Guide
Model ProxyBlocker
 8E6 TECHNOLOGIES, Proxyblocker User Guide
 8E6 Proxyblocker User Guide
 8E6 TECHNOLOGIES, Proxyblocker User Guide
 Contents
 Getting Started
Introduction System screen
 105
 Group screen 199
 Library screen 248
 Reporting screen 290
 Introduction 311
312
 Technical Support 390
367
Product Warranties 393
 Appendix a 396
Appendix B 400
Appendix C 408
Appendix D 423
 Appendix F 437
Appendix E 434
Appendix H 448
 8e6 ProxyBlocker
About this User Guide
 Introductory Section about this User Guide
 How to Use this User Guide
Conventions
 Terminology
 Introductory Section HOW to USE this User Guide
 Introductory Section HOW to USE this User Guide
 Introductory Section HOW to USE this User Guide
 Introductory Section HOW to USE this User Guide
 Overview
 Workstation Requirements
Environment Requirements
Network Requirements
 Invisible Mode
Filtering Operations
 Pass-by filtering diagram
 Group Types
Global Group
 IP diagram with a sample master IP group and its members
IP Groups
 Filtering Profile Types
Global Group
IP group master group
IP group member
 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
 Filtering Profile Components
 8e6 Supplied Categories
Library Categories
Custom Categories
 Rules
Service Ports
Minimum Filtering Level
 Filter Settings
 Filtering Rules
Filtering Levels Applied
 Introductory Section Filtering Operations
 Sample filtering hierarchy diagram
 Web Access Logging
Logging and Blocking
 How IM and P2P Blocking Works
Instant Messaging, Peer-to-Peer Blocking
IM Blocking
 Setting up IM and P2P
P2P Blocking
 Block IM, P2P for All Users
Using IM and P2P
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
 Initial Setup
Using the Administrator Console
Getting Started
Log On
 ProxyBlocker Introductory Window
 Welcome screen
 Last Library Update message
 Welcome screen, Last Library Update text
 Access Main Sections
Navigation Tips
 Help screen
 Help Features
Access Help Topics
 Tooltips
Hover Display
 Screen and Window Navigation
Help pop-up box
 Topic Links
Selected topic and its corresponding window
 Select Sub-topics
10 Sub-topics menu
 Navigate a Tree List
11 Tree menu
 Tree List Topics and Sub-topics
12 Tree list topics and sub-topics
 Navigate a Window with Tabs
13 Window with tabs
 Console Tips and Shortcuts
Navigation Path
 Select Multiple Items
Refresh the Console
Copy and Paste Text
 Calculate IP Ranges without Overlaps
15 IP Calculator pop-up window
 Log Off
16 Quit dialog box
 Global Administrator Section
Introduction
 System screen
System screen
 Global Administrator Section System Screen
 Control
System screen, Control menu
 Filter window
Filter window
 Disable Local Filtering Options
Enable Local Filtering Options
Local Filtering
Files/1systemproxyblock .html for a list of proxy pattern
 Disable Http Packet Splitting Detection
Enable Http Packet Splitting Detection
Http Filtering
 Https Filtering
 Service Control
Enable Pattern Blocking
 Disable Pattern Blocking
 Block Page Authentication window
Block Page Authentication window
 Enter, Edit Block Page Options
 Global Administrator Section System Screen
 Block
Sample Block
 Global Administrator Section System Screen
 Options
Help link
 Re-authentication option
Option
 Profile Control pop-up window
 ShutDown window
Shut Down the Server
 Reboot window
10 Reboot window
 Reboot the Server
11 Reboot ProxyBlocker dialog box
 14 ProxyBlocker ready alert box
 Network
16 System screen, Network menu
 LAN Settings window
17 LAN Settings window
 Specify LAN Settings
 NTP Servers window
18 NTP Servers window
 Add an NTP Server
Specify Network Time Protocol Servers
Remove an NTP Server
 Regional Setting window
19 Regional Setting window
 Specify the Time Zone, Language Set
 Block Page Route Table window
20 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
