Block Access To Internet Sites; Enabling The Url Block List; Adding Urls To The Url Block List - D-Link DFL-500 User Manual

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Click Download Banned Word list
The DFL-500 downloads the banned word list to a text file on the management computer.

Block access to Internet sites

To block access to internet sites, enable URL blocking and then create a list of URLs and URL patterns to be
blocked. With URL blocking enabled and a list of URLs to be blocked, the DFL-500 blocks access to all web
pages with the specified URLs or URL patterns.
This section describes:
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Enabling the URL block list

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Adding URLs to the URL block list

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Temporarily disabling the URL block list
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Temporarily disabling blocking individual URLs
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Clearing the URL block list
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Creating the URL block list using a text editor
Enabling the URL block list
Use the following procedure to turn on URL blocking by enabling the URL block list.
From the web-based manager:
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Go to Web Filter > URL Block .
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Click Enable URL Block to enable content blocking.
The DFL-500 now blocks web pages with URLs or patterns in the URL block list.
Adding URLs to the URL block list
Use the following procedure to add URLs and URL patterns to the URL block list.
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Go to Web Filter > URL Block .
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Click New to add a URL or URL pattern to the URL block list.
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Type the URL or URL pattern to block.
Enter a complete URL to block access to a single Internet site only. For example, www.badsite.com
blocks access to all of the pages on the badsite web site.
Enter a pattern to block access to all web sites with that pattern in their URL. For example, "bad" blocks
access to any web site with "bad" in it's URL. This would include: www.bad.com, www.bad.org, and sites
with names like www.badstuff.com.
Choose the patterns that you add to this list with care. Adding a word like bad would also block the
Carlesbad caves web site.
You can use regular expressions for more complex pattern matching.
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Click the check box beside the URL or pattern so that the DFL-500 blocks web pages with this URL or
pattern.
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Repeat these steps to add all of the required URLs and patterns.
DFL-500 User's Manual
to download the banned word list to your management computer.
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