolbar
Temporarily Disable Pop-up Blocking
Use the IE Toolbar
Use the Information Bar
Set up the Information Bar
Access your Override Account
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Appendix E
Configure ProxyBlocker for ER Reporting
Entries in the ProxyBlocker Admin console
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Entries in the ER Administrator console
Appendix F
RAID Maintenance
Part 1: Hardware Components
Part 2: Server Interface
LED indicators in SL units
LED Indicator Chart
Below is a chart of LED indicators in the SL unit: LED Indicator Color Condition Description
Front control panels on SL units
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Part 3: Troubleshooting
Hard drive failure
Step 1: Review the notification email
Step 2: Verify the failed drive in the Admin console
Step 3: Replace the failed hard drive
Step 4: Rebuild the hard drive
Step 5: Contact Technical Support
Power supply failure
Step 1: Identify the failed power supply
Step 2: Unplug the power cord
Step 3: Replace the failed power supply
Step 4: Contact Technical Support
Fan failure
Identify a fan failure
Appendix H
Glossary
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