8e6 Technologies ProxyBlocker manual Add a Wildcard URL to the Library Category

GLOBAL ADMINISTRATOR SECTION CHAPTER 3: LIBRARY SCREEN

Add a Wildcard URL to the Library Category

NOTE: Wildcards are to be used for blocking only. They are not designed to be used for the exceptions function or the always allowed white listing function.

To add a URL containing a wildcard to the library category:

1.In the Edit WildCard URL List frame, enter the asterisk (*) wildcard symbol, a period (.), and the URL.

TIP: The minimum number of levels that can be entered is three (e.g. *.yahoo.com) and the maximum number of levels is six (e.g. *.mail.attachments.message.yahoo.com).

2.Click Add to display the associated wildcard URL(s) in the list box below.

3.Select the wildcard URL(s) that you wish to add to the category.

4.Click Apply Action.

NOTE: Wildcard URL query results include all URLs containing text following the period (.) after the wildcard (*) symbol. For example, an entry of *.porn.com would find a URL such as http:// sex.porn.com. However, if a specific URL was added to a library category that is not set up to be blocked, and a separate wildcard entry containing a portion of that URL is added to a category that is set up to be blocked, the end user will be able to access the non-blocked URL but not any URLs containing text following the wildcard. For example, if http://www.sex.com is added to a cate- gory that is not set up to be blocked, and *.sex.com is added to a category set up to be blocked, the end user will be able to access http://www.sex.com since it is a direct match, but will not be able to access http://www.videos.sex.com, since direct URL entries take precedence over wildcard entries.

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