Model ProxyBlocker
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 8E6 TECHNOLOGIES, Proxyblocker User Guide
 8E6 Proxyblocker User Guide
 8E6 TECHNOLOGIES, Proxyblocker User Guide
 Contents
 Introduction System screen
Getting Started
 105
 Group screen 199
 Library screen 248
 Reporting screen 290
 312
Introduction 311
 Technical Support 390
367
Product Warranties 393
 Appendix D 423
Appendix a 396
Appendix B 400
Appendix C 408
 Appendix F 437
Appendix E 434
Appendix H 448
 About this User Guide
8e6 ProxyBlocker
 Introductory Section about this User Guide
 Conventions
How to Use this User Guide
 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
 Filtering Operations
Invisible Mode
 Pass-by filtering diagram
 Global Group
Group Types
 IP Groups
IP diagram with a sample master IP group and its members
 IP group member
Filtering Profile Types
Global Group
IP group master group
 Individual IP Member Filtering Profile
Static Filtering Profiles
Master IP Group Filtering Profile
IP Sub-Group Filtering Profile
 Time Profile
Active Filtering Profiles
Global Filtering Profile
Override Account Profile
 Filtering Profile Components
 8e6 Supplied Categories
Library Categories
Custom Categories
 Rules
Service Ports
Minimum Filtering Level
 Filter Settings
 Filtering Levels Applied
Filtering Rules
 Introductory Section Filtering Operations
 Sample filtering hierarchy diagram
 Logging and Blocking
Web Access Logging
 How IM and P2P Blocking Works
Instant Messaging, Peer-to-Peer Blocking
IM Blocking
 P2P Blocking
Setting up IM and P2P
 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
 Log On
Initial Setup
Using the Administrator Console
Getting Started
 ProxyBlocker Introductory Window
 Welcome screen
 Last Library Update message
 Welcome screen, Last Library Update text
 Navigation Tips
Access Main Sections
 Help screen
 Access Help Topics
Help Features
 Hover Display
Tooltips
 Help pop-up box
Screen and Window Navigation
 Selected topic and its corresponding window
Topic Links
 10 Sub-topics menu
Select Sub-topics
 11 Tree menu
Navigate a Tree List
 12 Tree list topics and sub-topics
Tree List Topics and Sub-topics
 13 Window with tabs
Navigate a Window with Tabs
 Navigation Path
Console Tips and Shortcuts
 Select Multiple Items
Refresh the Console
Copy and Paste Text
 15 IP Calculator pop-up window
Calculate IP Ranges without Overlaps
 16 Quit dialog box
Log Off
 Introduction
Global Administrator Section
 System screen
System screen
 Global Administrator Section System Screen
 System screen, Control menu
Control
 Filter window
Filter window
 Files/1systemproxyblock .html for a list of proxy pattern
Disable Local Filtering Options
Enable Local Filtering Options
Local Filtering
 Disable Http Packet Splitting Detection
Enable Http Packet Splitting Detection
Http Filtering
 Https Filtering
 Enable Pattern Blocking
Service Control
 Disable Pattern Blocking
 Block Page Authentication window
Block Page Authentication window
 Enter, Edit Block Page Options
 Global Administrator Section System Screen
 Sample Block
Block
 Global Administrator Section System Screen
 Help link
Options
 Option
Re-authentication option
 Profile Control pop-up window
 Shut Down the Server
ShutDown window
 10 Reboot window
Reboot window
 11 Reboot ProxyBlocker dialog box
Reboot the Server
 14 ProxyBlocker ready alert box
 16 System screen, Network menu
Network
 17 LAN Settings window
LAN Settings window
 Specify LAN Settings
 18 NTP Servers window
NTP Servers window
 Add an NTP Server
Specify Network Time Protocol Servers
Remove an NTP Server
 19 Regional Setting window
Regional Setting window
 Specify the Time Zone, Language Set
 20 Block Page Route Table window
Block Page Route Table window
 Remove a Router
Add a Router
 Administrator window
Administrator
 Add an Administrator Account
View Administrator Accounts
 Delete an Administrator Account
Edit an Administrator Account
 22 System screen, Secure Logon window
Secure Logon
 23 Logon Settings window
Logon Settings window
 24 New password entry
Enable, Disable Password Expiration
 Enable, Disable Account Lockout
 Global Administrator Section System Screen
 25 Logon Management window
Logon Management
 View Account Status
View User Account Status, Unlock Username
 Unlock an IP Address
View Locked IP Address, Unlock IP Address
Unlock a Username
View Locked IPs
 26 Assign Access View
View Admin, Sub Admin Interface Access
 27 System screen, Diagnostics menu
Diagnostics
 28 System Command window
System Command window
 29 System Command, Results window
Perform a Diagnostic Test, View Data