22 System screen, Secure Logon window
 Logon Settings window
23 Logon Settings window
 Enable, Disable Password Expiration
24 New password entry
 Enable, Disable Account Lockout
 Global Administrator Section System Screen
 Logon Management
25 Logon Management window
 View User Account Status, Unlock Username
View Account Status
 View Locked IP Address, Unlock IP Address
Unlock a Username
View Locked IPs
Unlock an IP Address
 View Admin, Sub Admin Interface Access
26 Assign Access View
 Diagnostics
27 System screen, Diagnostics menu
 System Command window
28 System Command window
 Perform a Diagnostic Test, View Data
29 System Command, Results window
 Command Selections
Ping
Trace Route
Process list
 NIC configuration
TOP CPU processes
Active connections
Routing table
 Recent logins
Current memory usage
CPU usage
System performance
 Dfdisk usage
System uptime
Dmesgprint kernel ring buffer
 View Log File window
30 View Log File window
 View Log Results
 31 View Log File, Results window
 Troubleshooting Mode window
32 Troubleshooting Mode window
 Use the Troubleshooting Mode
 Active Profile Lookup window
33 Active Profile Lookup window
 Verify Whether a Profile is Active
34 Active Profile Lookup results
 Block URLs in this category will be blocked
 108
 Admin Audit Trail window
Admin Audit Trail
 Specify FTP Criteria
FTP the Log on Demand
 View the Log of Administrator Changes
View
 Alert
37 System screen, Alert menu
 Alert Settings window
38 Alert window
 114
 Modify Alert Settings
Enable the Alert Feature
Disable the Alert Feature
 Smtp Server Settings window
Enter, Edit Smtp Server Settings
 Verify Smtp Settings
40 Smtp Test Settings box
 Patch
41 System screen, Patch menu
 Local Patch window
42 Local Patch window
 Read Information about a Software Update
43 Software update Readme
 Select and Apply a Software Update
44 Software update installation dialog box
 46 Software update verification message box
 Undo an Applied Software Update
 Patch Update Log window
View Log Contents
 Download Log, View, Print Contents
 51 Download Complete box
 View the Contents of the Log
 54 WinZip window
 Save, Print the Log File Contents
 57 System screen, Mode menu
Mode
 Operation Mode window
Specify the Listening Device
 Specify the Block Page Device
Specify the Block Page Delivery
 Apply Settings
 Proxy Environment Settings window
59 Proxy Environment Settings window
 Use a Local Proxy Server
Use Proxy Port
 Authentication
60 System screen, Authentication menu
 NIC Mode
NIC Mode window
 View the NIC Negotiation
62 NIC Negotiation window
 Modify the NIC Mode Setting
 Backup/Restore
Backup/Restore window
 Backup Procedures
 Perform a Backup
64 ProxyBlocker Backup dialog box
 Download a File
65 File Download box
 67 Download complete box
 Perform a Restoration
Upload a File to the Server
 Restore Configurations to the Server
69 Choose file window
 Remove a Backup File
View Backup and Restoration Details
 Reset window
Reset
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
 Hardware Failure Detection
Hardware Failure Detection window
 View the Status of the Hard Drives
 Strikes Blocking
Strikes Blocking window
 Configuration
Set up Blocking Criteria
 Reset All Workstations
Lock
 Sample Settings
Overblocking or Underblocking
 157
 Set up Email Alert Criteria
Email Alert
 Set up Email Alert Recipients
77 The Daily Schedule pop-up window
 Logon Accounts
Set up Users Authorized to Unlock Workstations
Remove Email Alert Recipients
 Deactivate an Authorized Logon Account
Delete a Logon Account
 Set up Categories to Receive Strikes or No Strikes
Categories
 Re-login window
Go to X Strikes Unlock Workstation GUI
 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
Click Subscribe
 Warn Option Setting
Warn Option Setting window
