How To Configure Wildcard Filtering - M86 Security R3000 Series Evaluation Manual

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not be able to access http://www.sports.cnn.com, since direct URL entries take
precedence over wildcard entries.
Wildcard filtering

How to configure wildcard filtering

1. Go to LIBRARY in the top level administrator navigation.
2. Click an existing custom category or create a new one.
3. Select URLs from that category to add the wildcard URL.
4. In the URL text field enter the site in the format of *.site.com and click Add.
5. Highlight the newly added wildcard URL and click Apply Action.
6. Continue with any other wildcards you want to add.
7. Click Reload Library for changes to take effect.
TIP: Wildcards are to be used for blocking only. They are not designed to be used for the
exceptions function or the always allowed white listing function. The minimum number of
levels that can be entered is three (*.yahoo.com) and the maximum number of levels is six
(*.mail.attachments.message.yahoo.com).
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