 Process list
Command Selections
Ping
Trace Route
 Routing table
NIC configuration
TOP CPU processes
Active connections
 System performance
Recent logins
Current memory usage
CPU usage
 Dfdisk usage
System uptime
Dmesgprint kernel ring buffer
 30 View Log File window
View Log File window
 View Log Results
 31 View Log File, Results window
 32 Troubleshooting Mode window
Troubleshooting Mode window
 Use the Troubleshooting Mode
 33 Active Profile Lookup window
Active Profile Lookup window
 34 Active Profile Lookup results
Verify Whether a Profile is Active
 Block URLs in this category will be blocked
 108
 Admin Audit Trail
Admin Audit Trail window
 FTP the Log on Demand
Specify FTP Criteria
 View
View the Log of Administrator Changes
 37 System screen, Alert menu
Alert
 38 Alert window
Alert Settings window
 114
 Modify Alert Settings
Enable the Alert Feature
Disable the Alert Feature
 Enter, Edit Smtp Server Settings
Smtp Server Settings window
 40 Smtp Test Settings box
Verify Smtp Settings
 41 System screen, Patch menu
Patch
 42 Local Patch window
Local Patch window
 43 Software update Readme
Read Information about a Software Update
 44 Software update installation dialog box
Select and Apply a Software Update
 46 Software update verification message box
 Undo an Applied Software Update
 View Log Contents
Patch Update Log window
 Download Log, View, Print Contents
 51 Download Complete box
 View the Contents of the Log
 54 WinZip window
 Save, Print the Log File Contents
 Mode
57 System screen, Mode menu
 Specify the Listening Device
Operation Mode window
 Specify the Block Page Delivery
Specify the Block Page Device
 Apply Settings
 59 Proxy Environment Settings window
Proxy Environment Settings window
 Use Proxy Port
Use a Local Proxy Server
 60 System screen, Authentication menu
Authentication
 NIC Mode window
NIC Mode
 62 NIC Negotiation window
View the NIC Negotiation
 Modify the NIC Mode Setting
 Backup/Restore window
Backup/Restore
 Backup Procedures
 64 ProxyBlocker Backup dialog box
Perform a Backup
 65 File Download box
Download a File
 67 Download complete box
 Upload a File to the Server
Perform a Restoration
 69 Choose file window
Restore Configurations to the Server
 View Backup and Restoration Details
Remove a Backup File
 Reset window
Reset
Reset All Server Settings
 Snmp window
Snmp
 Create, Build the Access Control List
Enable Snmp
Specify Monitoring Settings
Set up Community Token for Public Access
 Hardware Failure Detection window
Hardware Failure Detection
 View the Status of the Hard Drives
 Strikes Blocking window
Strikes Blocking
 Set up Blocking Criteria
Configuration
 Lock
Reset All Workstations
 Overblocking or Underblocking
Sample Settings
 157
 Email Alert
Set up Email Alert Criteria
 77 The Daily Schedule pop-up window
Set up Email Alert Recipients
 Logon Accounts
Set up Users Authorized to Unlock Workstations
Remove Email Alert Recipients
 Delete a Logon Account
Deactivate an Authorized Logon Account
 Categories
Set up Categories to Receive Strikes or No Strikes
 Go to X Strikes Unlock Workstation GUI
Re-login window
 Unlock a Workstation
Strikes Unlock Workstation
 Click Subscribe
Set up an Email Address to Receive Alerts
Remove an Email Address from the Alert List
Close the Pop-up Window
 Warn Option Setting window
Warn Option Setting
 Specify the Interval for Re-displaying the Warn
 83 System screen, Customization menu
Customization
 84 Common Customization window
Common Customization window
 Enable, Disable Features
 171
 85 Lock Page Customization window
Lock Page Customization window
 Edit Entries, Setting
 86 Sample Customized Lock
Preview Sample Lock
 87 Block Page Customization window
Block Page Customization window
 Add, Edit Entries
 88 Sample Customized Block
Preview Sample Block
 178
 89 Warn Page Customization window
Warn Page Customization window
 180
 90 Sample Customized Warning
Preview Sample Warning
 182
 183
 91 Profile Control window
Profile Control window
 Edit Entries
 92 Quota Block Page Customization window
Quota Block Page Customization window
 187
 93 Sample Customized Quota Block
Preview Sample Quota Block
 94 Quota Notice Page Customization window
Quota Notice Page Customization window
 190
 95 Sample Customized Quota Notice
Preview Sample Quota Notice
 192
 Quota Setting window
Quota Setting
 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
 97 Sample Quota Notice
Quota Notice
 98 Sample Quota Block
Quota Block
 198
 Group screen
Group screen
 200
 Group screen, Global Group menu
Global Group
 Range to Detect window