 Specify the Interval for Re-displaying the Warn
 Customization
83 System screen, Customization menu
 Common Customization window
84 Common Customization window
 Enable, Disable Features
 171
 Lock Page Customization window
85 Lock Page Customization window
 Edit Entries, Setting
 Preview Sample Lock
86 Sample Customized Lock
 Block Page Customization window
87 Block Page Customization window
 Add, Edit Entries
 Preview Sample Block
88 Sample Customized Block
 178
 Warn Page Customization window
89 Warn Page Customization window
 180
 Preview Sample Warning
90 Sample Customized Warning
 182
 183
 Profile Control window
91 Profile Control window
 Edit Entries
 Quota Block Page Customization window
92 Quota Block Page Customization window
 187
 Preview Sample Quota Block
93 Sample Customized Quota Block
 Quota Notice Page Customization window
94 Quota Notice Page Customization window
 190
 Preview Sample Quota Notice
95 Sample Customized Quota Notice
 192
 Quota Setting
Quota Setting window
 Reset Quotas
Configure Quota Hit Settings
Reset Quotas Now
 Delete a Quota Reset Time from the Schedule
Set up a Schedule to Automatically Reset Quotas
At the New Reset Time Hhmm field
 Quota Notice
97 Sample Quota Notice
 Quota Block
98 Sample Quota Block
 198
 Group screen
Group screen
 200
 Global Group
Group screen, Global Group menu
 Range to Detect Settings window, main window
Range to Detect window
 Range to Detect Settings, second window
Add a Segment to the Network
 Range to Detect Setup Wizard
Step
 205
 Range to Detect Setup Wizard window, Step
Optional
 207
 208
 209
 10 Range to Detect Setup Wizard window, Step
 Range to Detect Advanced Settings
11 Range to Detect Advanced Settings window
 Modify a Segment of the Network
Remove a Segment from the Network
 Rules window
12 Rules window
 View Criteria for a Rule
Add a Rule
 215
 Copy a Rule
Modify a Rule
Click Save Rule
 Remove a Rule
Click Delete Rule
 Global Group Profile window
13 Global Group Profile window, Category tab
 Category Profile
Create, Edit a List of Selected Categories
 220
 221
 Create, Edit a List of Service Ports
Port
 Default Redirect URL
Create, Edit the Redirect URL
 Filter Options
Create, Edit the Filter Options
 Strikes Blocking
 Search Engine Keyword Filter Control
 URL Keyword Filter Control
 Override Account window
17 Override Account window
 Add an Override Account
 Category Profile
18 Override Account pop-up window, Rule tab
 231
 232
 Redirect URL
19 Override Account pop-up window, Redirect tab
 Filter Options
20 Override Account pop-up window, Filter Options tab
 235
 236
 Edit an Override Account
Change the Password
Modify an Override Account
 Delete an Override Account
Minimum Filtering Level window
Minimum Filtering Categories
 21 Minimum Filtering Level window, Min. Filtering Categories
 Create, Edit Minimum Filtering Categories
 22 Minimum Filtering Level window, Port tab
 Minimum Filtering Bypass Options
23 Minimum Filtering Level window, Min. Filter Bypass tab
 Specify Minimum Filtering Bypass Options
 Refresh All
Refresh All Main Branches
 24 Group screen, IP menu
 Add Group
Add a Master IP Group
 Refresh
Refresh IP Groups
 Library screen
Library screen
 249
 Updates
Library screen, Updates menu
 Configuration window
Set a Time for Updates to be Retrieved
 Optional Specify a Proxy Server
Select the Log Level
 Manual Update window
Manual Update window
 Specify the Type of On Demand Update
 Additional Language Support window
Select Additional Languages
 256
 Library Update Log window
View the Library Update Process
 Download Log dialog box
 Download Complete box
 10 Folder containing downloaded file
 12 WinZip window
 15 Notepad
 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
Click Email Result
 Search Engine Keyword Lookup, Removal
Reload the Library
