How To Test Attachment Filtering; Wildcard Filtering - M86 Security R3000 Series Evaluation Manual

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How to test attachment filtering

Wildcard filtering

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ILTERING PROFILE FEATURES
Attachment filtering setup in Filter Options tab
1. Configure the File Extensions custom category.
2. Enable URL Keyword Filter Control in the Global Group Profile.
3. Access the Internet from an IP address within the Global Group range.
4. Go to a Web site with file downloads (mp3, shareware, movies, etc.).
5. Attempt to download a file. The attempt will be blocked.
Description: Online communities such as myspace.com continually add
numerous sub-domains to house the profiles of their fast growing communities.
Rather than manually adding each and every individual domain to the library on an
ongoing basis, the R3000 can accept a wildcard to block these types of sites more
efficiently. For example, adding http://*.myspace.com (where the asterisk [*] is the
wildcard indicator) to a customized category's URL list will ensure that anything on
myspace.com will be blocked.
IMPORTANT: If a specific URL was added to a custom library category that is not set up
to be blocked, and a separate wildcard entry containing a portion of that URL is added to a
category that is set up to be blocked, the end user will be able to access the non-blocked
URL but not any URLs containing text following the wildcard.
For example, if http://www.cnn.com is added to a category that is not set up to be
blocked, and *.cnn.com is added to a category that is set up to be blocked, the end
user will be able to access: http://www.cnn.com since it is a direct match, but will
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