Range to Detect Settings window, main window
 Add a Segment to the Network
Range to Detect Settings, second window
 Step
Range to Detect Setup Wizard
 205
 Optional
Range to Detect Setup Wizard window, Step
 207
 208
 209
 10 Range to Detect Setup Wizard window, Step
 11 Range to Detect Advanced Settings window
Range to Detect Advanced Settings
 Remove a Segment from the Network
Modify a Segment of the Network
 12 Rules window
Rules window
 Add a Rule
View Criteria for a Rule
 215
 Copy a Rule
Modify a Rule
Click Save Rule
 Click Delete Rule
Remove a Rule
 13 Global Group Profile window, Category tab
Global Group Profile window
 Create, Edit a List of Selected Categories
Category Profile
 220
 221
 Port
Create, Edit a List of Service Ports
 Create, Edit the Redirect URL
Default Redirect URL
 Create, Edit the Filter Options
Filter Options
 Strikes Blocking
 Search Engine Keyword Filter Control
 URL Keyword Filter Control
 17 Override Account window
Override Account window
 Add an Override Account
 18 Override Account pop-up window, Rule tab
Category Profile
 231
 232
 19 Override Account pop-up window, Redirect tab
Redirect URL
 20 Override Account pop-up window, Filter Options tab
Filter Options
 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
 23 Minimum Filtering Level window, Min. Filter Bypass tab
Minimum Filtering Bypass Options
 Specify Minimum Filtering Bypass Options
 Refresh All Main Branches
Refresh All
 24 Group screen, IP menu
 Add a Master IP Group
Add Group
 Refresh IP Groups
Refresh
 Library screen
Library screen
 249
 Library screen, Updates menu
Updates
 Set a Time for Updates to be Retrieved
Configuration window
 Select the Log Level
Optional Specify a Proxy Server
 Manual Update window
Manual Update window
 Specify the Type of On Demand Update
 Select Additional Languages
Additional Language Support window
 256
 View the Library Update Process
Library Update Log window
 Download Log dialog box
 Download Complete box
 10 Folder containing downloaded file
 12 WinZip window
 15 Notepad
 View the Emergency Software Update Process
Emergency Update Log window
 Download the Software Update Log File
 Library Lookup window
Library Lookup
 Perform a URL Check
URL Lookup, Removal
 Remove a URL
Submit an Email to the Administrator
Click Email Result
 Remove a Search Engine Keyword
Search Engine Keyword Lookup, Removal
Reload the Library
Perform a Search Engine Keyword Check
 Category Weight System window
Category Weight System
 View the Current Selections
Method for Weighting Library Categories
 Select the category from the No Weight Categories list box
Weighting Library Categories
 Nntp Newsgroup window
Nntp Newsgroup
Add a Newsgroup to the Library
 Remove a Newsgroup from the Library
 20 Library screen, Category Groups menu
Category Groups
 275
 View Library Details
Library Details window
 22 URLs window, Action tab
URLs window
 23 URLs window, View tab
View a List of URLs in the Library Category
 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
 Reload the Library
Remove a URL from the Library Category
 24 URL Keywords window
URL Keywords window
 Remove a URL Keyword from the Library
View a List of URL Keywords
Add or Remove URL Keywords
Add a URL Keyword to the Library Category
 Upload a List of URL Keyword Additions
Upload a List of URL Keywords to the Library
 Upload a List of URL Keyword Deletions
 26 Search Engine Keywords window
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
 Edit ER Server Information
8e6 Enterprise Reporter
 View Transfer Activity to the ER
Execute Log Transfer Now
 Enter or Edit Server Information
Other Device
 295
 View Transfer Activity to the Reporting Device
 Real Time Probe window
Real Time Probe
 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
 Remove Email Addresses
Set up Email Addresses to Receive Reports
 Real Time Probe window, Logon Accounts tab
Set up Users Authorized to Create Probes
 302
 Go to Real Time Probe Reports GUI
Re-login window
 Create a Real Time Probe
Real Time Probe Reports
 305
 Enter the Total Run Time in Minutes
 11 Real Time Probe Reports, View tab
View Real Time Probe Details
 12 Real Time Information box
View option
 13 Probe Properties box
Properties option
 Email option
Stop, Delete options
 Group Administrator Section
 312
 Group screen, IP menu
Refresh the Master IP Group, Member
 Group screen, master IP group menu
Master IP Group
 Group Details window
Change the Group Administrator Password
 Add the IP Address of the Member
Members window
 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
 10 Group Profile window, Profile tab