Perform a Search Engine Keyword Check
Remove a Search Engine Keyword
 Category Weight System
Category Weight System window
 Method for Weighting Library Categories
View the Current Selections
 Weighting Library Categories
Select the category from the No Weight Categories list box
 Nntp Newsgroup window
Nntp Newsgroup
Add a Newsgroup to the Library
 Remove a Newsgroup from the Library
 Category Groups
20 Library screen, Category Groups menu
 275
 Library Details window
View Library Details
 URLs window
22 URLs window, Action tab
 View a List of URLs in the Library Category
23 URLs window, View tab
 Add a URL to the Library Category
Add or Remove URLs, Reload the Library
Click Apply Action
 Add a Wildcard URL to the Library Category
 Remove a URL from the Library Category
Reload the Library
 URL Keywords window
24 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
26 Search Engine Keywords window
 Add or Remove Search Engine Keywords
View a List of 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
 Reporting screen
Reporting screen
 Report Configuration window
Report Configuration
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
 295
 View Transfer Activity to the Reporting Device
 Real Time Probe
Real Time Probe window
 Set up Real Time Probes
Enable 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
 Set up Users Authorized to Create Probes
Real Time Probe window, Logon Accounts tab
 302
 Re-login window
Go to Real Time Probe Reports GUI
 Real Time Probe Reports
Create a Real Time Probe
 305
 Enter the Total Run Time in Minutes
 View Real Time Probe Details
11 Real Time Probe Reports, View tab
 View option
12 Real Time Information box
 Properties option
13 Probe Properties box
 Stop, Delete options
Email option
 Group Administrator Section
 312
 Refresh the Master IP Group, Member
Group screen, IP menu
 Master IP Group
Group screen, master IP group menu
 Change the Group Administrator Password
Group Details window
 Members window
Add the IP Address of the Member
 Remove a Member from the Group
 Override Account window
 319
 Override Account pop-up window, Rule tab
 321
 322
 Override Account pop-up window, Redirect tab
 Override Account pop-up window, Filter Options tab
 325
 326
 327
 Group Profile window
10 Group Profile window, Profile tab
 329
 330
 Redirect URL
11 Group Profile window, Redirect URL tab
 12 Group Profile window, Filter Options tab
 333
 Custom Categories, see Library screen, URL Keywords window
 Exception URL window
13 Exception URL window
 Block URL frame
ByPass URL frame
 Time Profile window
Add a Time Profile
 15 Adding Time Profile
 339
 340
 341
 342
 17 Time Profile pop-up window, Rule tab
 18 Time Profile pop-up window, Redirect URL tab
 19 Time Profile pop-up window, Filter Options tab
 Exception URL
20 Time Profile pop-up window, Exception tab
 347
 Modify a Time Profile
Delete a Time Profile
 Upload/Download IP Profile window
21 Upload/Download IP Profile window
 Upload IP Profiles
22 Upload IP Profiles pop-up window
 Download Profile
23 Download IP Profiles window
 Add Sub Group
Add an IP Sub Group
 Add Individual IP
Add an Individual IP Member
 Delete Group
Delete a Master IP Group Profile
 Paste Sub Group
Paste a Copied IP Sub Group
 Sub Group
27 Group screen, Sub Group menu
 Sub Group IP Group window
View IP Sub-Group Details
 Add IP Sub-Group Details
29 Sub Group IP Group window, fields activated
 30 Members window
 Sub Group Profile window
Modify Sub-Group Members
 Delete Sub Group
Delete an IP Sub-Group
 Copy Sub Group
Copy an IP Sub-Group
 Individual IP
31 Group screen, Individual IP menu
 Member window
Enter the IP Address of the Member
 Individual IP Profile window
 Delete Individual IP
Delete an Individual IP Member
 367
 Library Lookup window
 Look up a URL
 Look up a Search Engine Keyword
