NETGEAR UTM50-100NAS, UTM5-100NAS manual Configuring Web URL Filtering, Url, Netgear

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Table 6-8. Content Filtering Settings (continued)

Setting

Description (or Subfield and Description)

Web Category Lookup

URL	Enter a URL to find out if it has been categorized, and if so, in which category.
	Then, click the lookup button. If the URL has been categorized, the category
	appears next to Lookup Results. If the URL appears to be uncategorized, you can
	submit it to NETGEAR for analysis.
Submit to	To submit an uncategorized URL to NETGEAR for analysis, select the category in
NETGEAR	which you think that the URL must be categorized from the pull-down menu. Then
	enter the Submit button.

4.Click Apply to save your settings.

Note: When the UTM blocks access to a link of a certain blocked Web category, the UTM displays an HTML warning screen that includes a hyperlink to submit a URL misclassifiation. To submit a misclassified or uncategorized URL to NETGEAR for analysis, click on the Click here to Report a URL Misclassification hyperlink. A second screen opens that allows you to select from pull-down menus up to two categories in which you think that the URL could be categorized. Then click the Submit button.

Configuring Web URL Filtering

If you want to allow or block internal LAN users from access to certain sites on the Internet, use the UTM’s Web URL filtering. You can create or import a whitelist that contains domain names and URLs that are accepted and a blacklist with domain names and URLs that are blocked. The whitelist takes precedence over the blacklist. Both the whitelist and the blacklist take precedence over keyword blocking.

Note: A URL that you enter on the whitelist or blacklist might contain other embedded URLs such as URLs for advertisements or sponsors, causing unexpected behavior. If you want to allow a URL by placing it on the whitelist, make sure that all embedded URLs are also placed on the whitelist. Similarly, if you want to block a URL by placing it on the blacklist, make sure that all embedded URLs are also placed on the blacklist.

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v1.0, January 2010