Web Filter Introductory Section; Web Filter; About This Portion Of The User Guide - M86 Security M86 User Manual

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Web Filter

M86 Security's Web Filter tracks each user's online activity,
and can be configured to block specific Web sites, service
ports, and pattern and file types, and lock out an end user
from Internet access, thereby protecting your organization
against lost productivity, network bandwidth issues, and
possible legal problems that can result from the misuse of
Internet resources.
The Web Filter provides an extensive library filtering cate-
gory database, user authentication, implementation of time
and quota filtering profiles, and tools for tailoring a user's
filtering profile to comply with your organization's Internet
usage policy, based on the end user's Internet usage habits.

About this Portion of the User Guide

The Web Filter portion of the user guide primarily addresses
the network administrator designated to configure and
manage the server on the network. This administrator is
referred to as the "global administrator" throughout this
portion of the user guide. In part, this portion of the user
guide also addresses administrators who manage user
groups on the network. These administrators are referred to
as "group administrators" throughout this portion of the user
guide.
See the M86 Web Filter Authentication User Guide at
http://www.m86security.com/support/wf/documenta-
tion.asp for information on authentication.
This portion of the user guide is organized into the following
sections:
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