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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N

-ActiveX. Similar to Java applets, ActiveX controls are installed on a Windows computer running Internet Explorer. A malicious ActiveX control can be used to compromise or infect computers. Enabling this setting blocks ActiveX applets from being downloaded.

-Cookies. Cookies are used to store session information by websites that usually require login. However, several websites use cookies to store tracking information and browsing habits. Enabling this option blocks cookies from being created by a website.

Note: Many websites require that cookies be accepted for the site to be accessed correctly. Blocking cookies might interfere with useful functions provided by these websites.

•Keyword blocking (domain name blocking). You can specify up to 32 words to block. If any of these words appear in the website name (URL) or in a newsgroup name, the website or newsgroup is blocked by the wireless VPN firewall.

You can apply the keywords to one or more LAN groups. Requests from the computers in the groups are blocked where keyword blocking has been enabled. Blocking does not occur for the computers in the groups where keyword blocking has been disabled.

You can bypass keyword blocking for trusted domains by adding the exact matching domain to the Trusted Domains table. Access to the domains or keywords on this list by computers in the groups for which keyword blocking has been enabled is allowed without any blocking.

Keyword application examples:

•If the keyword “xxx” is specified, the URL http://www.companycom/xxx.html is blocked, as is the newsgroup alt.pictures.xxx.

•If the keyword “.com” is specified, only websites with other domain suffixes (such as

.edu, .org, or .gov) can be viewed.

•If you wish to block all Internet browsing access, enter . (period) as the keyword.

To enable and configure content filtering:

1. Select Security > Content Filtering. The Block Sites screen displays. (The following figure shows some examples.)

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