Chapter 4 Content Filtering And Optimizing Scans; About Content Filtering And Scans - NETGEAR STM150 - ProSecure Web And Email Threat Management Appliance Reference Manual

Content Filtering and Optimizing Scans
4.
This chapter describes how to apply the content filtering features of the STM and how to
optimize scans to protect your network. This chapter contains the following sections:
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About Content Filtering and Scans

• Configuring Email Protection
• Configuring Web and Services Protection
• Configuring Application Control
• Setting Scanning Exclusions and Web Access Exceptions
About Content Filtering and Scans
The STM provides very extensive Web content and email content filtering options, Web
browsing activity reporting, email antivirus and antispam options, and instant alerts via email.
You can establish restricted Web access policies that are based on the time of day, Web
addresses, and Web address keywords. You can also block Internet access by applications
and services, such as instant messaging and peer-to-peer file sharing clients.
Note: For information about how to monitor blocked content and malware
threats in realtime, see
Statistics, and Web Usage
to view blocked content and malware threats in the logs, see
Querying Logs
quarantined content, see
Files
on page 87
on page 127
Monitoring Real-Time Traffic, Security,
on page 194. For information about how to view
Viewing and Managing the Quarantine
on page 208.
on this page
on page 105
on page 184. For information about how
Chapter 4. Content Filtering and Optimizing Scans
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