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URL:
The
Exception URL window displays when Exception URL is selected from
an IP/LDAP menu in the navigation panel. This window is used for
allowing specified users to be blocked from accessing designated
URLs and/or to be allowed to access designated URLs blocked at the
minimum filtering level.
NOTE: Settings in this window work in conjunction with those made
in the Override Account window and in the Minimum Filtering Level
window maintained by the global administrator. Users with an override
account will be able to access URLs set up to be blocked in this
window, if the global administrator activates bypass settings in
the Minimum Filtering Bypass Options tab.
A URL can contain a domain name such as http://www.yahoo.com or
an IP address such as http://216.109.118.77/. The asterisk (*) wildcard
and period (.) can be used in the URL entry. For example: *.yahoo.com
will block all URLs containing the text following the period and
asterisk. A minimum of three wildcard levels can be entered (e.g.
*.yahoo.com), up to a maximum of six wildcard levels, (e.g. *.mail.attachments.message.yahoo.com).
The following
types of URL formats also can be entered in this window:
• octal format - e.g. http://0106.0125.0226.0322
• hexadecimal short format - e.g. http://0x465596d2
• hexadecimal long format - e.g. http://0x46.0x55.0x96.0xd2
• decimal value format - e.g. http://1180014290
• escaped hexadecimal format - e.g. http://
%57%57%57.%41%44%44%49%43%54%49%4E%47%47%41%4D
%45%53.%43%4F%4D
• query string format - e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?=v=3_Wfnj1llMU
• case-specific entries - these entries are used by the
VuSafe feature that blocks or allows end user accessibility to
specific YouTube video URLs
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Add URLs to Block URL or ByPass URL frame
1. Type the URL to be blocked in the Block URLs field, or the URL
to be bypassed in the ByPass URLs field.
2. Click Add to open the Add Block URLs / Add Bypass URLs pop-up
window to view all corresponding URLs found by the query, with a
pre-populated checkbox preceding each URL entry in the table.
NOTE: If any conflicts are found between URLs from the current
query and ones previously saved in the Exception URL window, the
Status column in the pop-up window displays an icon with a legend
at the bottom of the window explaining the meaning of that symbol:
• URL can be added, but conflicting URLs will be removed
(yellow triangle containing an exclamation point) - This pertains
to any URL from the query that was found to be included in the
opposite list (Block or Bypass).
• URL cannot be added due to conflicts (red circle with
a line through it) - This pertains to any URL from the query that
is already included in the same list (Block or Bypass). The URL
cannot be added since it is already included in the list.
To proceed adding URLs, click the
“Ignore warnings and add URL” checkbox which activates
the Add Selected button.
3.
If necessary, uncheck the Add checkbox preceding the URL listed
in the table. Clicking the “Check/Uncheck All 'Add'”
checkbox at the bottom of this window toggles between selecting
or de-selecting all checkboxes in this window.
4. If a multi-level URL was executed in the query, e.g. http://yahoo.com/mail,
the Match case column contains an empty checkbox for each entry
in the table. Check the checkbox corresponding to a URL entry you
want to designate as being case-specific. The URL entry made by
the end user must exactly match this entry in order for the URL
to be blocked or bypassed, as set up in this window. Clicking the
“Check/Uncheck All” checkbox at the bottom of this window
toggles between selecting or de-selecting all Match case checkboxes
in this window.
5. Click Add Selected to close the pop-up window and to add your
selection(s) in the appropriate URL list box.
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Remove URLs from Block URL or ByPass URL frame
1. Select a URL to be removed from the Block URL / ByPass URL list
box; your selection populates the Block URLs field / ByPass URLs
field.
TIP: Choose a non-IP address URL to maximize results to be returned
by the URL query.
2. Click Remove to open the Remove Block URLs / Remove ByPass URLs
pop-up window to view all corresponding URLs found by the query.
This window includes a pre-populated checkbox preceding each URL
found by the query. Uncheck any checkbox corresponding to a URL
you do not want to remove from your list. Clicking the “Check/uncheck
all” checkbox at the bottom of this window toggles between
selecting or de-selecting all checkboxes in this window.
3. Click Remove Selected to close the pop-up window and to remove
your selection(s) from the appropriate URL list box.
Apply Settings
Click Apply to apply your settings after adding or removing any
URLs.
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