 Custom Categories
Library screen, custom library category menu
 View, Edit Library Details
Library Details window
 URLs window, Action tab
 URLs window, View tab
 Add or Remove URLs or Wildcard URLs
 376
 377
 Upload a Master List to the Library
Upload a Master List of URLs
 Library File Content/IP Lookup Options
 Upload a Master List of Wildcard URLs
Upload Custom Library WildCard URL window
 10 Library File Content/IP Lookup Options
 382
 11 URL Keywords window
 384
 12 Upload Library Keyword pop-up window
 13 Search Engine Keywords window
 387
 Upload a Master List of Search Engine Keywords
 Delete Category
Delete a Custom Category
 Hours
Technical Support
Contact Information
 8e6 Corporate Headquarters USA
Office Locations and Phone Numbers
8e6 Taiwan
 Support Procedures
392
 Standard Warranty
Product Warranties
 Technical Support and Service
394
 Extended Warranty optional
Extended Technical Support and Service
 Appendix a
Filtering Profile Format and Rules
 Port command codes
Filter Mode Values
Rule Criteria
Port Numbers
 Category command codes
Category Codes
 Filter Option codes
Quota format
 Appendix B
Traveler Log Messages
 Command Executed More than Once
System Command Execution
General Activity
Startup, Finish
 Library Download Process
 Printstack Trace
Library Update Process
Customer Feedback Module Option
 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
 Emergency Update
Patch Update
Search Engine Keywords Library Update
 Enable block page redirection
Appendix C
Create a Custom Block
Part I Modify the ProxyBlocker
 Exclude filtering server for block page IP
Option 2 Modify the ProxyBlocker console
 Set up a Web server
Part II Customize the Block
Create a customized block
Show 8e6’s information in the block page optional
 Implement the further option optional
Part III Restart the ProxyBlocker
Customized block page examples
 Reference
Html
 413
 CGI written in Perl
Embed data in query string
 Use Java Script to post form data
CGI
 Print body\n
 CGI written in C
Entries20
 Entriesindex.val = char *fmakewordstdin, &, &datasize
 419
 Ifurlx = urly == %
 421
 Return Void getquerychar *paramd, char **paramv
 Appendix D
Override Pop-up Blockers
 Yahoo! Toolbar Pop-up Blocker
If Pop-up Blocking is Enabled
Add Override Account to the White List
 Fig. D-3 Allow pop-ups from source
 Fig. D-4 # blocked icon enabled
Google Toolbar Pop-up Blocker
 Temporarily Disable Pop-up Blocking
AdwareSafe Pop-up Blocker
 Mozilla Firefox Pop-up Blocker
Fig. D-6 Mozilla Firefox Popup Windows Preferences
 Windows XP SP2 Pop-up Blocker
Set up Pop-up Blocking
Use the Internet Options dialog box
 Fig. D-8 Toolbar setup
Use the IE Toolbar
 Fig. D-9 Pop-up Blocker Settings
 Access your Override Account
Set up the Information Bar
Use the Information Bar
 Click the Information Bar for settings options
 Entries in the ProxyBlocker Admin console
Configure ProxyBlocker for ER Reporting
Appendix E
 Fig. E-2 Report Configuration window, Log tab
 Entries in the ER Administrator console
 Appendix F
RAID Maintenance
Part 1 Hardware Components
 LED indicators in SL units
Part 2 Server Interface
 Color Condition Description Indicator
LED
 Front control panels on SL units
 441
 Hard drive failure
Part 3 Troubleshooting
Review the notification email
 Verify the failed drive in the Admin console
Fig. F-2 Hardware Failure Detection window
 Replace the failed hard drive
 Power supply failure
Identify the failed power supply
Unplug the power cord
Rebuild the hard drive
 Replace the failed power supply
 Fan failure
Identify a fan failure
 Appendix H
Glossary
 449
 450
 451
 452
 453
 454
 Index
Numerics
 456
 FTP
 IP 14, 245 types
 459
 460
 NAT
 P2P
 463
 464
 465
 Traveler 2, 254, 274, 400 definition
 Wildcard 266, 277, 280, 369, 373, 376 window, terminology
 468