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Note:
1. Generally, protocol inspectors cannot be applied to secured traffic (SSL/TLS). In this case,
WinRoute “perceives” the traffic as binary data only. This implies that such traffic cannot
be deciphered.
2. Under certain circumstances, appliance of a protocol inspector is not desirable. There-
fore, it is possible to disable a corresponding inspector temporarily. For details, refer to
chapter 7.7.
14.4 URLGroups
URL Groups enable the administrator to define HTTP rules easily (see chapter 12.2). For exam-
ple, to disable access to a group of web pages, you can simply define a URL group and assign
permissions to the URL group, rather than defining permissions to each individual URL rule.
A URL group rule is processed significantly faster than a greater number of separate rules for
individual URLs. It is also possible to cascade URL groups.
URL groups can be defined in Configuration →Definitions →URL Groups.
Figure14.9 URLGroups
The default WinRoute installation already includes predefined URL groups:
•Ads/Banners — common URLs of pages that contain advertisements, banners, etc.
•Search engines — top Internet search engines.
•Windows Updates — URL of pages requested for automatic updates of Windows.
These URL groups are used in predefined URL rules (see chapter 12.2). WinRoute administra-
tors can use predefined groups in their custom rules or/and edit them if needed.