Group Profile window
 329
 330
 11 Group Profile window, Redirect URL tab
Redirect URL
 12 Group Profile window, Filter Options tab
 333
 Custom Categories, see Library screen, URL Keywords window
 13 Exception URL window
Exception URL window
 ByPass URL frame
Block URL frame
 Add a Time Profile
Time Profile window
 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
 20 Time Profile pop-up window, Exception tab
Exception URL
 347
 Delete a Time Profile
Modify a Time Profile
 21 Upload/Download IP Profile window
Upload/Download IP Profile window
 22 Upload IP Profiles pop-up window
Upload IP Profiles
 23 Download IP Profiles window
Download Profile
 Add an IP Sub Group
Add Sub Group
 Add an Individual IP Member
Add Individual IP
 Delete a Master IP Group Profile
Delete Group
 Paste a Copied IP Sub Group
Paste Sub Group
 27 Group screen, Sub Group menu
Sub Group
 View IP Sub-Group Details
Sub Group IP Group window
 29 Sub Group IP Group window, fields activated
Add IP Sub-Group Details
 30 Members window
 Modify Sub-Group Members
Sub Group Profile window
 Delete an IP Sub-Group
Delete Sub Group
 Copy an IP Sub-Group
Copy Sub Group
 31 Group screen, Individual IP menu
Individual IP
 Enter the IP Address of the Member
Member window
 Individual IP Profile window
 Delete an Individual IP Member
Delete Individual IP
 367
 Library Lookup window
 Look up a URL
 Look up a Search Engine Keyword
 Library screen, custom library category menu
Custom Categories
 Library Details window
View, Edit Library Details
 URLs window, Action tab
 URLs window, View tab
 Add or Remove URLs or Wildcard URLs
 376
 377
 Upload a Master List of URLs
Upload a Master List to the Library
 Library File Content/IP Lookup Options
 Upload Custom Library WildCard URL window
Upload a Master List of Wildcard URLs
 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 a Custom Category
Delete Category
 Hours
Technical Support
Contact Information
 8e6 Corporate Headquarters USA
Office Locations and Phone Numbers
8e6 Taiwan
 392
Support Procedures
 Product Warranties
Standard Warranty
 394
Technical Support and Service
 Extended Technical Support and Service
Extended Warranty optional
 Filtering Profile Format and Rules
Appendix a
 Port Numbers
Port command codes
Filter Mode Values
Rule Criteria
 Category Codes
Category command codes
 Quota format
Filter Option codes
 Traveler Log Messages
Appendix B
 Startup, Finish
Command Executed More than Once
System Command Execution
General Activity
 Library Download Process
 Printstack Trace
Library Update Process
Customer Feedback Module Option
 Error Messages
 Summary Messages
Weekly Update 7 Days Library
 Newsgroup Library Update News
Full URL Library Update URLs, URL Keywords
All Library Updates includes all other msgs
IM and P2P Pattern File Update
 Emergency Update
Patch Update
Search Engine Keywords Library Update
 Part I Modify the ProxyBlocker
Enable block page redirection
Appendix C
Create a Custom Block
 Option 2 Modify the ProxyBlocker console
Exclude filtering server for block page IP
 Show 8e6’s information in the block page optional
Set up a Web server
Part II Customize the Block
Create a customized block
 Implement the further option optional
Part III Restart the ProxyBlocker
Customized block page examples
 Html
Reference
 413
 Embed data in query string
CGI written in Perl
 CGI
Use Java Script to post form data
 Print body\n
 Entries20
CGI written in C
 Entriesindex.val = char *fmakewordstdin, &, &datasize
 419
 Ifurlx = urly == %
 421
 Return Void getquerychar *paramd, char **paramv
 Override Pop-up Blockers
Appendix D
 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
 Google Toolbar Pop-up Blocker
Fig. D-4 # blocked icon enabled
 AdwareSafe Pop-up Blocker
Temporarily Disable Pop-up Blocking
 Fig. D-6 Mozilla Firefox Popup Windows Preferences
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
Fig. D-8 Toolbar setup
 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
 Part 2 Server Interface
LED indicators in SL units
 LED
Color Condition Description Indicator
 Front control panels on SL units
 441
 Hard drive failure
Part 3 Troubleshooting
Review the notification email
 Fig. F-2 Hardware Failure Detection window
Verify the failed drive in the Admin console
 Replace the failed hard drive
 Rebuild the hard drive
Power supply failure
Identify the failed power supply
Unplug the power cord
 Replace the failed power supply
 Identify a fan failure
Fan failure
 Glossary
Appendix H
 449
 450
 451
 452
 453
 454
 Numerics
Index
 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