8e6 Technologies ProxyBlocker manual Filter Settings

INTRODUCTORY SECTION CHAPTER 1: FILTERING OPERATIONS

NOTE: If the minimum filtering level is not set up, global (default) filtering settings will apply instead.

If an override account is established at the IP group level for a member of a master IP group, filtering settings made for that end user will override the minimum filtering level if the global administrator sets the option to allow the minimum filtering level to be bypassed. An override account estab- lished at the global group level will automatically bypass the minimum filtering level.

Filter Settings

Categories and service ports use the following settings to specify how filtering will be executed:

•block - if a category or a service port is given a block setting, users will be denied access to the URL set up as “blocked”

•open - if a category or the filter segment detected on the network is given an open (pass) setting, users will be allowed access to the URL set up as “opened”

NOTE: Using the quota feature, access to an open category can be restricted to a defined number of minutes.

•always allowed - if a category is given an always allowed setting, the category is included in the user’s white list and takes precedence over blocked categories

•warn - If a category is given a warn setting, a warning page displays for the end user to warn him/her that accessing the intended URL may be against established policies and to proceed at his/her own risk

•filter - if a service port is given a filter setting, that port will use filter settings created for library categories (block or open settings) to determine whether users should be denied or allowed access to that port

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