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APPENDICES SECTION APPENDIX H

group administrator - An authorized administrator of the network who maintains a master IP group, setting up and managing members within that group. This administrator also adds and maintains customized library categories for the group.

group name - The name of a group set up for a domain on an NT server. For example: “production” or “sales”.

individual IP member - An entity of a master IP group with a single IP address.

instant messaging - IM involves direct connections between workstations either locally or across the Internet. Using this feature of the ProxyBlocker, groups and/or indi- vidual client machines can be set up to block the use of IM services specified in the library category.

invisible mode - The ProxyBlocker uses the invisible mode to filter all connections on the Ethernet between client PCs and the Internet, without stopping each IP packet on the same Ethernet segment. The unit will only intercept a session if an inappropriate request was submitted by a client.

keyword - A word or term used for accessing Internet content. A keyword can be part of a URL address or it can be a search term. An example of a URL keyword is the word “essex” in http://www.essex.com. An example of a search engine keyword is the entry “essex”.

library category - A list of URLs, URL keywords, and search engine keywords set up to be blocked.

LDAP - One of two authentication method protocols used by the ProxyBlocker. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a directory service protocol based on entries (Distinguished Names).

machine name - Pertains to the name of the user’s work- station machine (computer).

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